Over-Emotional Trait

[Tealeaf]

I'm in the "loves to play neurotic" camp as well.  It was a complete surprise to me.  When I first started playing, I had a habit of only making sims with "good" traits.  But that quickly became boring, so I thought it might be fun to give each new one at least one "bad" trait, just to see if I would notice a difference.  I'm glad I did, I never realized that something that sounds so negative in real life can be so fun in a game.   For me, sims are much more interesting when they aren't too perfect.

[Eftyen]

I made a mental case theme-Sim: Neurotic, Insane, Over Emotional, Loner, Bookworm.  He turned into a near-perfect hermit/writer!

And yes, the 8-hour tranquil moodlet from freaking out is GOLDEN for writing marathons!

[Swede1992]

Often the 'mental cases' are the most normal and productive sims around, makes you think...

[TheLostGirls]

Are you looking at me Swede?

In my Legacy I played a clumsy, unlucky, neurotic Sim. He got wishes to wash is hands 3 times but he would break the sink after the first time. That was hysterically funny.

[Esther1981]

I guess I'm like Carl in this one. I love OE! A trip to the day spa and the $7500 package is +93 for a week!! Same with eating Ambrosia and fulfilling your LTW. Plus I like living at the empty 60x60 lot and getting +37 vista all the time. I definitely think its one of my favorite traits!

[ForgivingSoul]

I have to agree with those who enjoy the OE trait more. Every time I play with my OE sims, I tend to do a lot better in the long run with mood than anything else. Of course I stay away from any negative moodlets as if it were a disease xD  but I definitely think that the trait is something a long-term hardcore simmer must have if happiness is an issue. I'm not putting any of Pam's research down. In fact, I find it very informative and insightful. I never knew all of that before I read this topic. Thanks Pam! I still love the OE trait though

[Wai]

Pam,

I hope you don't mind, but, as I frequently use the over-emotional trait myself, I decided to run my own little experiment.

My sims were Test Subject and Control Subject.

The Traits were: Ambitious
                           Bookworm
                           Genius
                           Natural Cook

I left Control Subject with just the four traits and added Over-Emotional to Test Subject

Both Sims had "The Cullinary Librarian" as their LTW.

I played until both had completed their LTW.

I played both together and had them do everything simultaneously.  They went to the library together, showered at the same time, grilled identical meals in the park etc.  I also allowed them to complete wishes when they both had the same one.  I cancelled all wishes that they could not both complete.

Result:

Test Subject completed the LTW on Week 1 day 5 @ 15:04  - at that point her happiness points = 49,112.
Control Supject Completed the LTW the same day @ 18:01 -  at that point her happiness points = 49,280
                                                                                                  at 18:01 Test Subject's points      = 49,289

So, there was almost no difference in points between the two, but, Test Subject was a little quicker when reading cookbooks and recipes.   I found this odd as Test's moodlets were slightly higher throughout the test, but, made no significant difference to the happiness points at the end.

The extra speed in reading probably translates to other tasks, but, I'll leave that to others to test.  Over time, the saving could be significant.  However, I am not sure now whether I will use over-emotional so much.

[ilovethesims]

I have played both neurotic and over emotional Sims. A neurotic Sim can be quite precocious because he is always checking the stove or the sink but I think the Tranquil moodlet after these activities are done is just great. When I'm racing to get the highest number of Lifetime Happiness points, I usually add the Over - Emotional trait to increase the rate at which the points increase.

[scoed]

I really used any trait for mood and have little trouble maintaining full bubbles 95% of the time after the first week, then again I abuse alchemy and the elixor store. I think other traits are more useful like bookworm, suave seller or ambitious.