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what you think of Plopsy?
cmbaker16
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Now that we finally have our hands on nifty knitting and can finally play around with Plopsy what do you think of it?
I like it so far I think it adds a difficulty to earning money we've not had before, granted i've not played with it long but it seems like it's going to take a while to earn any money off of it. I can see myself pairing it with a sim who has a business and use Plopsy as a way for her to do "online deliveries"
let me know what your thoughts are and how your going to incorporate Plopsy into your gameplay
I like it so far I think it adds a difficulty to earning money we've not had before, granted i've not played with it long but it seems like it's going to take a while to earn any money off of it. I can see myself pairing it with a sim who has a business and use Plopsy as a way for her to do "online deliveries"
let me know what your thoughts are and how your going to incorporate Plopsy into your gameplay
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As far as selling it’s pretty cool. I’ve only had a sim sell a few paintings but they sold in less than a day and I like the pop ups you get throughout the process. My only thing is I wish you could set prices and change your plopsy name. Nothing major though as you still make a good amount more selling here than through inventory plus it adds realism.
I currently plan on using it for my artsy sims who paint a lot but at other points will use it for candles and knitting as well plus whatever else the game throws at me. I wish you could sell fabricated objects but I get why that’s not a doable thing.
I also like that we get a message by notification saying how much the buyer enjoyed receiving the craft. It happens after a while. Im not sure if the day after the sell or some hours after it.
I haven't bought anything yet.
I do love having Plopsy as another way to sell items for storytelling purposes. It's perfect for my 100 Baby Challenge. I have my matriarch selling the eco living stuff in a yard sale or at the flea market & then Plopsy for all the other items, like floral arranging and knitting items. My matriarch is an entrepreneur, & I use Plopsy for her "online deliveries". Making tons of money on the floral arrangements, but not so much yet on knitting (level 3 skill so far). Having fun and I can see me using Plopsy frequently in my Saves.
Nevermind. Found out what it is. Need to find time to play more.
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No it doesn't, a dev in the livestream said there were too many ways to gain fame already in the game.
Excellent, thank you
From what I understand, not all items are guaranteed to sell?
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But I can't wait to start buying and selling stuff, that part will be fun.
@elanorbreton they do pull out the phone to list the items.
Oh! Haha I must need new glasses, I only saw the sim swipe the painting. Thanks for that info x
I've noticed that cause my sim is a photographer. He takes 5 photos at a time. He sells 4 of them to magazines (that is magical hahah) and then he pulls out his phone and lists the last one on plopsy.
Basically, plopsy seems like a copy/paste of the store-like script that pops up when you want to buy stuff like seeds, medicine, or items from the ROM shops.... that doesn't really do anything extra except give you the option to buy pretty much most things offered by all the packs as a whole..... rather than be limited to one pack such as the ROM store popup.... or the buy seeds popup.
I'm not sure if its fair to consider it like ebay or etsy, or more so like an all-in-one mall script. I think the only thing that makes plopsy seem more like an online marketing tool is that you don't need to travel to a shop to use it... such as ROM shops.
Overall, plopsy seems great when considering the idea of it, being that it opens the door to buying and selling at least most items in the game. I like the marketing value it adds to the sims households.......
........ However, when it comes to "using" it. It seems like something that would be completely boring. It doesn't have it own look and feel separating it from the obvious script it was copied from, it doesn't come with any notable features (can't create profiles, set prices, etc), there's no need to manage the sales by mailing the sold stuff, and on the selling end of plopsy, it seems we don't even get the store-like popup.
So far, again, based on videos and comments shared by others, plopsy seems more like a semi-rabbit hole mall of a buy/sell feature for sims pack items.
Please feel free to correct me if i'm wrong.
Edit:
..... With the economy tweak leaving my rent for a mansion size house at being just 500 or so simoleans a week, my 4 sim household really doesn't need more money. So when it comes to plopsy, I was more interested in the "entertainment" value side of the feature, not so much the "economic" side.
I was hoping plopsy was fun to use, not just be economically convenient. It's ok if I only get 1200 simoleans for a painting by clicking/selling as usual rather than 4000 using plopsy..... because truth be told... my sims don't even need the 1200.
Edit:
.... just bought pack so i'll see for myself what plopsy is about.
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I prefer to play poor, struggling sims and I was worried that Etsy would make TOO much money. But it doesn't seem to be that way. Knitting isn't going to make you rich OR famous, and that's exactly what I wanted.
I haven't been able to get potions to work unless a witch gives them out.
Plopsy is a copy/paste script that we've already seen pretty much since day one (6 years ago) that allows you to browse the store-like listings.... no differently than buying seeds, or shop items.... that allows you zero user options other than "buy" and "quantity" of items.
Add to that the selling side of plopsy being limited to rabbit-hole sales. You click on item, choose "sell on plopsy", and that's it. Item disappears from house, and shows up in sims' inventory.... which you can then see plopsy info by hovering mouse over item.
As for browsing plopsy to see your listings.... that option doesn't seem to exist. You can browse plopsy to see what items you can buy, but not to see what items you are selling. To keep track of the items you have listed on plopsy you will need to visit the sims inventory.
And yea... that's plopsy.