Career Caps and New Digs

[Twinmum]

lol, just a tad confusing. I'm beginning to think I may not finish this one. I always struggle with maxing careers at the best of times, but make that the main objective    Then I had to abandon my game halfway through because I found out my garden breached the rules. I just haven't been able to get into this one completely. I may just go and play with a few new store items I bought and practice a few things for the clone challenge (that one really has my interest)

[Chuckles_82]

How about this:

If it doesn't need to placed on the lot when you buy it, it doesn't count. Therefore, reward cars don't count - both from careers and the motive mobile, and anything that doesn't get placed on the property doesn't count, including the collection helper and moodlet manager. If you need to place it to use it, then it counts, but if you can use it from inventory, it doesn't count.
 
Your sim can take their 4 items from one house to another if they want to, but only 4 items can be left in any one house. So if you take all your items, for example, and you get to your last house, you can still only leave 4 of them - the rest must remain in your sims' inventories/family inventory.

Would that make it simpler?

[GlazeyLady]

EDIT: I am open to suggestions, but the problem is that this event has already started. I need to know where players are confused and what needs to be addressed.

My question is - does an item carried over from a previous house count as one of the four items for the current house - It seems like yes, if you're placing it in the house to use it, but no because you didn't buy it in the new house.  I'm fine with playing it either way - just want to make sure I'm following the rules.

[tiketomasa]

Well just to make it simple for me I have been counting my four items if they are bought with money or lifetime happiness points. I'm pretty sure I can't go wrong with that.

[lvrugger]

How about this:

If it doesn't need to placed on the lot when you buy it, it doesn't count. Therefore, reward cars don't count - both from careers and the motive mobile, and anything that doesn't get placed on the property doesn't count, including the collection helper and moodlet manager. If you need to place it to use it, then it counts, but if you can use it from inventory, it doesn't count.

I like this part. I have counted the motive mobiles I bought for the first house.
 

Your sim can take their 4 items from one house to another if they want to, but only 4 items can be left in any one house. So if you take all your items, for example, and you get to your last house, you can still only leave 4 of them - the rest must remain in your sims' inventories/family inventory.

And this part would ruin my strategy. I've thought all along that you could buy 4 items, and take some with you and leave later. I can't go into any more details without revealing all of my strategy.

[ratchie]

How about this:

You can only add four things to any one house,so if you take something with you when you move and add it to a new house it counts as one of your four things.

Anything you place on a lot counts as one of the four things any items or rewards that go straight to inventory does not count towards your four item total. So collection helper not one of your four items but teleportation pad is one of your four placeable items.

The only thing that I am not sure about is how the motive mobile works does it go straight to inventory or do you need to place it on a parking space then move it to inventory.

Rachel

[Chuckles_82]

Motive mobile goes straight to your inventory, and never needs to be placed to be used. Your sim may automatically use it, or you can click on it in inventory to use it.

[MarianT]

I've asked Metro to give us some kind of amnesty regarding cars. You can't put a car into family inventory without placing it on the lot first. If it's in personal inventory (like a police car), they'll use it. If there's parking available, your motive mobile or other car will place itself there.
Also, if there's a car at House A, your Sims might use it to drive to House B, even if some other car is their "preferred" one.

Allowing us to place cars in family inventory and to remove the parking lot markers might solve the problem.

[Metropolis Man]

I've asked Metro to give us some kind of amnesty regarding cars. You can't put a car into family inventory without placing it on the lot first. If it's in personal inventory (like a police car), they'll use it. If there's parking available, your motive mobile or other car will place itself there.
Also, if there's a car at House A, your Sims might use it to drive to House B, even if some other car is their "preferred" one.

Allowing us to place cars in family inventory and to remove the parking lot markers might solve the problem.

Yes, I am fine with this suggestion. It seems like most players are understanding the basics pretty well. The rules are complicated, I agree. But, there's only 3 weeks left in this event and I cannot rewrite the ruleset at this point. I am hoping that when the leaders reveal their strategies in the end, someone will not say — "Oh, man...I had no idea I could do that. I did not think you could." If it happens it happens. It's just a game.

[ratchie]

My Sims reached level ten in 19 careers.

They lived in houses totaling a cost of 1721588

Giving me a total score of 4992605

I really enjoyed that once I got going.

Rachel

[MomOfMany]

Yes, I am fine with this suggestion. It seems like most players are understanding the basics pretty well. The rules are complicated, I agree. But, there's only 3 weeks left in this event and I cannot rewrite the ruleset at this point. I am hoping that when the leaders reveal their strategies in the end, someone will not say — "Oh, man...I had no idea I could do that. I did not think you could." If it happens it happens. It's just a game.

That helps a lot but mostly I just am not sure what I should count as one of my four items and what I should not? Then lastly do the items we take to the next house count as an item for that house as well? Otherwise I get it!

[ratchie]

Momofmany,I have been counting any items that have to be physically placed on the lot as one of my four objects. I also included any LTR items such as motive mobile and collection helper as one of my four items.
If I took any objects with me when I moved if I had to place them on the lot to use them I counted them as one of my four items for that house too.

Rachel

[MomOfMany]

Thanks Rachel that is helpful. I will just stick with that unless Metro says to do otherwise.

One last question: Does the Daycare career count since there are only 5 levels?

[Metropolis Man]

Is everyone clear that items made from the XL Display case does NOT qualify as items you can leave on a lot?

• Each Sim may only buy a total of 2 items per house. These must come from either Buy Mode or a register.
• Nothing in any house or on any lot can be changed/moved with the exception of the two items each Sim can buy from Buy Mode and/or a register.

Yes, you can buy the Display case, but the end products are clearly not from Buy Mode or a register — they're made. Just like a painting made on an easel. Yes, you can buy the easel, but the finished painting was never bought. It was made.

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EDIT:

One last question: Does the Daycare career count since there are only 5 levels?

Yes.[/list]

[Chuckles_82]

So it counts as a multiplier, but you can't move when you reach the top? Because it doesn't have level 10

You can only move if one of your Sims reaches lvl 10 in a standard rabbit-hole career, self-employment career, or a profession.