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The Klepto Trait
gretamode1
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First of all, I just want to say that I loved all the new items/traits made available through this patch. My sims can finally have an unhealthy obsession with grilled cheese sandwiches! I just have one question, why can't you shoplift from stores in the Get to Work expansion pack? I love the kleptomaniac trait, but I don't understand why the developers didn't make it possible to steal items that are for sale. This would also tie in nicely with the police occupation. Cops could arrest shoplifters, or the owner could just intervene and the shoplifter would get in trouble.
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I plan to go back to my sim's store and take some items off sale, so they can be stolen. One item happened to be off sale here.
However, I really wish my sim could steal paintings made by other sims. One of my art clubs has a hangout in the art museum. They are filling the place with their paintings, but my klepto sim cannot steal them.
Brilliant idea. Bad cop
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Have you noticed a limitation? Like how many items per day, or what you can't steal?
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I'm mostly curious if sims can steal counters and cupboards...mostly to furnish a house with stolen objects
Using the Klepto trait is optional. So don't use it if you think it's useless. I'm sure people will opt out of laundry on the sims so long as it's optional.
Just remember to make a toilet garden in your sim's front yard then of all the stolen goods :P Oversize them for extra hilarity. Or, open a shop in which you sell strictly stolen toilets/other goods. You can name it "Five Finger Discount".
Oh good god. That shop idea is amazing! I am totally going to do it.
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I hated the laundry thing. It was only necessary if you bought the washer and dryer and my poor simmies never had time so it was just annoying that they always wanted to buy a washer and dryer! I'd much rather have klepto!
It's a fun trait, beside's this is a life simulation game & in real life there are people who have sticky finger's & steal things. I'm sure laundry will come back, but in the meantime you'll just have to wait for it.
Nabbing something more expensive like a sofa chair is a 4 hour buff. And nabbing something really expensive, like a TV or computer is an 8 hour buff.
I've yet to get caught, so I don't know if getting caught gives you a "you can't do this again for some time" kind of buff as well.
The highest I've tested is level 8 mischief. I'm not sure yet if there's a level where you can nab stuff like beds or refrigerators.
for your info i do not let my sims age and chose the traits that fits with my play style i do not even let my sims die since i turn off death as well
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Little more info from some testing I just did:
- Getting caught definitely does give a cooldown debuff. I'm guessing its length is proportional to the item you're attempting to steal, cause I got caught on a television and got 8 hour debuff. The debuff is Embarrassed, so I thought I'd try something...
- If you pick up the Shameless trait (can't be Embarrassed) then you can literally steal an item right in front of another sim and not get caught. XD You will get notified that you were successful and then the other sim will gasp after the fact, but no embarrassed debuff.
- Even at level 10, the type of items you can swipe is a bit limited. So far, some of the kinds I haven't had the option to swipe: Refrigerators, stoves, playground equipment. Some that you can swipe: Furniture (chairs, sofas), plants (the kind you can buy and place in build mode), computers, TVs.
Looks like the general setup is, if the item is considered vital to a sim staying alive, it can't be swiped. I'm betting it's only a matter of time until somebody mods this though lol.
Like you I found laundry annoying. After the initial novelty wore off I think the only time I put one in the house was when I wanted to create a slob's house with laundry all over the floor. The klepto trait sounds much more amusing.
The only thing I didn't like about the TS3 version was that my Sim could only steal cars during a certain time. It's been a while but I think it was after dark and before morning. Other than that my kleptos were quite active.