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AL and M&G: What's the Wantspam?
« on: 2008 December 13, 14:08:15 »
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I'm finally juuuuuust about convinced to add AL and M&G to my game, but before I do, could any of you who has these let me know what sort of Wantspam I can expect? I know every new EP (and presumably the EP-like M&G) has had its own host of predominant Wants that move in and act like they own the place, crowding out those oldies-but-goodies like "Meet Aliens", and if they're to be the last batch of "crowders" I add, I'm hoping they're not particularly onerous ones.

Also, it annoys me that sims in FT have to do the Talk/Blog/Activity dance for their hobbies every day before their "real" Wants roll back up. Does this trend continue with AL/M&G?
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Re: AL and M&G: What's the Wantspam?
« Reply #1 on: 2008 December 13, 14:43:33 »
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AL doesn't add any particularly apparent wantspam as far a I know, unless you are involved in Apartments or Witchery, in which case there are wants pertaining to those, but not a lot. There are also the new-skill wants, but those are one-shots once satisfied.
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Re: AL and M&G: What's the Wantspam?
« Reply #2 on: 2008 December 13, 14:51:03 »
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AL adds the "jump rope" want though, doesn't it? My kids now want to do that all the time.
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Re: AL and M&G: What's the Wantspam?
« Reply #3 on: 2008 December 14, 07:31:42 »
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I have a knowledge sim who keeps wanting to buy a "green energy source" (the solar panels or windmill from M&G), but so far it hasn't gotten too annoying. And most of my sims keep rolling up wants to learn Physiology, Fire Safety or Lifelong Happiness, which I think came with AL.
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Re: AL and M&G: What's the Wantspam?
« Reply #4 on: 2008 December 14, 22:52:12 »
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Kids also seem to get the want to 'torment' someone quite a lot, even if they have a fair amount of nice points. Jump rope and 'learn useless oneshot skill x' are the worst offenders, though.
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Re: AL and M&G: What's the Wantspam?
« Reply #5 on: 2008 December 29, 11:05:27 »
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I have a knowledge sim who keeps wanting to buy a "green energy source" (the solar panels or windmill from M&G), but so far it hasn't gotten too annoying.
One of my family sims (with a secondary of Knowledge) keeps wanting a "green energy source'.  So much so, it turns up twice in his wants most of the time.  I try rerolling his wants, but this only works occasionally.  ARGH!!
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« Reply #6 on: 2008 December 29, 11:10:28 »
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I have a couple of sims who are constantly rolling up a "be popular" want. As fast they as they fulfil it, another one rolls up. Kinda tedious, but I grin and bear it like the stoic one has to be to play the game.
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Re: AL and M&G: What's the Wantspam?
« Reply #7 on: 2008 December 29, 11:12:51 »
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I have a knowledge sim who keeps wanting to buy a "green energy source" (the solar panels or windmill from M&G), but so far it hasn't gotten too annoying.
One of my family sims (with a secondary of Knowledge) keeps wanting a "green energy source'.  So much so, it turns up twice in his wants most of the time.  I try rerolling his wants, but this only works occasionally.  ARGH!!
Don't sweat the buy wants. They're easy to fulfill and cost nothing (you may as well CRTL-Click to save you the trip to buy mode to buy, move, and sell), and are basically a free source of ASP that serves instead as a cash-reserves check.
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Re: AL and M&G: What's the Wantspam?
« Reply #8 on: 2008 December 29, 16:14:53 »
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I have a couple of sims who are constantly rolling up a "be popular" want. As fast they as they fulfil it, another one rolls up. Kinda tedious, but I grin and bear it like the stoic one has to be to play the game.

