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Because the reward structure is skewed towards quick shifts. A regular shift offers less than 4x the rewards of a quick shift but takes 4x as long. Similarly a long shift awards less than 8x a quick shift but takes 8x as long.
If you can log in at least once every three hours, you will gain more for doing quick shifts. If you can log in more often, you will gain even more advantage from quick shifts.
I only do quick shifts and quick practice sessions except at night when I am going to sleep. Then I start one sim on a special event and the rest on a long shift. When I wake up, I start everyone on quick shifts for the entire time I am awake. During work, I take a 3 minute break every hour to stand up, walk a little and restart my sims. When I’m not at work I set a timer for the 38 minuets or less it actually takes me to finish a quick shift.
You will earn coins,xp and career/hobby points much faster this way.
1) Does a Headstart bonus item in inventory still give a boost? Trying to figure out If I should keep all three yoga mats out, or just need the end tier/Level 8 item.
2)Pretty sure of this one but wanted to confirm; you can only get the energy restore bonus from any one type of item. Eg only one lamp will give a boost to the bed , no matter how many you have, and there is no benefit to having a bathroom with 2-3 +1 toilets
1) Doesn’t give a boost. May give more action choices.
2) Correct, but it can be of benefit to have two separate bathrooms/bedrooms as you can’t use toilets, showers, bathtubs or have a child if there is another sim in the room and unfortunately, sometimes the npc sims seem to like to hang out to watch.
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I have been on lots of quick shifts for fast rewards. I noticed that my babies, toddlers, kids will age up without doing their special quest and end up with less than 3 stars. Is there a know anomaly about quick shifts and aging up family? I think the quick shifts make them retire sooner too. Right now I try to do more standard shifts when raising kids. I have had to move out few 2 star good upbringing adults before I realized the issue. You can see the star levels of the kids in your household by looking at the relationships on one of your playable sims. I am currently playing a 2 star good upbringing and he is noticeably slower than his 3 star cohorts.
~Flanuora lvl 29 Sims Mobile.
> 2)Pretty sure of this one but wanted to confirm; you can only get the energy restore bonus from any one type of item. Eg only one lamp will give a boost to the bed , no matter how many you have, and there is no benefit to having a bathroom with 2-3 +1 toilets
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> 2) Correct, but it can be of benefit to have two separate bathrooms/bedrooms as you can’t use toilets, showers, bathtubs or have a child if there is another sim in the room and unfortunately, sometimes the npc sims seem to like to hang out to watch.
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Wait! What??? So, if I understand correctly, I didn’t need to buy a SET of 2 Lamps for each Bed — OR 2 Towels and 2 Robes to give Energy Boosts for the Shower/Tub???
That is correct. You only need one of anything to get the bonus. If is useful to have two bathrooms because frequently an NPC sim will stand in your bathroom and won't let you have enough privacy so that the game will let you use the toilet or shower or tub, bu the bonus is the same.
As far as I have been able to figure out there is currently no way to get the bonus above +6/+13/+20/+23 for the toilet/shower/tub/bed
and it doesn't seem to matter where the bonus items are. You can put the towel in the kitchen and the robe in the bedroom and it still works for the bonus.
I was just informed to unlock those you have to use flirty interactions. You need a sim who gets around town
storage items csm they be sold been plsying sims for over 10 years its the bomb ,feell free to add me and share any idess
The Waterfront is still not available to unlock at the moment for players and will open in the future.
Hope that cleared some things up about the careers
Sorry I took so long to reply to this. As BlueWizardRob stated the rewards are higher with longer shifts but they take more time to do them which is why it's more beneficial to spam quick shifts for less rewards but faster completion as you'll get more rewards in the long run if you were to keep checking your phone every 45 mins. If you're not going to log into the game for a long time though (school/work/sleep) then it's better to select a longer shift.
As far as I'm aware chat groups aren't against rules, it's like having a fan forum. I'd suggest though including a link to the official site and more emphasis that the group isn't endorsed by EA Games and any technical or account-based questions about The Sims Mobile should be posted on the official site, and any images, logos or other media bearing The Sims Mobile imagery are copyright EA Games. This should help prevent any confusion of new visitors thinking the group is owned or moderated by EA Games.