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What would you think about a community stuff pack 3?
Calico45
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I do not think this is out of the realm of possibility, so I am curious as to the feelings on it. Personally, I have lost nearly every vote on the last two. Certainly the major ones. I have just sort of accepted that my sort of play will never be chosen the way the categories narrow down, but I am still fairly neutral to them.
Despite the lost possibilities and the dashed hopes, I think laundry stuff and knitting stuff turned out fairly well. Laundry really piles up for me since the introduction of hot and cold outfits, but it is in all of my builds. Knitting had fairly good gameplay and I enjoyed it more than expected, though the theme is still super boring in my opinion.
I could take another vote, especially if we really do have several more years left. I will not be heartbroken without it, though.
Despite the lost possibilities and the dashed hopes, I think laundry stuff and knitting stuff turned out fairly well. Laundry really piles up for me since the introduction of hot and cold outfits, but it is in all of my builds. Knitting had fairly good gameplay and I enjoyed it more than expected, though the theme is still super boring in my opinion.
I could take another vote, especially if we really do have several more years left. I will not be heartbroken without it, though.
What would you think about a community stuff pack 3? 87 votes
I love community packs and want/expect another.
26%
23 votes
I do not expect anymore community packs, but wish there would be.
9%
8 votes
I hate community packs and expect another.
5%
I do not expect more community packs. Good riddance.
6%
6 votes
Forget the stuff packs; bring on the GPs and EPs!
29%
26 votes
I can take or leave it.
21%
19 votes
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But I have no idea how likely it is that we will get another.
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i'm totally up for another one by the end of sims 4's lifespan. its a lot of fun, even though it does bring the worst out in people over a silly $10 stuff pack just cause their fav topic didn't win.
I'd much rather they'd use some of the other themes, that didn't win, and turn them into stuff packs (or integrate them into larger packs) without player votes.
2) It’s disappointing when the theme you want is not chosen, and you know the team is working on a pack you do NOT want, meaning you have to wait even longer to get a pack you actually like.
3) It’s disappointing when the theme you want IS chosen but they choose to add objects unrelated to that theme, fully transforming the pack into something else.
4) Despite my concerns, I expect them to continue to make them smh
However, I'm not a fan of stuff packs. I think knitting should have been a side feature in an Ep.
Plus I feel like we're never gonna get any variety in these "community packs" because people who play family gameplay are generally the most active in the community and will just overrule everyone else every time. Everyone else just ends up being pushed to the side so we can get "The Sims 4: Get Ironing!", "The Sims 4: Washing Dishes!" and "The Sims 4: Ultimate Mop Collection!". No thank you.
We have enough stuff packs anyways. I'd rather see some more game packs that actually impact my game rather than a generic pack with some chairs and bookcases
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1. community has proven to vote for most basic boring options we already have in the game and i do not need another ikea furniture, jeans and croptops pack we have plenty of that theme
2. as far as stuff packs go i think they should do more wacky themey stuff for them and i just don't see that happening with community votes cause majority never favors the weird and its just how it is
3. in all seriousness stuff packs as whole ain't that interesting and id rather have one gp or ep come out than 2-3 stuffpacks regardless of theme
like don't get me wrong i still love Nifty Knitting but i just feel it definitely could have been even better
and as for laundry day i do feel its probably better side of stuff packs but still just proves what part of players dominate the "voting booth"
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Do you honestly think EA was gonna let us legitimately choose the stuff packs? lol They already had both packs planned prior to the "voting".
Then again, this is the same community where many people like the concept of DLC for DLC and enjoy 'My First Pet'. It's also the same community who had no problem paying $10 for 'My First Murphy Bed' and think adding "death by bed" as a new way to die as the gameplay feature somehow "justified" the pack being made, so I guess it wouldn't be too much of a surprise if laundry and knitting did actually win the surveys.
Unfortunately, it's hard to tell these days... it's often hard to determine whether these packs are motivated by EA's greediness or the players mindlessly willing to buy literally anything EA puts out... or both.
Sims 1: Hot Date
Sims 2: Seasons
Sims 2: Happy Holiday Stuff
Sims 3: Seasons
Sims 3: 70's, 80's, & 90's Stuff
Sims 4: Seasons
Sims 4: Paranormal Stuff
Sims 4: Strangerville Game Pack
So...there are pros and cons and complications to the process that makes it kind of hard for me to decide how much I like it or not, and if it's good for the community. I mean, I think in the end, it gives insight to development and I find that interesting.
I definitely get frustrated with the community choices because laundry and knitting are most certainly not things I ever cared for. But in a way, I'm relieved when concepts like "Dangerous" and "Happy Haunts" don't get chosen, because it allows for the possibility of those concepts to revisit in a bigger pack to be more fully developed. Only drawback to that is, there is no guarantee we'll actually see it. So if I knew that the community interest would definitely be a factor to future products, then I'd say bring on another one because it helps them determine where our interests are.
Unfortunately, what I see in the pack voting process is the community takes off running with the initial concept and many players get these big ideas and expectations that are too much for a stuff pack, and then they get really disappointed as it gets dwindled down and suddenly there's a lot more criticism and deflation because so many ideas get tossed away and hardly anyone feels like they actually get what they voted for. I think people have a hard time keeping the perception within the limits of a stuff pack.
But this year, suddenly there was an Eco pack, which revisited the initial winning concept of Laundry Day because it was "popular". I'd be very interested to see how the sales turned out for it because when it was announced, I saw people criticizing that they only wanted it back when it was a smaller pack, and since we got bits of "eco" gameplay since, that the concept had been nearly sufficiently covered. In essence, a game pack would have made more sense. So does that mean we're going to see an Arts and Crafts EP coming in a couple of years (if the Eco EP was popular)? Or will it be a game pack? Or will they scrap it (assuming Eco didn't actually do well)?
I had a suspicion that Jungle Adventure was sort of what morphed out of the "Dangerous" concept back when Laundry was being voted on. Even though it didn't have funerals and such, I feel that there is indeed a lot of jungle dangers in it so it kind of fits. But with Happy Haunts, I saw a lot of threads making suggestions and showing interest, and the devs revealed that it came in very close behind Arts and Crafts, so if that actually gets made into a game pack, I'll have more optimism for the community votes.
I wanted an arts and crafts pack more than knitting specifically. I do think the industrial style I voted for did make it into Eco Living, so I appreciated seeing that influence. I was really hoping for art galas and more to do with museums. So, hopefully that will show up in some way.
I do think the votes have skewed very domestic in terms of what wins. I think that polling the community is a good thing. I just wish more objects had been included such as some objects or decor that would interest me more.
But I kinda had fun with the Knitting votes. Yes, it was the theme and activity I picked, but that was because I could see that the Happy Haunts parts I did want weren't the popular ones. My only personal frustration with how the voting went was that the CAS and build/buy items wound up being so scattered. I'd much rather have had "Pick 1 of these wallpapers, pick 3 of these chairs, pick 5 of these women's tops, etc." and seen a better balanced pack in terms of content.
So I do want to see another community stuff pack, or even two, before the Sims 4 is done, and hopefully they're something that can continue with the Sims 5. After all, they're not going to get the process ironed out right unless they try some more.
Although I do hope that the next one doesn't have a mundane activity as an option. Yes, I voted for Knitting, but I like to mix my weird with my normal. But yeah, if there's a mundane option, that's going to be the winner and I respect that people find that... disappointing.