Most of my live mode activities involve micro-managing sim's needs. I appreciate a lot of people find that tedious and choose the reward traits that make needs deplete more slowly, but I like, in fact need the need depletion to fit with my play style.
Having said that, I love vampires, and I especially love the sims 4 ones, but two things really irk me;
Firstly, vampiric energy only depletes by either sunlight (non-issue for me, all mine are immune) or doing vampire things - using powers etc. - it doesn't deplete throughout the day (or night) in the same way human energy does. Are you really telling me a vampire who woke up completely rested but hasn't used their powers for a while is still gonna be as fresh as a daisy after being on the go for 4 days straight? It's so annoying. I really wish they'd just get tired and go to bed like everyone else has to.
Secondly, their other needs, apart from thirst also deplete more slowly. The undead seem to also be the great unwashed but after 2 days without maintaining personal hygiene their bodily odour is still at socially acceptable levels.
In effect I end up with vampire sims I really love, but the need micro-managing is diminished, thus leaving me feeling a bit at a loss.
Sorry for the rant. I know they're only little things but they really bother me sometimes.
Can anyone relate?
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I guess I hadn't noticed, since I tend to have a rather difficult playstyle with my vamp. With thin skin, insatiable thirst, and sloppy drinker, I can only imagine he'd have a hell of a time trying to survive if his other needs decayed more rapidly
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Maybe it's because I choose the least impactful weaknesses, having worked out a few of them can be cancelled out with the carefree trait.
But I can see why it's inconvenient for you. Maybe you could try taking some challenging weaknesses, it might fill in that gameplay gap for you. I see the weaknesses as a great mechanic put in place to replace the need challenges to keep vampires from getting too easy or powerful. You might end up enjoying them.
I have a household consisting of two vampires and the Grim Reaper. As you can imagine, none of them needs anything, like... ever. The fox has to be fed and washed occasionally, but that's it, most of the stuff in the house, the toilets, the kitchen, even the bedrooms are basically just decoration, and I can never play with this family for long because of that. As cool as they are, I wish they were a little... needier.
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To be honest I thought those things did deplete when I first got Vampires, but haven't played TS4 in months so maybe they tweaked it a bit more and changed the way these things deplete to an even slower level? It's possible because I did have to put my vamp to bed when I first played them. Though he never really needed a bath.
First off, I dislike that they can be daywalkers. The distinction between a normal Sim and a vampire Sim becomes non-existent in this regard. Vampires are 100% night creatures in my book. I resent seeing Vladislaus Straud in a grub stall in San Myshuno at noon 'Come any, come all and buy my delicious noodles!'. What's up with that?
Secondly, I find they are way too easy to play after you pick just a few perks. So easy, that you start to ponder to only play daywalking vampire Sims who have no need for sleep and just have a lot of plasma packs to cover nutrition.
But okay, it's totally up to the player to choose their play style. We can choose to make it difficult. I suppose that's cool
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Time enjoyed is never time wasted
Also if you choose hibernate instead of just sleep they will stay in their coffin until you wake them up.
If you don't want to see Vlad as a food stall vendor or a mixologist (where he usually shows up in my games) you can assign him a career; just go in and play him long enough to get him a job (I usually choose something like writer or painter which would suit someone who has to stay in during the day), then go into Manage Households and mark him as unplayed. That works with any of the vampires.
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Maybe have your Vampire Sims have a hobby trait or two.
The major thing that bothers me is that vampire Sims will stay out in the sun and burn up, like they won't save themselves. I've lost quite a few vamps that come home from work and stand out in the sun & don't come into the house...by the time I catch it...they're dead.
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I’m not sure if this was fixed around Parenthood time, but some vamps stand in the sun and don’t save themselves. This includes my own sims when I return to the house and they spawn in a sunny area. (And then they kind of take a while to react, lol.)
A few flaws are a little annoying, but I love the powers concept.
I miss the biting neck animation, though...
Still, vamps are cool.
I’m waiting for another one of my fave supernaturals: the werewolf!
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