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Are needs decaying faster after your sim learns magic?
DragonAge_300905
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Before I have my sim learn magic she doesn't need to watch TV to keep her fun need full. She's level 10 in the gardening skill so having her talk to and tend her plants once a day keeps her fun needs bar full until I have her learn magic. Then all her needs seem to drain faster than they were before she learned magic.
Does anybody else think the needs drain faster after your sims learn magic?
Does anybody else think the needs drain faster after your sims learn magic?
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I noticed when my sims were doing extensive spell casting their energy depleted rather Quickly, which I really love. Magic is a form of energy, and should feed off of the Sims Energy Gauge rather than some Magic Meter, or whatever. It's just you ought to be careful about how you use your magic. I think, Not 100% sure still trying to study it, but I think, if you have a good Charge then you Energy needs won't be touched as much, but don't over do it. Magic indeed comes with a price... dearie.
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But Social I do seem to notice decaying faster - but that may just be my Sim living alone, and not with both parents and his brothers.
Energy seems stable - if it has decreased faster, it at least does so predictably. I get my Sim up at 6:00 AM, and they are good until Midnight (with a good bed).
Hard to gauge Hygiene, because I grab any least opportunity to use Scruberoo.
Bladder seems to be somewhat more demanding.
Hunger, hard to gauge because I am used to a household with a Master Chef and multiple platters of unspoiling food around, so hard to judge a Sim cooking for his own needs as an independent YA coming from that.
It's not drastic, but yes - it may have speeded up motive decay a bit, OR I notice it more when I am playing a single Sim in a household of his own.
I'll try to pay more attention I guess. Sometimes when magic fails their needs drop to half way or other needs tank, but that makes sense to me.
I'll try to pay more attention .. maybe some tweaks were made overall. I doubt just spellcasters are having issues with daily needs.
I do think sleep is decaying a bit faster - both my Sims have the 'seldom weary' trait and a good bed (not the one from RoM, which is gorgeous and useless because it's a 5), and should be fully rested on three hours of sleep. They seem to need about four hours, however.
I started a new game with a spell caster I made in CAS and her needs don't seem to drain as fast. She doesn't have the bought traits since she's a new sim.
I quite like it, you can have great power but your needs drop faster when you do use magic. Then the “apple a day”-potion feels more ok. The spellcasters become a tiny bit less OP.
Send her to the magic realm and have her talk to the sages there. Once she gains a bit of friendship with one, she should be able to ask them to gift her the ability.