AL and M&G: What's the Wantspam?

[Liz]

I'm finally juuuuuust about convinced to add AL and M&G to my game, but before I do, could any of you who has these let me know what sort of Wantspam I can expect? I know every new EP (and presumably the EP-like M&G) has had its own host of predominant Wants that move in and act like they own the place, crowding out those oldies-but-goodies like "Meet Aliens", and if they're to be the last batch of "crowders" I add, I'm hoping they're not particularly onerous ones.

Also, it annoys me that sims in FT have to do the Talk/Blog/Activity dance for their hobbies every day before their "real" Wants roll back up. Does this trend continue with AL/M&G?

[J. M. Pescado]

AL doesn't add any particularly apparent wantspam as far a I know, unless you are involved in Apartments or Witchery, in which case there are wants pertaining to those, but not a lot. There are also the new-skill wants, but those are one-shots once satisfied.

[FroggySim]

AL adds the "jump rope" want though, doesn't it? My kids now want to do that all the time.

[IgnorantBliss]

I have a knowledge sim who keeps wanting to buy a "green energy source" (the solar panels or windmill from M&G), but so far it hasn't gotten too annoying. And most of my sims keep rolling up wants to learn Physiology, Fire Safety or Lifelong Happiness, which I think came with AL.

[Tarlia]

Kids also seem to get the want to 'torment' someone quite a lot, even if they have a fair amount of nice points. Jump rope and 'learn useless oneshot skill x' are the worst offenders, though.

[shelbypark]

I have a knowledge sim who keeps wanting to buy a "green energy source" (the solar panels or windmill from M&G), but so far it hasn't gotten too annoying.

One of my family sims (with a secondary of Knowledge) keeps wanting a "green energy source'.  So much so, it turns up twice in his wants most of the time.  I try rerolling his wants, but this only works occasionally.  ARGH!!

[Mirelly]

I have a couple of sims who are constantly rolling up a "be popular" want. As fast they as they fulfil it, another one rolls up. Kinda tedious, but I grin and bear it like the stoic one has to be to play the game.

[J. M. Pescado]

I have a knowledge sim who keeps wanting to buy a "green energy source" (the solar panels or windmill from M&G), but so far it hasn't gotten too annoying.

One of my family sims (with a secondary of Knowledge) keeps wanting a "green energy source'.  So much so, it turns up twice in his wants most of the time.  I try rerolling his wants, but this only works occasionally.  ARGH!!

Don't sweat the buy wants. They're easy to fulfill and cost nothing (you may as well CRTL-Click to save you the trip to buy mode to buy, move, and sell), and are basically a free source of ASP that serves instead as a cash-reserves check.

[cenoura]

I have a couple of sims who are constantly rolling up a "be popular" want. As fast they as they fulfil it, another one rolls up. Kinda tedious, but I grin and bear it like the stoic one has to be to play the game.

Is that the "have a good reputation" want? I seem to only have sims who are fully in the green in the reputation bar get it, then it satisfies itself at a random point in the day. Has anyone any information on what triggers this want to come up and what fulfils it?

[Zazazu]

First sim I've seen have it is a Fortune sim, no secondary asp, YA. She had just her family as best friends plus a few acquaintances. Six best friends, maybe four acquaintances, none near friend level.

[Cardo]

Most of my kids want to torture/swing around/jump rope, at least once a day. And they all want to learn x skill every now and then. Only the skills are a little annoying.

I also have a YA who spends her days complaining, because she can't get to the freaking flowers. I think that's what's mostly pissing me off.

[J. M. Pescado]

Use the autonomy control to proscribe flowers. Problem solved.

[maxon]

I also have a YA who spends her days complaining, because she can't get to the freaking flowers. I think that's what's mostly pissing me off.

If it were my sim, she'd be lying under them by now.

I haven't noticed much want spam, I have to say, but that might just be the way I play.  Keep 'em poor and miserable, they don't have much time for buying expensive stuff or learning useless skills. 

[Emma]

Loki Beaker forever wants to buy a ceiling fan. I buy one, another want rolls up, a want gets fulfilled then the ceiling fan want rolls up again. Argh!

[BoilingOil]

Knowledge and Fortune Sims are famous for their greed: they constantly want to have this, have that, and more, and better, and more expensive... greedy little bastards they are...

[Emma]

I wouldn't mind if it is better and more expensive stuff, but it is just a ceiling fan! I know where I'd put it if I could.

[J. M. Pescado]

Be happy it IS a buy want. In the post-NL age, buy wants = free ASP.

[talysman]

Be happy it IS a buy want. In the post-NL age, buy wants = free ASP.

OK, I know why it's free ASP, but I don't get the reference to NL. Possibly because I'm old and my memory is fading. Did buy wants work differently pre-NL?

[Kyna]

Be happy it IS a buy want. In the post-NL age, buy wants = free ASP.

OK, I know why it's free ASP, but I don't get the reference to NL. Possibly because I'm old and my memory is fading. Did buy wants work differently pre-NL?

No inventory pre-NL.  So you couldn't buy-inventorise-sell from inventory for zero simoleons and free ASP.

[Marhis]

So you couldn't buy-inventorise-sell from inventory for zero simoleons and free ASP.

Oh. And here's a dumb Marhis who still waits a sim-day before selling that stuff from inventory, to avoid asp loss. Good to know!

[jsalemi]

I always get the asp loss if I sell stuff like that on the same day, so I always wait a day, too. 

[seelindarun]

But, but... I don't want free asp!   I prefer to keep them miserable. 

What's most annoying is that the wants/ fears tend to obsess over the same damn things, if there's any cash reserve on hand.  It's tedious to perpetually stuff their inventories with sculptures to keep the cashbox low.