Lifetime Wish

[Peanuts61]

i'm just curious as to why most of the pre-made sims have a lifetime wish that has nothing to do with their jobs. for example, Yolanda lemmon of starlight shores has a lifetime wish of being an author but she is an acrobat?

[MrsFlynn]

That's just the way the game was made?  Maybe to make it more challenging if one chooses to play them. I don't really know.

[Peanuts61]

there is so many silly things about this game i notice as i play. like for instance, the townies yell at me when they are hungry or tired and need to sleep but i am not playing them. i am controlling my own sim lol. it's a little annoying but cute at the same time.

[Cheezey]

I like to think that, at least in the cases of premades who are in households in town and not just homeless sims created to fill roles like pizza delivery, fireman, etc., it was to make them a bit more interesting or give a potential player ideas on how to play them. For instance, maybe a sim has a boring business job but their lifetime wish is to be a five star chef. If they're unplayed, they're kind of like that person who ends up doing something all their life just to pay the bills, but it was never what they dreamed of doing.  Then, when you play them either by picking their household or marrying/moving them in, you get an idea of what you can do with them, and maybe the disparity sparks a creative idea for a story for you to play out.

[Peanuts61]

thank you cheezy for answering! 

i actually tried that with javed meir of starlight shores. he is an acrobat but wants to be an author. so i tried to fulfill his wish but i got bored and stopped playing. i might try again at a later time.