Hey guys I've always wanted to know how other simmers play. Do you only do one aspiration at a time or do you change it all the time depending on what your doing? I have a really bad habit of swapping mine all the time so if I'm cooking I switch it and when I'm gardening I switch it, no matter what I'm doing lol, I used to think it was for satisfaction points but now I just think its satisfaction lmao.
How do you play?
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I try to stick to just 2 or 3 different ones which make the most sense for the Sim's personality and career/education goals at any given time though....just to save my own sanity.
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You're an old-school simmer, I assume? We were conditioned in TS2 and TS3 to only be able to do one aspiration/lifetime wish at a time.
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Right no its all systems go, how do you post screen shots here?
i guess it makes it easier to not get side tracked
You need to have the image hosted somewhere else online and then paste the url image link into the box that comes up when you click the button for adding pictures that is at the top of the new-post interface here. https://forums.thesims.com/en_US/discussion/comment/15923198/#Comment_15923198
To get the actual image link, what I do is right click the picture where I have it hosted and select "Copy Image Link". Not all browsers support that though, and not all image hosting sites either. I use Tumblr for where I post them first, and it works fine from there.
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Yup. 😄 Been Simming since day one.
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I love that we are able to do that in Sims 4. It makes sense to me because most people in real life aren't single-mindedly focused on accomplishing only one thing at a time, so sims changing their goals in different situations, and then coming back around to old goals later, makes them seem more real to me. And, because I play with aging turned off, I like to take a really long time to actually accomplish the aspirations. If I do one aspiration at a time, it gets completed way too quickly.
In terms of collecting aspiration points, aspirations are ok but it’s way easier to have a couple pets as you can “feel the love” and collect a ton of points this way.
i might try to do just one sometime
I'd argue that this is a good argument for NOT limiting them to just one. A person with only a singular goal/aspiration and no other goals and aspirations is one-dimensional. That limit was one of the largest shortcomings in TS2 and TS3 in terms of helping sims feel alive, imo.
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I began doing that when Jungle Adventures was released, because I needed my sim to be both an archaeologist and a jungle explorer. Whenever the opportunity arises I’d jump between several aspirations to fulfill one or two goals. Yes, sometimes I forget to switch.
I usually have 2 to 5 active aspirations running in the background, most of them adventure related, i.e. become a survivalist, scoundrel, an archaeologist, a jungle explorer and a Strangerville Hero.
The survivalist aspiration is quite tedious and often takes too long to complete, so I usually cheat when I need some of the rewards right away. It entirely depends on the story.
Most of the time I don’t care about satisfaction points, I’d cheat those regardless, but that doesn’t mean I’m lazy or impatient.
I just love the journey itself, eager like a happy pupper. 🐶
yeah i used to think you had to stick to one, but since discovering you can mix it up, its a lot more fun and goal orientated.
you know ive never really used the adventure aspirations, i might have to try them. you defo have a lot going at once, i love it
I find there is a little bit of friction with the game being halted and then you have to rummage around in the aspirations selector. Be nice if there was a menu where you could select them on the fly. It would also be nice if the game recognised when you have selected an aspiration for each sim and so stages are completed/points earned even if that is not the active aspiration.
For example, if you had selected to follow both Renaissance Sim and Soulmate and RS was active, you would get the stage for SM by going on a date.
Shake dreams from your hair
My pretty child, my sweet one.
Choose the day and choose the sign of your day
The day's divinity....
The Ghost Song - Jim Morrison
omg yes that would be great, i hate when i forget to switch aspirations and miss out.