It was brought to my attention that there hasn't been any new whims in the game since TS4 Seasons. I know whims are something a lot of simmers use and would like to be updated along with new content. So tell me everyone, would you like to have new whims/added to previous packs that didn't receive them?
Would you like the Sims Team to Add New Whims? 143 votes
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Agreed!
Whims were the little 'wishes' near your sim's portrait (they've been disabled automatically since 2018-ish but you can enable them in s4 settings if you want to check them out - they're sadly not updated for the latest packs though).
Here's a new mod overview for anyone who wants improved whims and can use mods - it also shows what whims are for anyone who doesn't know/remember them.
It’s a fun idea maybe, but if just based on mood or other shallow themes it will never have any depth.
I liked the similar/equivalent system in TS3, there was some advancement too it. TS4 seems geared more towards a situational gameplay, and I appreciate some of its features. I don’t need the whims.
Make them require at least acquiring the Vampire Lore skill, and then players can do that by using books.
It's so ridiculous for Sims that never had anything to do with Vampires to get a "search for information on Vampires" whim from "not being a Vampire".
Wow it looks like we share the same playstyle along with some other people. It is too bad that our way of playing was totally neglected. I hope they give us a total improvment of this system so we could have fun playing again. It wont be a waste to do so since so many of us like playing this way, and this game is planned to go on for a few more years.
I am going to tag @SimGuruMrE since i saw him comment in other threads, hopefully he reads this and carry our feedback to the rest of the team.
Right now, they're just tied down to a cheaty rewards system that makes an easy game even easier.
She defines why I want new whims. Whims are the thing I like to do when I am bored.
Make it so that pinned whims don't disappear, limit pinned whims to one at a time...add meaningful whims that make sense for a sim's life, like having a sim wanting to have a baby after getting married for example. Having the desire to have a male or female baby and so on.
I like whims that help to actually direct how to play my game.
But if the whims aren't targeted specifically to a sims traits and are just randomly pulled from a hat and make no sense, then no.
And less whims for "buying" things, unless it's for functional things that would help improve the sims needs, like say a bed that has a higher comfort level because the sim is currently sleeping on a horrible bed, but not irrelevant things like the bee box when your sim is not a gardener, outdoor person.
Whims are just random, not personal, and boring. I hardly ever use them.
http://forums.thesims.com/en_US/discussion/924539/features-that-needs-depth-and-ways-to-improve
I would truly enjoy if aspirations and satisfaction were relevant again, though. I know the whim system needs the rework, but the lack is one of the things that feels more lifeless about 4. I miss expecting proper satisfaction rewards to purchase.
I had hopes they would be fixed, updated or overhauled years ago when they were first broken. But when they announced a toggle to turn them off and that Whims would be off by default, my dreams died on the vine. I knew they'd never do anything with them again. Maybe they'll prove me wrong one day, but I seriously doubt it.
It's sad because I mostly don't miss them until I see a thread like this or my Sims can't complete milestones/holidays quickly enough to buy something from the Rewards store they need. In that case, I'll turn them back on to see if I can use them again and quickly see again why I turned them off. They're too repetitive, don't align half the time with what my Sim is doing and the other half of the time don't correctly complete to give my Sims the points.
R.I.P. Whims