Things that annoy you in the Sims

[SimFreeek]

Let’s keep our fingers crossed in that not happening.

With how infrequently I play it’s a pain having to update all my mods every single time there’s an update. I actually skipped updating day before yesterday so that I wouldn’t have to until later.

I also really hate how you have to rely on the police to get your stolen stuff back. Next time I call the police I’ll be beefing up their Athletic skill with MasterController before they do anything.

If your sim fight the burglar and win, you get your stuffs back.

[jestina]

There are many ways to defeat burglars. Traits like brave, mean, evil, etc. Then you have the burglar alarm which should be a priority purchase from the start of the game...it only costs 900.

And, yes the skinny dipping thing has gotten highly annoying...though one of my sims had fun stealing clothes from about a dozen other sims that were doing it at the city pool. I think there should be an option to have a public nudity law...so you can call the cops and have them all arrested.

[ScarletCape]

Getting those "Go on a date" phone calls. Especially when it  2 a.m. in the morning. It is really really annoying when a married Sim keeps getting them.

[jestina]

Oh, how about the annoying issue with celebrities and people hanging out on your lawn. There's another incident where your sim should be able to call the police and have loitering sims kicked off your property for trespassing.

[SimFreeek]

Jestina, that would be a nice feature. Is it already in the game? Those people are really getting annoying.

[jestina]

No, I think you can only call the police for burglars and nothing else. Apparently the AI controlled sims don't get forced off lots like player controlled ones. That brings up something else that annoys me...there are too many forced actions in TS3, such as disciplining your kids.

One thing they could do about sims on your lot is give us more freedom with locks. We got a lock pets but we also need lock paparazzi, stalkers etc. Maybe just give us a lock option to lock out everyone except sims that I specifically invite over. And what's the point of curtains if they don't keep people from seeing what's going on in your house? Curtains need to provide more than a decor boost, they also should give you privacy.

[SimFreeek]

First time I saw the curtains I thought they will automatically scroll down when my sims are taking baths. Imagine my disappointment. 

But at least paparazzis dont go into your house without invitation. Still, we definitely need better lock options though.

[Cathair1]

I don't know if it i the newest patch, but I noticed that every time my Sims get a job, their coworkers are now popping up saying "We have a lot in common. We should get to know each other better." So there I go, trying to make my Sim social and talk to them and what do I get? Marty Keaton calling my Sim every day for a date, and Justine Keaton calling her husband every day. Does anybody notice the mutiny? Or... infedelity?? Or the fact that neither of y Sims have said yes the first 40 times?!

[jestina]

I don't know if it i the newest patch, but I noticed that every time my Sims get a job, their coworkers are now popping up saying "We have a lot in common. We should get to know each other better." So there I go, trying to make my Sim social and talk to them and what do I get? Marty Keaton calling my Sim every day for a date, and Justine Keaton calling her husband every day. Does anybody notice the mutiny? Or... infedelity?? Or the fact that neither of y Sims have said yes the first 40 times?!

That must be that new attraction nonsense which will be something else about TS3 that irritates me to death. I'm to the point where I almost want to uninstall TS3 and reinstall TS2.

[Cathair1]

Yeah, that whole if you have ONE TRAIT in common they are suddenly obsessed with you thing. The only good thing out it is you only ned to chat with themnce and the game figures it out so you don't need to take the time to figure out people who have common traits with you for hours.

[jestina]

That seems more like hand holding which is something we don't need more of in this game. They must think we're all lazy people that don't pay attention when we play. You can usually figure out a sims traits by watching them, or targeting certain areas in conversation, asking about their job, where they went to school etc. If I want a social sim then i'll design one with the appropriate traits...but i'm tired of them thinking we need more hand holding. The game is easy enough as it is.

Which brings up something else...a patch should address problems in a game, not tack on more poorly coded features and splash advertisements in our face. Most of TS3's patch's have not fixed anything, just added more stuff that needs to be fixed. We still have simple problems, like the gym bug which should have been corrected in the first or second patch.

[SimFreeek]

Gift giving is a good way to finding out traits too. EA is probably trying to emphasize on social aspects, between sims. It's better than trying to link the games with social network sites, like Memory Sharing, or the Simport.

I welcome new features though. Attraction system sounds nice, just need some polishing and down toning.

[Pam]

That seems more like hand holding which is something we don't need more of in this game. They must think we're all lazy people that don't pay attention when we play. You can usually figure out a sims traits by watching them, or targeting certain areas in conversation, asking about their job, where they went to school etc. If I want a social sim then i'll design one with the appropriate traits...but i'm tired of them thinking we need more hand holding. The game is easy enough as it is.

Which brings up something else...a patch should address problems in a game, not tack on more poorly coded features and splash advertisements in our face. Most of TS3's patch's have not fixed anything, just added more stuff that needs to be fixed. We still have simple problems, like the gym bug which should have been corrected in the first or second patch.

Just a word of caution here, Jestina.  This comes close to bashing EA, which is not allowed on this Forum.  We can share things that annoy us, but still in good humor.

[Gameactive]

Okay, I guess I'm encountering a bug. Fortunately, what they do take is usually replaceable.

In regards to my previous post, it seems a lot of townies don't have enough skill points for their jobs. For cry's sake, some of my Sims can cook better than a level 4 chef without cooking more than what they eat!

[Turoskel]

I agree the attraction system needs some tweaking, in theory it's a nice idea but in practice it's a little too over the top kinda like the flowers. First time my sims boyfriend gave her flowers I thought it was really sweet but then I go to the park and see married people giving flowers to strangers in front of their spouse and kids and everybody getting upset as it's a flirty action.

I installed generations part way through a game and my sims husband who was family oriented and eternally faithful suddenly started getting in trouble with his daughter-in-law because they made 'ask to watch the stars' a special family oriented interaction. Okay but it's also flirty so his wife and son got upset each time he did it.

There needs to be some sort of 'is married/faithful' checks built into these things unless a trait such as flirty would make them do it regardless.

EDIT: Just had a prime example of this, my eternally faithful husband got falsely accused of cheating because a friend gave him some flowers, he's flirty so the flowers acted as impetuous for him to flirt back, I cancelled that so it never actually happened but even so his wife got upset, a minute later after apologizing to his wife it comes up he has been falsely accused and she feels betrayed, he now has a cheater rep and they are heading for a divorce as she wont be civil to him in the least, at least it's not a challenge game so I can reload my last save, I'll accept it if he had cheated but just accepting flowers isn't an affair.