@scoed I know, I get that and I agree, for the temple a 4 hr buff was all that was needed, in fact a 2hr buff would have been fine too. I've just got a bee in my bonnet about 2 things, 1-the devs saying the berries would be good for careers in a live stream (clearly they are not) and 2- there is nothing as quick as berry eating to get into a longer mood buff. It's fine... I get that we needed a method of getting into the correct mood for the traps but allowing us to 'perfect' the harvestables for a longer, stronger buff like other plants in the game would have served both purposes.
I'm not going to change my mind about this one. But I can handle being disagreed with by everyone lol. I just get a bit tired and if I'm honest annoyed with the moodlet system in general, imo in needs a major overhaul. I think it was an oversight of the devs to not afford the functionality on the Tree of Emotion and restricting game play possibilities is rather annoying in what is supposed to be a sand box game.
In a nutshell, it could have been both... a short buff and a longer buff once perfected.
@Nindigo for maximum effect your sims must be in the correct mood for the entire work day.