Lifetime happiness discrepancy?

[sims96fan]

I have two sims with the same traits, and both have the ambitious trait.  I just noticed that for the same wishes, the lifetime happiness rewards for my male witch are almost 50% more than for my female fairy.  Any idea why this is?  For example, right now both have a wish to be worth more than $200,000.  My male witch would get 8,500, while my fairy would only get 5,750.

[Ricalynn]

What are their other traits and their LTWs?

[Seabody]

Have either recently drank a Wish Enhancing Serum?

[sims96fan]

My male witch has:
Green thumb
Gatherer
Natural cook
Bookworm
Artistic
Ambitious - from Nerd social group
Animal lover - from Fine Arts degree

My female fairy has:
Green thumb
Gatherer
Natural cook
Bookworm
Animal lover
Ambitious - from Nerd social group
Artistic - from Science degree

The numbers I gave were without a Wish Enhancing Serum.  After drinking, the initial values stayed the same but the actual rewards were doubled.

Edit: I forgot to note that both have completed their LTWs.  My male witch had Living in the Lap of Luxury for 37,000 LTH, and my female fairy had Greener Gardens but again only got 28,500 LTH.

[Ricalynn]

That's why right there.   Living in the Lap of Luxury effects all wishes having to do with cash and worth.  Therefore his wishes will reflect that.  Do they have the shining background and hers don't?

[sims96fan]

That's why right there.   Living in the Lap of Luxury effects all wishes having to do with cash and worth.  Therefore his wishes will reflect that.  Do they have the shining background and hers don't?

Oh, wow!  All this time playing the sims and all the expansions and I never knew some LTWs affected other wishes, too.    Are there any other examples like that?  I picked the Greener Gardens for my fairy because I figured it was an easy LTW to achieve, but I guess it's worth less in LTH.

Yes, his wishes related to net worth and job raises have the shining background and are worth more.

Thanks for your help!

[Seabody]

Oh, wow!  All this time playing the sims and all the expansions and I never knew some LTWs affected other wishes, too.    Are there any other examples like that?  I picked the Greener Gardens for my fairy because I figured it was an easy LTW to achieve, but I guess it's worth less in LTH.

Yes, his wishes related to net worth and job raises have the shining background and are worth more.

Thanks for your help!

Each LTW has a set of wishes related to it. For example, Become a CEO has "Join Business Career" attached to it. Anything with the shiny background is a wish that will help you reach your LTW.

I've never done Greener Gardens, but I'd assume something like "Learn Gardening Skill" would be attached.

[sims96fan]

Anything with the shiny background is a wish that will help you reach your LTW.

I can't believe all this time and I never noticed there were some wishes with a shiny background.    Thanks again for your help!

[Ricalynn]

Don't be embarassed.  It's all apart of learning something new every day!

There are a lot of wishes that react differently with each LTR.   Greener Gardens effects wishes regarding blooming plants and the gardening skill.  The LTW of International Super Spy will effect learning logic, athletics and getting promotions at work.    If it's a career based LTW, the skills and promotions of that career will be boosted.   If it's a skill based LTW, the skill and various things dealing with the skill will be boosted.  Example: Perfect Garden boosts all gardening skill wishes but it also boosts the wishes to grow certain plants.  For all the other LTWs, they effect whatever their wish revolves around.  Surrounded by Family gets a boost to wishes for having children and teaching children.  Gold Digger triggers wishes to know if a person is rich or not. 

Glad you were able to figure it out and it wasn't another bug to add to the list.