That's Quite an Achievement!

[LenaLJ]

My strategy will be posted soon, job decided to send me to Norway for work so need to get back home to get my notes

[LenaLJ]

Alot happened after work send my on a work trip. And personal stuff therefore sadly came in the way for me for posting anything.
I am really sorry for the delay and hope you all can forgive me.

Strategy for Achievements:

The two main parts of the strategy for getting the most achievement points where that we where allowed to move in and out sims as we saw fit, and the wishing well.

I went through all household in order to see which sim had either a high job performance, or a high career level and decided on moving in the following:

-Lily Feng - Level 9 in the Business career + Level 9 Logic
-Anaya Yang - Level 9 in the Painter career
-Baako Yang - Level 9 in the Entertainer career
-Jacques Villareal - Level 9 in the Criminal career + Level 9 Logic
-Raj Rasoya - Level 7 in the Culinay career + Level 10 Cooking and Level 7 Gourment Cooking

My main sim main task was to get to know the city, and get alot of friends. This was both for Aspirations and achievements, but also so that i could see if any townies would be employed in a career. This happend often enough to make it worth while. So when someone got a new career i would invite them in and hope they had a high level.

Sims where also moved in in order to max some skills, like a gardener for Gardening, a entertainer for the music skills and so.

The wishing well was a vital part of the strategy too.
If you offer the highest possible ammount it very often would grant my sims enough workperformance so that they could get a the next level on their next workday (if they had all other requriments fulfilled.) This was a big time saver. Ofcause that would also backfire sometimes.

And another very important point was for me always to have all 8 sims work towards some achivement. Which was judling a lot wiht pausing every 1 or 2 minutes. So rather hard but i like playing big households.

Below is a list of the achivements gathered for the points. Which is a total of 2575

‘Til Death Do Us Part	Have a Sim die at their own wedding.	100
50-Mile-High Club	Successfully WooHoo in a Rocketship.	10
All Nighter	Have a Sim stay awake for 24 straight Sim hours.	25
Are You Entertained?	Have a Sim reach max level in the Entertainer career.	50
Basketcase	Have a Sim get in and out of all primary emotional states within 24 Sim hours.	100
Beyond Repairs	Have a Sim reach max level in the Handiness skill.	50
Bow-dacious	Have a Sim reach max level in the Violin skill.	50
Captain of Industry	Have a Sim reach the max level in the Business carerr	50
Cast Away	Have a Sim reach max level in the Fishing skill.	50
Clued In	Have a Sim reach max level in the Detective career	50
Code Monk	Have a Sim reach max level in the Programming skill.	50
Connoisseurus Rex	Have a Sim reach max level in the Gourmet Cooking skill.	50
Elementary	Have a Sim reach max level in the Logic skill.	50
Event Horizon	Earn a Silver rating on every social event.	25
Fired Up	Have a Sim reach max level in the Fitness skill.	50
Flying Colors	Have a Sim reach max level in the Painter career.	50
Full House	Play with an eight-Sim household in The Sims 4.	10
Games Within Games	Have a Sim reach max level in the Video Gaming skill.	50
Green Thumb	Have a Sim reach max level in the Gardening skill.	50
Harvested Interest	Harvest from 50 wild plants in The Sims 4.	25
Hello, Darkness, My Old Chum	Have a Sim befriend the Grim Reaper.	25
Host with the Most	Host 50 Bronze or better Social Events across all Sims.	100
I'm the Mix Master	Mix 100 Drinks.	25
Introvert	Have a Sim do nothing social for 24 Sim hours.	25
It's Not Brain Surgery	Have a Sim reach max level in the Rocket Science Skill.	50
Ivory Tower	Have a Sim reach max level in the Piano skill.	50
Just Getting Started	Play The Sims 4 for 5 hours.	25
Knock, Knock...	Visit 25 different Lots in The Sims 4.	50
Literal Genius	Have a Sim reach max level in the Writing skill.	50
Mael-strum	Have a Sim reach max level in the Guitar skill.	50
Mischief Mastered	Have a Sim reach max level in the Mischief skill.	50
My, You've Changed!	Have a Sim become both max thin and fat within a lifetime.	25
Nature's Course	Have a Sim reach the maximum level in the Herbalism skill.	50
No Excuse	Have a Sim’s bladder fail on a lot with 5 or more toilets.	10
Old & Wiser	Have a Sim age up.	10
On a Whim	Have a Sim complete 10 Whims at a single social event.	25
Over-Achiever	Have a Sim complete 5 Aspirations.	100
Picture Perfect	Have a Sim reach max level in the Photography Skill	50
Piece of Cake!	Have a Sim reach max level in the Baking Skill	50
Refined Palette	Have a Sim reach max level in the Painting skill.	50
Rosebud	Gain 1,000,000 Simoleons in a single Household.	100
Smooth Talker	Have a Sim reach max level in the Charisma skill.	50
Speed Dating	Have a Sim “first kiss” three times at a single social event.	25
Splice of Life	Unlock a new plant type through grafting.	25
Stellar Work	Have a Sim reach max level in the Astronaut career.	50
Straight for the Jocular	Have a Sim reach max level in the Comedy skill.	50
Suave Criminal	Have a Sim reach max level in the Criminal career.	50
Tender Loving	Have a Sim reach max level in the Mixology Skill.	50
The Most Interesting Sim in the World	Have a Sim with 12 or more Traits.	50
Tungsten Chef	Have a Sim reach max level in the Cooking skill.	50
Up a Notch	Have a Sim reach max level in the Culinary Career.	50
View to a Skill	Reach max level in every skill in The Sims 4.	100
What would it be like?	WooHoo with a ghost.	10
Whimsicle	Complete 100 Whims across all Sims.	50
World Competitor	Have a Sim reach max level in the Athletic career.	50

