So anyone else not so happy about the new lifetime aspiration thing in FT?
jolrei:
I used to always make sure that they had an LTW that could be fulfilled by the time they were half-way through "adult". This was when I was young and though total happiness was wonderful (about 3 months ago). Permaplat sims have nothing to aspire to, and no need to fulfil wants to stay happy. They are directionless happy-drones suitable only for power-idling, cleaning, and baby care. In short, they are functional furniture and about as interesting as the white basic maxis chair.
Now that I have reached this enlightened stage, I give all my sims the least attainable goal. Family sims aspire to marry off 6 children (and are limited to having 2). Knowledge sims with the "max 7 skills" LTW are permitted to follow their main wants (which are all about woohooing the person standing next to them anyway). Any sim with a career LTW is streamed into an entirely different career.
Sims who want a golden anniversary get to fulfill it. After all, they've earned it by that point (and they're elders anyway who function well as happy-drones).
Make it harder in FT, and I'll probably still want to make it even less possible.
Zazazu:
For awhile I instituted a rolling policy. I rolled for whether they got their LTW and whether they went to college. So Sim A gets a big "No LTW for you!" right off the bat. Sim B gets a maybe, then learns they aren't going to college because they rub the Dean the wrong way, and their LTW depends on a diploma (see: Syberspunk's changed career requirements + LTW variety). "No LTW for you!". Sim C gets a maybe, has a possible career want with/without college or some non-career want, and gets to be a dumb doorknob later in life. Go them!
Now I've added more wrenches in the works. Want to have a golden anniversary but never roll the want to get married? Oh well. Want three kids to go to college but they rolled no college? Looks like you failed as a parent.
jolrei:
Quote from: Zazazu on 2008 February 27, 19:41:44
Now I've added more wrenches in the works. Want to have a golden anniversary but never roll the want to get married? Oh well. Want three kids to go to college but they rolled no college? Looks like you failed as a parent.
You are an evil deity, Zazazu. I like that.
Sivany:
My sims just never seem to fulfil their lifetime wants anyway since I don't pay much attention to them so I've not really experienced them wandering around as mindless drones. The other day however I had a sim phone a college student (called Helen) and got the message "Helen has just fulfilled her LTW etc." I assume her LTW was to do with best friends as the person ringing her had just got the 'made best friends with Helen' memory. If I decide this has made her too boring she will become a candidate for an untimely and tragic death.
Tigerlilley:
I like lifetime wants tooo.
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