Most worthwhile expansions and stuff packs?
zherok:
Quote from: Kyna on 2008 December 05, 02:29:34
Going back to the point about kids & charisma & Pets: the caged parrot is the only buyable object that children can use to train charisma. Yes, they can use the career rewards for education, business, law, or politics to train it, but those aren't buyable objects.
Kinda a lot of overhead just for that though. Plus you can't really avoid animals like you can say, an extra lot like Bon Voyage.
Sette:
IMHO, I'd not recommend Pets, as it doesn't add much to the core, and the Sims have enough to do without adding pets to the situation. Because I installed FT, AL and Seasons on the same day, I pulled out my Seasons manual to check what new features it added. Features include the giving of gifts (great for transferring rewards and such to other sims), an option to have different hair styles for different outfits (ie, low poly hair for everyday, ponytail for sleep and swim, high poly hair for formal occasions), you can put leftover food into the fridge (great for small families, and kids can feed themselves omelets in the morning without ma or pa waking up), new careers (lawyer career rewards you with another podium that pays 5$ every minute, but the "cha-ching" is irritating and the flying 5s lag my lappy), and a juicer to make smoothies with your crops (you get to garden). New objects are limited though, but who cares with all the CC available.
On a side note, as far as I know, if a child can use a reward, they can build the skill. I've maxed out children's charisma with the podium before they even become teens.
So, as stated in a previous post, I don't think Pets or BV are worth it. As for SPs, don't bother or don't pay for them.
Normally I don't endorse "arr-ing", but after EA screwed us with Spore by treating the innocent like pirates while cracks have no DRM, feck those asses, don't give them any more money. Too bad I'll miss out on Sims3, unless I arr, which I won't. ;-)
Hope this helped.
zherok:
Yeah, I'm leery about three. The leap to two from one is solid, but fairly obvious concepts like dates still require an entire expansion instead of being a core feature? Vacations, pets, weather, dates, and probably college'll all have their own separate expansions all over again. Oh boy, I love spending $40 for a feature I've already played with in a Sims game!
Kyna:
Quote from: zherok on 2008 December 05, 04:13:18
Quote from: Kyna on 2008 December 05, 02:29:34
Going back to the point about kids & charisma & Pets: the caged parrot is the only buyable object that children can use to train charisma. Yes, they can use the career rewards for education, business, law, or politics to train it, but those aren't buyable objects.
Kinda a lot of overhead just for that though. Plus you can't really avoid animals like you can say, an extra lot like Bon Voyage.
I wasn't recommending Pets, merely clarifying the earlier point made about the caged bird. I've never used the caged bird in my game. I only keep Pets installed because I like some of the objects. Or was it some of the walls & floors? Can't quite remember now.
Personally I install EPs based on three things. Point 2 applies to SPs too.
1. Does it add new careers (ignoring pet careers)?
2. Does it add items I would consider using in my game (whether objects, walls, floors, hair or clothing)? Some EP/SPs are better than others at this.
3. Does it add new features that I would use in my game that are not available in a later EP. For example: The ninja teleport (especially the way it works with macrotastics) and beach lots are the two main reasons I keep BV in my game. BV also introduced "walk to lot" and new turn-ons & turn-offs, however I believe those features are also included in a later EP.
Liz:
I enjoyed having the caged bird for a while, but I hardly ever buy it for my sims anymore. A lot of times they'll get the Want to buy the cage, but they never Want the actual bird. Fine with me, really. I like that it's a charisma-builder that can be used autonomously. I *don't* like that anyone and everyone who comes over will zoom straight for the cage to let the damned bird out (not to mention that before cagedpetfixes, those birds were starving to death left and right).
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