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Whatever happened to "new content each month" ?
Katzc
Posts: 506 Member
What was it? Frustration, Aggravation, Anticipation and after all these months: Desolation! And please....Magnolia Promenade was all that room with 4 lots????? Really? Just my input saying MP was useless and just a waste.
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To answer your question we do get new ways to play every month however I do think that the reason there is an issue with this is because the Gurus and simmers have a very different way of seeing new ways to play or new content every month. For the Gurus it's adding in objects, UI changes or special events every month and I'm assuming to most simmers new content would be actual gameplay objects that add on to their every day or casual gaming experience.
You have the right to voice your anticipation in receiving a new EP and you're not alone.
I think we should all remember that this was announced literally right before their worst EP to date (Get Together). I do not think these people can sustain a live service, at least not with The Sims 4 - they are struggling and it's becoming more and more obvious as time goes on.
They didn't literally mean we'd get playable content every month.
I think monthly patches are included in content.
Exactly, then I can use the lots facing the water to build fancy mansions or tall (4 story) apartments.
I don't see any point to the museum and library. I got rid of those for other things.
I know. It makes me sad. I so wish ts4 was more instead of less.
I keep the museum for the collection my sim gathers and the "masterpieces" he paints. And I always place a kids section in the library with a reading area decorated like a castle theme with poofs surrounding a big chair. There's also a voidcritters game and a puppet theater and toy chest. If we ever get the costume trunk back, kids will put on shows for each other. Plus, the museum and library are good places to meet new sims other than in a disco or nightclub and it fills the odd need to visit one or the other.
The spring challenge had new items at least. Since we don't have many pots in the garden section, I am ok with that. But what did the triple boost week give? A boost? We already have skill boosts with certain emotions. It did not add anything new at all- it's just a way to cheat your skills and careers without using actual cheats.
I did the same thing with Newcrest.
People complained about getting stuffpacks every month now we have to go thru these long droughts.
I guess so, but in my opinion that doesn't really offer the player anything meaninful. There was no new functionality and they are just recolors. I mean if they really feel they need to do challenges, where they set the goals for the player to accomplish, then I think the content should be rewarding at least.
Planter 1 - increases gardening speed
Planter 2 - increases gardening speed, boosts skill with (emotion), speeds up evolving time
Those are just examples I came up with, but it really shows that the rewards aren't anything special and there's no point to the challenge. It's not offering any new 'way to play', it didn't offer anything rewarding (imo); it offered 'new' objects which I think is pointless.
I'm down to one museum and one library in most of my saves. I put the microscope and telescope in the museum. It's now a Science Museum (with some art too) that my Sims can use instead of owning those things. It's got a bank of computers, too. My poorer Sims use the library before they can afford computers.