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Don't Complain if You Buy The Pack
WolfNate
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Can we please try to be civil and not go "I moved my sim in a haunted house and now the ghosts are wreaking havoc and I don't wanna deal with this plz newrf or get rid of em plz n ty." I hate when people buy a fantasy pack then whine about it not being realistic. If you want only the clothing and furniture then go find a mod with all of it added but not the supernatural mechanics. It's this behavior that makes us into fantasy elements feel EA doesn't put effort cuz the loudest part of fandom is everyone dissing fantasy elements. Now if you buy it expect the spectors to get in your face a lot
Occultism in Sims is family-friendly and should not be watered down to cater to realism players
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Just noticed that all the posters in this thread has occult profile picture lol.
Of course we want the occult features to be as strong
The toggle to switch off specter visits and avoid paranormal activity is to not assign the house as a haunted house lot type.
If folks can’t use a simple toggle like that (by simply not using the lot type) and still complain, they have a personal issue that needs to be addressed. Perhaps the only solution for them is to quit playing the sims and just live their realistic life, because it can’t get any more realistic than that.
In response to the supernatural avis: I know you can’t tell but my avatar is a 300 year old wizard based on myself as a 300 year old wizard.
Or am I wrong about the optional thing?
Oh I never complain about paciks other then not my thin or the next pack sounds stupid but I bought get famous first then vampires so I like realism too I just hate when ppl act like it's 'wrong' to have fantasy stuff
More just being dramatic that every occult pack comes out ppl complain the occult features are too 'widespread' when they bought hoping that buying it for clothes mean they'll never have to run into the mechanics then complaining to point EA patch things when they run into occult stuff. It's this behavior a lot of us feel the occult mechanics we do get suck...
Exactly point I'm making with this thread don't buy it if you do don't complain and lead EA to patch it...
Not sure "all content gewts nerfed' is a good attiude for a game to give you this is a single player game not an mmo
Oh, if you think the pack did not add enough features, or not strong enough features, I agree down scaling would be bad. But my impression is that most complaints come from those liking the new stuff for a few weeks, then not so much. Say if you play rotationally you won't like all your househoulds to be haunted. Or all to become famous. Or all to clean the Sulani beach. That said, those not wanting haunted stuff should perhaps rather skip the pack and allow the core fan more and stronger spooky elements. That might be the basics of adding packs any way, grab what you want, skip what you don't want so much...
PS: About the balancing of features, I mostly referred to actions and events not triggered by the simmer. Like frequency of bad stuff happen, or actions initiated by NPCs. There could still be ways to trigger the same stuff for those who like it - say by adding lot traits or reading up on specific skills etc. EA normally won't - and should not - down scale those effects.
But I also have saves for when I want to play occults and it is all out: fully customised worlds and townies full of witchcraft or gothic vampire things, storylines laid out, extra mods for whatever situation I need to create.
As a player who loves both, depending on the day, it’s not difficult to play either 100% one or the other. Both occult and normal playstyles should be supported and enjoyable, as much as you like them on their own or a blend of both. Toggles would be awesome in future, but nothing should ever be toned down or straight up removed.
Eh but people will always complain, we'll see...
some people on this thread that doesn't like seeing others complaining. It's a forum for all simmer, not our personal email. one of u said maybe they should quit the game. I have a solution, how about you just avoid those threads and ignore the posts.
nobody is forcing us to go into them in the first place.
Hard to avoid the whiners when their on every social media platform never shutting up about how: "I bought this magic pack for the clothing and now I can't stop seeing magic bleep you EA"
I don't care about complainers in general. we just don't want to see content we pay for get nerfed.
Personally I don't think this pack will be one of them. It's an avoidable lot type. The fear emotion is the one to worry about.
I think we got lucky they didn't nerf the murphey bed😬
Out of all the nerfs the one that still boild my blood is the fame nerf! I loved those crowd of people falling al my feet every two steps 😭😭😭 it was perfectly avoided with a lower fame level or a disguise. Content changed before release doesn't bother me as much. But once I paid for it according to the way it was advertised I want the full intense experience that was offered. Feels really wrong to change it especially when they ALWAYS make ways to avoid it!!!!!!!!
Vampire breakins wasn't that frequent but all they had to do was use garlic...😭😭😭 I still have no use for that stuff now.
I still remember vlad trying to break into my campsite in granite falls and me desperately trying to lock gates and buy garlic. Good times😢....good times.....
I have an old video somewhere of how fans use to act when you were celebrity. I recorded it to show my sister around the time it first came out. Darnnit they would go crazzzzzzzzzy for you. Fainting left and right, screaming, cheering. Paparazzi galore. It was intense but that was fun in being 5star famous!! It felt like a real celebrity where they can't even walk without surrounding themselves with bodyguards as they fight through a crowd.
And I could easily put on a disguise when I didn't want any attention at all.
People complained the fans were too much. Now they barely acknowledge my 5 star sim. I thought it was broken at first I kept cheating the fame level up and down wondering why they are not reacting like before. I did a celebrity cleanse and started over just to see that would fix the problem and nope. Then I went on social media and found out much later what happened. If you didn't want so much attention you didn't have to become a 5 star!! The attention increased with each star.😭
Sims just stop and ask for an autograph here and there now. I use a fame mod just to get more fans and reactions, though it helps it's still not the same. I mostly get obsessive stalkers lol 😆
If EA can't add a toggle of some sort to appease those who need avoidance then it should just be left alone.
I like it when they give us choices. Like how you can select to disallow vampires/solicitors/neighbours by clicking on your front door if you want to - that way, I can have them in some games and avoid them in others. The game should be all about choices.
But it is very annoying when they nerf stuff. Like the murphy bed from Tiny Living. I tried so hard to get a sim killed with that thing lol, never managed it. And then it got nerfed and hardly ever even breaks any more. Except that they didn't need to nerf it because there were already ways in-game you could avoid it - use a different bed, or get your handiness skill up to make it unbreakable. Sigh.
I think we should campaign to get everything put back the way it was!