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High level Charisma Sims can ask for loans. "Liberty, thanks for being my 20th friend and helping complete my Aspiration. Can I borrow $500?"
Overview and Set Up
Friends, friends, and more friends - that's what this Aspiration is all about. No career requirements are part of
this Aspiration, so it's quite possible to knock this out within one week - it's just a question of capping Charisma
and getting 20 friends. The perfect traits for a Sim pursuing Friend of the World are: Good, Cheerful, and Outgoing.
A Cheerful Sim will be Happy quite often and Happy Sims have an easier go at making friendships, plus it boosts the
skill gain rate of Charisma. That's important because the higher level of Charisma you have the more successful your
socials are.
Stage I - New in Town
I immediately shipped my Sim off to the park in Oasis Springs to build his 3 friendships needed for Stage 1. He accomplished that by the end of the day, then cooked his dinner and went to bed. The next day he had enough Satisfaction to buy the Observant reward - the only reward that makes a big difference for this Aspiration. If you immediately learn traits of a target Sim, then you'll know which Sims to focus on for friendships after a simple introduction. If your target Sim has common traits, then you can hone in on really effective socials (++ results). Read Carl's excellent Guide on Relationships and making friends...so much good info in that piece.
-->Stage II - Well Liked
When I completed Stage I had already completed Level 4 of the Charisma Skill, so for Stage II it was just a question of pulling up the map (Press M) and going to 3 different locations to meet new Sims. More friendship requirements are coming up later, so keep your eyes out for Sims you meet with common traits.
Stage III - Super Friend
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Getting to Level 6 of the Charisma skill is simple enough - make sure to choose Socials that boost Charisma (glasses icon) as opposed to Funny interactions which boost the Comedy skill. So, now it's time to set your sights on building more friendships. With all the introductions my Sim has done over the last day and a half I took a look at his Relationship panel and decided to focus on Sims that were close to being Friends (look for the icon where the smiley faces are slightly overlapping) - it was not going to take much to get them to Friend status. By the end of Tuesday of the first week I had accumulated 10 friends, so just two more to finish Stage III.
Stage IV - Friend of the World
The final stage of this Aspiration was actually broken from day 1 since it required your Sim to have had 5 B.F.F. The problem is it's not like Sims 3 where you could have multiple Best Friends. In Sims 4 you can only have 1 B.F.F. at a time. So, the workaround solution was you had to lose B.F.F. status with the one Sim in order to make the "Ask to be Best Friends" social available for another Sim. Then, rinse and repeat. Pretty crazy you had to do that, but now it's fixed and the requirement is you just need to have 1 B.F.F.
So, for the final stage it's just a question of getting even more friends (you need 20 total) and capping Charisma. This will be the stage where you spend the most time (probably 3-4 days), but it's very straightforward - you're killing two birds with one stone and building Charisma as you finish up your 20 friends requirement.
With a trustworthy and honest face like Greg Garious *cough cough*, how could anyone's relationship with him ever decay?
The Beloved Reward Trait
The Beloved reward trait you earn after completing the Aspiration is really nice because until you get the reward
it's more challenging keeping friendships - you need real face time. Chatting on the phone does nothing for
friendship maintenence as opposed to Sims 3 where phone calls gave the relationship bar a little nudge. With the
final stage I guarantee you will get frustrated sometimes because 20 friends is a lot to maintain and probably every
single day you'll hear the "whoosh" sound of a component on your Aspiration changing and it's going to be losing a
friend that was right on the edge. Lol. So, the bottom line is - the Beloved reward will be most welcome for you as
your charismatic friendship-making machine will no longer have any relationships decay. Take advantage of this and
have your Sim move onto other Aspirations that require friendships - those components will be a cakewalk, and you can
just focus on the career or skills, etc.
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The past month, I've spent every day tinkering The Sims 4, making quality of life improvements, gameplay changes, and new difficulty settings for the game. If you'd like to learn more about my project, visit the post on Patreon where you can download it now.
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Does it stop the romance bar from decaying as well?
Frankly, I'm curious myself. Not even for the sake of the aspirations that require having multiple partners, merely for the fact, for one reason or another, that my sims are busy with work, or aspirations; or managing their children, skills, or garden. People mention the bars taking very little time at all to increase, but rarely take into account the relationship bars falling that much faster if your sim doesn't see that sim on a regular basis.