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Post by EoE: Well There's Your Problem on Mar 8, 2013 7:18:02 GMT -5
Thankfully, it actually worked today, so I've been playing through for the last hour or so. Still pretty scratchy at times, though.
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Post by Koda, Master Crunchyroller on Mar 8, 2013 15:28:10 GMT -5
Oh and EA has pulled all SimCity marketing for the time being.
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Post by Cyno on Mar 8, 2013 18:26:23 GMT -5
Compared to the SimCity launch, Diablo 3 was the most flawless launch ever. Just... wow. So much failure. Blizzard was at least really communicative and diligent in making D3's launch woes pass quickly. EA's doing the exact opposite. I also think EA could've avoided a lot of PR headaches by calling this game "SimCity Online" so people knew what to expect. They really need to hire new PR people. This too. They took what was once a solo offline experience, or at least had the option to do so, and turned it essentially into an MMO, because the game was DESIGNED around the always online DRM. Exactly. EVERYTHING is stored server-side, which is why I can't see any cracks coming anytime soon as it'd take the same kind of work that goes into MMORPG private servers. Between that and the ridiculous amount of microtransactions for things that were just part of the game in earlier entries, it essentially is a no sub fee MMORPG. It's a shame because the concept of your city being connected to other people's cities in an MMO-esque environment sounds really cool. But there should've been an offline, solo mode for those who have no interest in that aspect.
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Post by Hawk Hart on Mar 8, 2013 19:21:15 GMT -5
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Post by Koda, Master Crunchyroller on Mar 9, 2013 3:54:15 GMT -5
Another thing that takes the piss is you are restricted to small boundaries......what the hell?
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Post by Lila on Mar 9, 2013 12:18:44 GMT -5
So, anyone else here besides me had the chance to try out University Life?
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Post by woowoowoox on Mar 9, 2013 16:33:10 GMT -5
I played two full terms and got the Fine Arts degree.
It was a lot of fun. My Sim managed to keep her grades up (A's for both terms), party almost every day, and hit the top of the Rebel social group. She's back in her homeworld now and I'm planning on sending her children to Uni when they age up, so I can play through some of the other majors/social groups.
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Post by KStrick on Mar 9, 2013 17:32:52 GMT -5
I started fresh on my Sims character. I JUST turned into a teenager in Sunset Valley. I use the mod that allows you to purchase lifetime rewards faster and gain skills faster, so my teen has full 10 for writing, art, fishing, and social media (I want that N7 skin for my phone. As pissed as I am about ME3's ending, I still like the "look".)
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Post by Lila on Mar 9, 2013 19:00:40 GMT -5
I played two full terms and got the Fine Arts degree. It was a lot of fun. My Sim managed to keep her grades up (A's for both terms), party almost every day, and hit the top of the Rebel social group. She's back in her homeworld now and I'm planning on sending her children to Uni when they age up, so I can play through some of the other majors/social groups. Awesome. Just started the second term with my sim and she's about to earn her degree in technology. During the first term, she reached the top of all three social groups. She originally started off as a nerd until she went to party and gain some jock points. Then she fell in love with another tech student and earned some rebel points. I started fresh on my Sims character. I JUST turned into a teenager in Sunset Valley. I use the mod that allows you to purchase lifetime rewards faster and gain skills faster, so my teen has full 10 for writing, art, fishing, and social media (I want that N7 skin for my phone. As pissed as I am about ME3's ending, I still like the "look".) Do you know what major your sim is going to do? Also, don't forget to take the aptitude test.
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Post by KStrick on Mar 9, 2013 20:34:36 GMT -5
I played two full terms and got the Fine Arts degree. It was a lot of fun. My Sim managed to keep her grades up (A's for both terms), party almost every day, and hit the top of the Rebel social group. She's back in her homeworld now and I'm planning on sending her children to Uni when they age up, so I can play through some of the other majors/social groups. Awesome. Just started the second term with my sim and she's about to earn her degree in technology. During the first term, she reached the top of all three social groups. She originally started off as a nerd until she went to party and gain some jock points. Then she fell in love with another tech student and earned some rebel points. I started fresh on my Sims character. I JUST turned into a teenager in Sunset Valley. I use the mod that allows you to purchase lifetime rewards faster and gain skills faster, so my teen has full 10 for writing, art, fishing, and social media (I want that N7 skin for my phone. As pissed as I am about ME3's ending, I still like the "look".) Do you know what major your sim is going to do? Also, don't forget to take the aptitude test. I have. I'm going to do biology and Medical, as that's what I'm doing in real college now (at least until I start med school and have no free time).
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Post by KStrick on Mar 11, 2013 8:31:13 GMT -5
So I finally got around to entering the University.
My guy got a perfect on the SUAT, so I get 2,500 simoleon grant.
I'm through my first week in-game. What I like so far:
1.) While the classes are in rabbit holes (you go into a building, and you see/do nothing until the bar fills up, then you can leave), the lectures are in the Student Union's conference room, so you have a classroom full of people, and it's fully interactive.
2.) I LOVE the science stuff, while it DOES break the game quickly. Once you can start cloning, just irradiate the cockroach they give you until it becomes a plasma bug, analyze it, clone it, and you will be $4,500 richer in sim-seconds. I still need to diddle around with it a little more.
3.) Just like a real college campus, there's people protesting ALL.... THE... TIME..., and just like a college campus, it's stuff they just don't understand, but are emotional about. You'd think they'd protest the fact that there's no chow hall that has staffed members preparing the food for you (at least from what I've seen). There's the burger shop, and a few of the rabbit-hole locations will feed you, but I guess I was expecting a chow hall like The Sims 2: University.
