Opinion: December is too early for another event

[James3157]

I do not really understand why EA thinks that events need to be more frequent even if the rewards stay free instead of becoming a "battle pass" that requires money despite the many complaints about these events and I think that we only got an SDX drop once for the entire year as well with that swatch update for build mode, but it is crazy that EA is already adding another so quickly despite the large gap between its first event and the Halloween event. I also assumed that these events only relate to expansion packs and maybe happens twice a year, but that appears to not be the case here. I am sharing Pixelade's video in comment below to show what I am referring to that is coming on December 3rd. People who truly enjoy playing The Sims 4 do not necessarily need events to keep them interested in playing this game and probably some people also prefer build mode/CaS as well over gameplay even with these events which I am expecting people will have to make some effort to get these rewards similar to the Grim Reaper event instead of us getting another free SDX drop. I get that a lot has been added to basegame since 2014, but I could also understand why some people do not like these events.

[James3157]

Video is only 4 minutes and 33 seconds if interested. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wu92H9EK_mk

[Xenon The Noble]

Originally posted by James3157:

Video is only 4 minutes and 33 seconds if interested. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wu92H9EK_mk

That long? Boring., Most of it is an insufferable advertisement. Does he ever get to the point? I get it, they get money if they can sucker people into wasting their time and drawing everything out.. but dang if that's the not most boring way to spend 4 minutes of my life.

[James3157]

Originally posted by Xenon The Noble:

That long? Boring., Most of it is an insufferable advertisement. Does he ever get to the point? I get it, they get money if they can sucker people into wasting their time and drawing everything out.. but dang if that's the not most boring way to spend 4 minutes of my life.

My point is another event coming this early on December 3rd really necessarily? People do not necessarily have to agree with Pixelade and there might even be some people who do not like him as a youtuber, but he did seem to be against the idea of these events eventually becoming a battle pass where you eventually have to pay money and these events are not free anymore. I could also understand why some people do not like these events even if they stay free and want to ignore them.

[miamew3]

That video was boring and really pointless. I Already seen a new event was coming when i booted up sims a few days ago and it was splashed in the opening.

As for events, i quite enjoy them. The last event which was pretty much a tutorial on how to garden and splice plants, gave me an incentive and reminded me what the game has to offer. I always overlooked gardening as i got bored with it quickly and totally forgot you could combine plants to make new species. Now one of my sims is a gardening expert and experimenting with creating new plants.

For people new to the game this is a great way to show what game has to offer and for regular players it's a nice little reminder of the game play. If your anything like me i tend to get stuck doing the same things over and over. So i found the event tasks to be refreshing in a sense.

[Phae]

I am not interested in this. What would be interesting to me would be for them to fix the game and its bugs and make the DLC's work without causing issues. Then if they just have to do EVENTS which for me in every game I have ever played is not always fun nor is it worthwhile to stop what I enjoy about Sims 4 which is creating my worlds and families within those worlds. As it is Seasons really takes away from the enjoyment of seasons in real life as for one thing they last longer than a day so you can enjoy what the season is that you enjoy. Any way like the video says I see them getting people hooked on the events idea and then start charging as we all know EA is greedy and money hungry and preys on its followers like Vampires or better yet leeches. For me this is just not the type of game for such things. Maybe it could be with many changed but the games I know and played for many years that hosted EVENTS also did them in real time with the real world Events. Impossible in Sims 4 with seasons not lasting long at all for each one and in a week you can have 2 maybe even 3 winter fest during your week. Same with love one and so many more so really nothing to look forward to and many times a great deal of disappointed sims because you just can't possible do what you want and keep up with all the seasons stuff and events like that. Unless of course you only play one family and world or game.

[Xeriath]

Honestly, I don’t care anymore about that. Yeah, I don’t like it and yes, I will get annoyed if there is again an icon stuck on my screen. The problem is ENOUGH people liked the event, and we are just a little circle here. It goes all the way to prepare people for a battle pass mechanic in Sims 4/Project Rene.

[Phae]

Originally posted by Xeriath:

Honestly, I don’t care anymore about that. Yeah, I don’t like it and yes, I will get annoyed if there is again an icon stuck on my screen. The problem is ENOUGH people liked the event, and we are just a little circle here. It goes all the way to prepare people for a battle pass mechanic in Sims 4/Project Rene.

Yea that project Rene I believe is going to be a big money sync. All mobiles are sadly. I don't care for my interest either like you I don't want the stupid adds and icons to deal with but it will be what it is like you say we are a small group compared to the new groups coming in that like all that fluff and smoke. ;)

[Horns Ablaze]

Man...

I like the events and I don't like the events. It's hard to think about it, let alone explain...

Wouldn't mind being showered with optional and non-intrusive events if they would run smoothly and last for at max 2 or 3 days. It's always nice to get 1 or 2 new items that I MIGHT play with but the hassle for it right now is just too much.

WHY do we need to do voodoo, check 10 forums posts, pray to the gods of every religion, perform a flick flack and cook ambrosia to be able to complete a 6 week long event and get a couple of cheap craps? For an event going that long, I'd expect to get a free DLC or KIT, not 2 items and 10 consumables.

The rewards, as they are, are perfect for a 2 to 3 days things, not more. No time to play? No rewards, pay more attention next time.

But yeah, this is a test. They gonna charge our arses for this stuff in the future, no doubts.

[James3157]

Originally posted by Them Bones:

But yeah, this is a test. They gonna charge our arses for this stuff in the future, no doubts.

