Game Play Questions, How do YOU play?
pixiejuice:
Quote from: J. M. Pescado on 2008 July 26, 15:06:43
I don't purely roll for these because the results would be totally random and out of character. Instead, I have a set of deterministic criteria I use. The final outcome is thus nonrandom, controlled by me, and yet not controlled by me.
Same here. My criteria: family sims have to be at least a little bit nice; popularity sims have to be outgoing and playful; fortune sims are serious, outgoing, and not lazy; pleasure sims have to be playful and not too nice; romance have to be mid-range nice/mean, outgoing, and not too serious; knowledge sims have to be serious, neat, and not too outgoing. Secondary aspirations are entirely character based too, and are chosen according to personality, how they were raised, and what kind of wants they roll. Most of my sims don't choose a secondary aspiration until college or adulthood.
DrNerd:
Quote from: darcee on 2008 July 26, 16:14:36
Quote from: J. M. Pescado on 2008 July 26, 15:06:43
I don't purely roll for these because the results would be totally random and out of character. Instead, I have a set of deterministic criteria I use. The final outcome is thus nonrandom, controlled by me, and yet not controlled by me.
Same here. My criteria: family sims have to be at least a little bit nice; popularity sims have to be outgoing and playful; fortune sims are serious, outgoing, and not lazy; pleasure sims have to be playful and not too nice; romance have to be mid-range nice/mean, outgoing, and not too serious; knowledge sims have to be serious, neat, and not too outgoing. Secondary aspirations are entirely character based too, and are chosen according to personality, how they were raised, and what kind of wants they roll. Most of my sims don't choose a secondary aspiration until college or adulthood.
For me, that would get boring fairly early on, having all the Sims from the same Aspiration having the same general personality. I never rolled for Aspiration before I started my Legacy, and since I've had to roll, combinations have come up that are unexpected but that totally work.
One of my favorite Sims ever is my Gen 2 Uglacy heir: a Family Sim with one nice point. Try it some time; it shouldn't work, but it totally can.
All of my Knowledge Sims have been outgoing, because most of my Sims are. I don't see shyness as being an advantage to a Knowledge Sim.
The only thing I change at this point, is Pleasure Sims who aren't Playful. I've had 6 Pleasure rolls, 5 of whom had or have 3 playful points. The sixth had 10 playful points, and he was a happy little goofball. The most recent serious Pleasure Sim was made a Grilled Cheese Sim because I refuse to deal with anymore serious Pleasure Sims. Even wfsanity can't help them.
J. M. Pescado:
Quote from: DrNerd on 2008 July 26, 18:53:31
Quote from: darcee on 2008 July 26, 16:14:36
Same here. My criteria: family sims have to be at least a little bit nice; popularity sims have to be outgoing and playful; fortune sims are serious, outgoing, and not lazy; pleasure sims have to be playful and not too nice; romance have to be mid-range nice/mean, outgoing, and not too serious; knowledge sims have to be serious, neat, and not too outgoing. Secondary aspirations are entirely character based too, and are chosen according to personality, how they were raised, and what kind of wants they roll. Most of my sims don't choose a secondary aspiration until college or adulthood.
For me, that would get boring fairly early on, having all the Sims from the same Aspiration having the same general personality. I never rolled for Aspiration before I started my Legacy, and since I've had to roll, combinations have come up that are unexpected but that totally work.
See, this is precisely why I DON'T use a singular criteria like that. I have a whole bunch of OTHER criteria I use, which are NOT directly correlated to personality: Interests, family background, number of family and friends, relations, all these are tallied up to create a final result.
Quote from: DrNerd on 2008 July 26, 18:53:31
One of my favorite Sims ever is my Gen 2 Uglacy heir: a Family Sim with one nice point. Try it some time; it shouldn't work, but it totally can.
All of my Knowledge Sims have been outgoing, because most of my Sims are. I don't see shyness as being an advantage to a Knowledge Sim.
Well, outgoingness works against Knowledge because outgoing sims have high social decay, and most knowledge-based pursuits are primarily solitary in nature. Outgoing knowledge sims thus tend to wind up a bit crackers.
Quote from: DrNerd on 2008 July 26, 18:53:31
The only thing I change at this point, is Pleasure Sims who aren't Playful. I've had 6 Pleasure rolls, 5 of whom had or have 3 playful points. The sixth had 10 playful points, and he was a happy little goofball. The most recent serious Pleasure Sim was made a Grilled Cheese Sim because I refuse to deal with anymore serious Pleasure Sims. Even wfsanity can't help them.
Pleasure sims that aren't playful is practically a contradiction in my criteria. The aspiration is basically entire silly and not at ALL suitable for Serious Cats.
HeyYeah:
I also base aspirations on interests, friends, family, and stuff like that. A sim spends his entire toddlerhood glued to the logic building toy? He'll be a knowledge sim, unless he's really outgoing, then he'll be fortune. Youngest in a family of seven kids who hate each other? Probably not going to be a family sim.
I also determine what jobs they'll have (and what LTW I'll force them to have, messing with aspirations, interest levels and personality points until I roll it, then fixing everything) according to past experiences and what jobs family members have had. Burglar broke in while the kid was playing with his toddler toys? He'll grow up to be Captain Hero. Both parents are visionaries and they own an art gallery? The kid is probably going to want to do something different with his life..
Zazazu:
Quote from: DrNerd on 2008 July 26, 18:53:31
For me, that would get boring fairly early on, having all the Sims from the same Aspiration having the same general personality. I never rolled for Aspiration before I started my Legacy, and since I've had to roll, combinations have come up that are unexpected but that totally work.
Popularity teens with one or no nice points. They want desperately to make friends but are incredibly socially inept.
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