Is that the "have a good reputation" want? I seem to only have sims who are fully in the green in the reputation bar get it, then it satisfies itself at a random point in the day. Has anyone any information on what triggers this want to come up and what fulfils it?
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Re: AL and M&G: What's the Wantspam?
« Reply #9 on: 2008 December 29, 16:40:33 »
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First sim I've seen have it is a Fortune sim, no secondary asp, YA. She had just her family as best friends plus a few acquaintances. Six best friends, maybe four acquaintances, none near friend level.
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Re: AL and M&G: What's the Wantspam?
« Reply #10 on: 2008 December 30, 02:03:40 »
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Most of my kids want to torture/swing around/jump rope, at least once a day. And they all want to learn x skill every now and then. Only the skills are a little annoying.

I also have a YA who spends her days complaining, because she can't get to the freaking flowers. I think that's what's mostly pissing me off.
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Re: AL and M&G: What's the Wantspam?
« Reply #11 on: 2008 December 30, 02:13:42 »
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Use the autonomy control to proscribe flowers. Problem solved.
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Re: AL and M&G: What's the Wantspam?
« Reply #12 on: 2008 December 30, 13:07:19 »
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I also have a YA who spends her days complaining, because she can't get to the freaking flowers. I think that's what's mostly pissing me off.

If it were my sim, she'd be lying under them by now.

I haven't noticed much want spam, I have to say, but that might just be the way I play.  Keep 'em poor and miserable, they don't have much time for buying expensive stuff or learning useless skills. 
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Re: AL and M&G: What's the Wantspam?
« Reply #13 on: 2008 December 30, 14:34:41 »
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Loki Beaker forever wants to buy a ceiling fan. I buy one, another want rolls up, a want gets fulfilled then the ceiling fan want rolls up again. Argh!
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Re: AL and M&G: What's the Wantspam?
« Reply #14 on: 2008 December 31, 03:02:05 »
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Knowledge and Fortune Sims are famous for their greed: they constantly want to have this, have that, and more, and better, and more expensive... greedy little bastards they are...
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Re: AL and M&G: What's the Wantspam?
« Reply #15 on: 2008 December 31, 08:26:34 »
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I wouldn't mind if it is better and more expensive stuff, but it is just a ceiling fan! I know where I'd put it if I could. Tongue
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Re: AL and M&G: What's the Wantspam?
« Reply #16 on: 2008 December 31, 09:32:54 »
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Be happy it IS a buy want. In the post-NL age, buy wants = free ASP.
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Re: AL and M&G: What's the Wantspam?
« Reply #17 on: 2008 December 31, 10:27:28 »
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Be happy it IS a buy want. In the post-NL age, buy wants = free ASP.
OK, I know why it's free ASP, but I don't get the reference to NL. Possibly because I'm old and my memory is fading. Did buy wants work differently pre-NL?
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Re: AL and M&G: What's the Wantspam?
« Reply #18 on: 2008 December 31, 10:50:17 »
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Be happy it IS a buy want. In the post-NL age, buy wants = free ASP.
OK, I know why it's free ASP, but I don't get the reference to NL. Possibly because I'm old and my memory is fading. Did buy wants work differently pre-NL?

No inventory pre-NL.  So you couldn't buy-inventorise-sell from inventory for zero simoleons and free ASP.
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« Reply #19 on: 2008 December 31, 19:23:41 »
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So you couldn't buy-inventorise-sell from inventory for zero simoleons and free ASP.

Oh. And here's a dumb Marhis who still waits a sim-day before selling that stuff from inventory, to avoid asp loss. Good to know!
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Re: AL and M&G: What's the Wantspam?
« Reply #20 on: 2008 December 31, 22:29:23 »
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I always get the asp loss if I sell stuff like that on the same day, so I always wait a day, too. 
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Re: AL and M&G: What's the Wantspam?
« Reply #21 on: 2009 January 01, 22:45:36 »
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But, but... I don't want free asp! Angry  I prefer to keep them miserable. 

What's most annoying is that the wants/ fears tend to obsess over the same damn things, if there's any cash reserve on hand.  It's tedious to perpetually stuff their inventories with sculptures to keep the cashbox low.
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