They might do this in the future. Especially if at any point EA decides to not sell anymore dlc in the future with The SIms 4 besides maybe with endless selling of kit packs, but want to get money from elsewhere as well including from these events if EA decides to do this. Meaning it will be either a more tedious grind than previous events where you are forced to work even harder to get them or you have to spend money to complete the event more easily which is probably similar to what many other games do where you have to either spend real money or else it might be difficult to complete an event. If this does not happen on The SIms 4 there is still a chance that this might happen with Project Rene.

Originally posted by Them Bones:

Man...

I like the events and I don't like the events. It's hard to think about it, let alone explain...

Wouldn't mind being showered with optional and non-intrusive events if they would run smoothly and last for at max 2 or 3 days. It's always nice to get 1 or 2 new items that I MIGHT play with but the hassle for it right now is just too much....

You have good points across that I can agree with. I do not know how many events we will get for 2025, but if we get more than one event for each quarter (which is more than four events total) that is too many events at least in my personal opinion. I would not be the least bit surprised either if some people enjoy The SIms 4 more when they are not participating in the event, but these events also seem to be intrusive as well at least towards some people who do not want them. Just because I completed the previous two events does not necessarily mean that everyone enjoys them and wants to participate in these events.

[Sovereign Dark]

I liked the Reaper's event because of its theme. I'm not keen on this holiday one but will probably just complete it, anyway. It's not as though the Reaper's was difficult, although I understand it was buggy for a lot of players, and I was personally disappointed with how it ended.

Free is still free. If they make these paid events with better content, I'm out unless I really want that content.

[Xautos]

I don't think much of the Reaper event, after claiming the main rewards, i left the rest since they are items you can easily get out in the game, i didn't complete fully in other words.

I wonder what this end of year event is about.

[Jehane]

My main concern is: will it work? I liked the last one's theme and it was a nice build-up to the new pack, but it bugged out for so many people, me included. I managed to fix it simply by moving two files, but I know that for many players, none of the fixes worked, and console players were completely left alone without any solution whatsoever.

If this one works better and without any issues - fine. I'll look into it and see what it's all about = if the rewards are worth the hassle. If not, I'll just ignore it or at least try to if there's another annoying icon stuck in the top-left corner. Or I'll just avoid playing until it's over.

[bryanf37]

The events need to be optional and not forced. I play the Sims nearly everyday to create my own stories and share content on the gallery. I don't play the Sims for directed play via quests and missions which is what these events are. If I wanted that I would be playing something else.

I will spend days creating a detailed build or develop a family and there was nothing worse than the last event that opened up a window that had to be clicked off every time I went somewhere with no option to turn it off. I am currently working on a complete customized safe file that will take months to complete and if I have to go though another month clicking off an event every few minutes without the option to turn off the event in the settings I simply will put my building and creating on hold, not play the Sims 4 during the event, and will play the Sims 3 instead.

To avoid this upcoming event a friend of mine even went as far as to turn off internet access to his laptop so that the game never receives an update to start the event. Is this really what EA wanted? Did they want to drive some users off the game during an event and not be counted as currently playing in their precious displayed online numbers?

[James3157]

Originally posted by bryanf37:

The events need to be optional and not forced. I play the Sims nearly everyday to create my own stories and share content on the gallery. I don't play the Sims for directed play via quests and missions which is what these events are. If I wanted that I would be playing something else.

I will spend days creating a detailed build or develop a family and there was nothing worse than the last event that opened up a window that had to be clicked off every time I went somewhere with no option to turn it off. I am currently working on a complete customized safe file that will take months to complete and if I have to go though another month clicking off an event every few minutes without the option to turn off the event in the settings I simply will put my building and creating on hold, not play the Sims 4 during the event, and will play the Sims 3 instead.

To avoid this upcoming event a friend of mine even went as far as to turn off internet access to his laptop so that the game never receives an update to start the event. Is this really what EA wanted? Did they want to drive some users off the game during an event and not be counted as currently playing in their precious displayed online numbers?

Some people might just avoid playing The Sims 4 completely until the event is over which could be problematic especially if these events happen more than 4 times a year and/or happen more than once for each quarter of the year. Even then a lot of time playing The SIms 4 could potentially be lost as a result because of people not wanting to play The SIms 4 during these long events. The problem is that while some people might enjoy these events others do not. If for some reason someone is unable to launch The SIms 4 offline or does not want to play The Sims 4 offline then that means that person might have to skip playing The SIms 4 entirely or trying to ignore the event while playing online despite that annoying event pop up not going away. Also, these events are more intrusive than the advertisements as well because advertisements are easier to ignore than these events.

[Jehane]

Originally posted by James3157:

Some people might just avoid playing The Sims 4 completely until the event is over which could be problematic especially if these events happen more than 4 times a year and/or happen more than once for each quarter of the year. Even then a lot of time playing The SIms 4 could potentially be lost as a result because of people not wanting to play The SIms 4 during these long events. The problem is that while some people might enjoy these events others do not. If for some reason someone is unable to launch The SIms 4 offline or does not want to play The Sims 4 offline then that means that person might have to skip playing The SIms 4 entirely or trying to ignore the event while playing online despite that annoying event pop up not going away. Also, these events are more intrusive than the advertisements as well because advertisements are easier to ignore than these events.

This. I agree it should be optional because if it's not and EA forces it on players, people will opt out and quit playing until the event is over. When the Reaper event bugged out on me in week 3, I was so frustrated that I didn't look into possible solutions or play the game for three weeks straight because it annoyed me so much. Instead, I took the time to reinstall Sims 3 and get it up and running.

If the goal of these events is to give players an incentive to play regularly without an option to just opt out of the entire event, EA is completely missing the mark. And the way they handled the last event is more likely to put players off than motivate them.