[cyclonenic]

@LenaLJ  sorry to hear that you've had an especially hard/busy time of late. Hope it has quietened down now! Thank you for taking the time to detail your strategy.

I did a similar strategy to you, except a) i did not bother with the wishing well strategy on anyone that was not a level 9 and b) (maybe you did this too but was unclear?) i kept using the "wish for skills" on anyone else i moved in, in the hopes of gaining a few insta level 10's (i got level 10 programming this way.. thank goodness).

I mucked up several things. 1) same as Glazeylady i interpreted 5 aspirations not as food etc and couldn't correct it in time and 2) i waited too long to start Basketcase and couldn't get the fine emotion.

I used a strategy i'd seen around the internet of adopting children and aging them up early to get the legacy 10 achievement.

I stayed in one lot- Arid Ridge, Oasis Springs the entire time and moved sims in and out of there.

[LenaLJ]

I stayed at the same lot too.
And i was also thinking about the adopting for multiple generations, but my game became rather buggy/laggy from all the moving in and out.
I had so many sims in the household, some just waiting for their workday that i just had them skill it up the old fashioned way. That was easier to control with many sims.

[coolsim9999999]

What a great strategy and list of achievements, Lena!  I totally understand why you couldn't post before.  I really enjoyed reading your strategy . 

[ratchie]

My strategy was very similar to yours Lena. Unfortunately my game got very buggy and would crash if I attempted to leave the lot,go on a date,throw a party or invite anyone over.
I gave up two days before the Sim deadline in frustration.

Rachel

[oshizu]

@GlazeyLady
Thank you for sharing your Google Sheet; I only just noticed today that you posted that link.
I was fascinated at how much detail went into your planning and your actual gameplay. Sorry to hear you'd fallen ill and couldn't submit the score you'd earned.

@LenaLJ
Your intricate strategy was well worth waiting for. I noticed a few "hidden" achievements that I've never gotten (nope, not during last year's challenge either).
It sounds like such an immense amount of micro-management!

@ratchie
Wow, your game got super buggy! My games always get buggy after several generations but not like your short lifespan file got! That's really sad.

Hats off to all the challenge participants!

[GlazeyLady]

@LenaLJ Thank you for posting your strategy - as always I appreciate the opportunity to learn from you.  I have never played with the wishing well and had no idea it could be so valuable.  I need to check it out.

@cyclonenic It never occurred to me to adopt to get the Legacy achievement - I just crossed that one off as not doable and never looked back.  Thank you for sharing!