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Revamp the skillls system - make learning a life long project
JAL
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I don't think I am the only one who finds skilling up too easy to do in sims 4. You "serve dinner" to your family every night and suddenly you're a level 10 master cook, even if you never venture beyond macaroni and cheese. A few hours of writing and suddenly you're making thousands in royalties every day even if you are still a teen. By the time you turn into an adult you've mastered most skills and then what's the point?
What I would wish for is a total revamp of the skill system - from how they are gained to how they relate to each other.
One thing the game does get right, is the difference in skills from toddler to child to teen - and the fact that children can start learning adult-skills when they have mastered the basic skill. This is something I wish was applied to all skills. Something like the following:
For charisma the advanced skills could be things like lying, persuasion skills, public speaking, PR...
For basic level of careers the basic skill would do, to reach top positions you'd need the advanced skill, so for example if you wanted to become a crime boss or diamond agent you'd need to master lying.
The idea would be that you cannot start on the advanced skill until you've reached a certain level of the base skill. In some cases it would be enough to reach level 5 or 6, in other cases you'd need to max out one skill before reaching the next one. Some of this could be new skills, in others just reorganising those already there (Logic as base skill - rocket science as one of the advanced ones).
At the same time, just doing shouldn't be enough to advance. If a sim cook dinner every night they'd might reach level 4 or 5, but to advance further they'd need to experiment, watch cooking shows, read cooking books, take skill classes and so on. The idea being that you need to actively pursue a skill rather than just have it happen while you do other things such as cook, play games with your friends or take a swim. Learning takes an effort, after all, and to max out everything should be near impossible without cheats.
Which skills would you like in game and how would you arrange them?
What I would wish for is a total revamp of the skill system - from how they are gained to how they relate to each other.
One thing the game does get right, is the difference in skills from toddler to child to teen - and the fact that children can start learning adult-skills when they have mastered the basic skill. This is something I wish was applied to all skills. Something like the following:
- Communication (toddler) -> socialising (child) -> charisma (teen/adult) -> [add advanced charismatic skills here]
For charisma the advanced skills could be things like lying, persuasion skills, public speaking, PR...
For basic level of careers the basic skill would do, to reach top positions you'd need the advanced skill, so for example if you wanted to become a crime boss or diamond agent you'd need to master lying.
The idea would be that you cannot start on the advanced skill until you've reached a certain level of the base skill. In some cases it would be enough to reach level 5 or 6, in other cases you'd need to max out one skill before reaching the next one. Some of this could be new skills, in others just reorganising those already there (Logic as base skill - rocket science as one of the advanced ones).
At the same time, just doing shouldn't be enough to advance. If a sim cook dinner every night they'd might reach level 4 or 5, but to advance further they'd need to experiment, watch cooking shows, read cooking books, take skill classes and so on. The idea being that you need to actively pursue a skill rather than just have it happen while you do other things such as cook, play games with your friends or take a swim. Learning takes an effort, after all, and to max out everything should be near impossible without cheats.
Which skills would you like in game and how would you arrange them?
Moreover, I advise that the cart button must be destroyed!
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