officialsimsecret | Secrets Post #915

Secrets Post #915

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5. They are just going to keep recycling bits and pieces of different packs and retreading the same content over and over since people keep buying it. I agree we need another city world.
6. Yup. The pack refreshes have turned into pack recycling, so they can make more money from it.
7. Spiral stair cases are too hard and too expensive, apparently.
8. I stole a roll of toilet paper from my college once. I went to the store to buy some and there was this attractive young guy working. I was too embarrassed to buy it from him, so I just stuffed a roll from one of the bathrooms in my backpack until I went home and got some from my parents.
10. I'm happy for you that you're excited, but I'm not seeing the appeal.
11. Oh, isn't that just wonderful. There is way too much on that panel. The UI in general needs an overhaul, the Simology panel DESPARELY needs an overhaul.
12. Just out of curiosity I would love to know how many people pay for that. Probably more than one might expect.
13. That's cute.
14. I can't bring myself to give money to strangers online for this reason.
15. I agree. This pack doesn't look good.
16. I mean, I don't necessarily disagree with you, but I find it worrying for the quality of this pack that they're emphasizing this as a feature.
17. I'm sure they'd also lose subscriptions if they announce that they're quitting.
18. LMFAO secret of the week.
20. I don't know what to say about this one.
21. Don't let it update! Turn off updates! Just keep your game the way it is.
22. Lol
24. They are pushing this one hard, it seems.
25. Lmfaooooo
26. Definitely it's going to be whimsical/goofy/cutesy. Doesn't seem accurate to how the fae are typically viewed in Irish folklore, but y'know, that's EA for ya.

For me, it's not the prospect of revisiting older content that pisses me off. I wouldn't mind paying $5-10 dollars for new content to be added to older packs. For the price of coffee and burger at McDonalds, a paid pack refresh would be worth it because I would play with an older pack that I probably haven't played with for a while and get more out of the original pack purchase.

What pisses me off about what they're doing now is that the pack concept they're rehashing isn't compatible with the old pack it originally came from. B&H has zero compatibility with GTW or DO. The business simulation in the game is a mess that doesn't function because it's spread across so many packs and none of it works together. It would make more sense for a unified business system to be in the game instead of several at the same time. I know that Maxis can make packs work together because the off the grid/self sufficient/living off the land type gameplay found in different packs do complement each other. Cross pack features between occult/supernatural/paranormal types packs is hit or miss but there was at least an attempt.

I agree with the second part of your comment but no one should be paying $5 - $10 for a pack refresh, ea should be making good on the initial price paid for which a promised working product was not delivered

Free would be ideal but this is EA and they are never going to release a free refresh again. Paying $10 for a refresh is still preferable to paying $40 for an expansion pack of rehashed content and a few new BB items. Another issue with their current approach is that adding new systems instead of improving existing systems is making an already bloated game even more bloated with more bugs.

that's deeply unethical and I will not abide by it

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