4.) As much as I hate to admit it, the references to other EA games, especially Mass Effect. Once you get your social media to level 10, you get a N7 skin for your phone (and a bullet hole though it, but you can fix that for $250), you can play Sim City on the computer (unlike reality... tee hee...), and I LOVED the Mass Effect reference if you time-travel with the time machine (even though even MAXIS believes Shepard should have beaten the Reapers and lived...). I wouldn't mind some N7 gear, though knowing EAxis now, they'd charge $20 for it on their store... Maybe something with that time travel expansion pack that I'm not at all interested in...
5.) Sports in the rabbit-holes. I love baseball, so I'm sad it took this long for there to be baseball references in The Sims, but at least I can pretend that my guy is on the Sim State University Varsity baseball team as a freshman medical student.
What I don't like.
1.) You can't bring non-playable people with you. In The Sims 2: University, you could bring any teenage Sim with you to college. I was hoping for a similar feature here, as I wanted to bring Bella Bachelor, Mortimer Goth, Kaylynn Langerak, and maybe one more person with me (though they'd all be "roommates", where I wouldn't control them, I just wanted "familiar faces".
2.) The "Social classes" are too needy. I'm level 10 geek (as in real life, pretty much), level 8 rebel (...not quite sure why, I haven't done anything "rebellious"), and level 3 jock (I play baseball on my off days). However, if I don't do SOMETHING to please them once a day, they throw a fit that I'm "ignoring them".
3.) The fraternities. Leave. Me. Alone! I don't want to come to your raging juice kegger. You'd think by the fourth day of me not-so-politely yelling at them over the phone, they'd get the hint that I'm not a frat guy.
4.) The lack of majors. I get WHY there's so few (only 6 compared to 11 from the previous University game, 12 if you consider "undeclared"), I would have liked a few more to pick from (like Psychology, even though there's no psychology jobs, or maybe "designations" that get people ready for the self-employed or professions jobs. Maybe a dance/music major, law major, and criminal justice major. If I knew how to mod, I'd SERIOUSLY consider doing this.
5.) Maybe it's because I'm in a Texas college, but sports should play a more important factor. During the fall semester, Saturdays should be dedicated to college football. Maybe have sports scholarships and more sports-related features.
6.) The Plant Sims. Maybe because there's already too much "supernatural" stuff (I tend to turn them all off), but this one is just stretching too far. I know they're returning from Sims 2: Seasons, but they still felt kind of tacked on and unnecessary.
Still, it's an excellent pack, and I'm glad I got it. I'm looking forward to Island Paradise, and have relatively high hopes for that.
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Post by Lila on Mar 11, 2013 14:43:51 GMT -5
So I finally got around to entering the University. What I don't like. {Spoiler}1.) You can't bring non-playable people with you. In The Sims 2: University, you could bring any teenage Sim with you to college. I was hoping for a similar feature here, as I wanted to bring Bella Bachelor, Mortimer Goth, Kaylynn Langerak, and maybe one more person with me (though they'd all be "roommates", where I wouldn't control them, I just wanted "familiar faces".
2.) The "Social classes" are too needy. I'm level 10 geek (as in real life, pretty much), level 8 rebel (...not quite sure why, I haven't done anything "rebellious"), and level 3 jock (I play baseball on my off days). However, if I don't do SOMETHING to please them once a day, they throw a fit that I'm "ignoring them".
3.) The fraternities. Leave. Me. Alone! I don't want to come to your raging juice kegger. You'd think by the fourth day of me not-so-politely yelling at them over the phone, they'd get the hint that I'm not a frat guy.
4.) The lack of majors. I get WHY there's so few (only 6 compared to 11 from the previous University game, 12 if you consider "undeclared"), I would have liked a few more to pick from (like Psychology, even though there's no psychology jobs, or maybe "designations" that get people ready for the self-employed or professions jobs. Maybe a dance/music major, law major, and criminal justice major. If I knew how to mod, I'd SERIOUSLY consider doing this.
5.) Maybe it's because I'm in a Texas college, but sports should play a more important factor. During the fall semester, Saturdays should be dedicated to college football. Maybe have sports scholarships and more sports-related features.
6.) The Plant Sims. Maybe because there's already too much "supernatural" stuff (I tend to turn them all off), but this one is just stretching too far. I know they're returning from Sims 2: Seasons, but they still felt kind of tacked on and unnecessary. Still, it's an excellent pack, and I'm glad I got it. I'm looking forward to Island Paradise, and have relatively high hopes for that. 1 - That and I'm mad that you can't change households to play other students or move out where you're living. 3 - I had my sim dated an already-made student and EVERY FREAKIN' DAY he would throw a bonfire party. 4 - Yeah, I miss taking the psychology major for TS2: Uni. I'm surprised they don't have that or more because Ambitions introduces more careers. 5 - Seasons allows you to play soccer and University allows you to play with a soccer ball. The Store had a basketball set. 6 - Never cared for the supernatural myself either.
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Post by KStrick on Mar 11, 2013 15:02:35 GMT -5
So I finally got around to entering the University. What I don't like. {Spoiler}1.) You can't bring non-playable people with you. In The Sims 2: University, you could bring any teenage Sim with you to college. I was hoping for a similar feature here, as I wanted to bring Bella Bachelor, Mortimer Goth, Kaylynn Langerak, and maybe one more person with me (though they'd all be "roommates", where I wouldn't control them, I just wanted "familiar faces".
2.) The "Social classes" are too needy. I'm level 10 geek (as in real life, pretty much), level 8 rebel (...not quite sure why, I haven't done anything "rebellious"), and level 3 jock (I play baseball on my off days). However, if I don't do SOMETHING to please them once a day, they throw a fit that I'm "ignoring them".
3.) The fraternities. Leave. Me. Alone! I don't want to come to your raging juice kegger. You'd think by the fourth day of me not-so-politely yelling at them over the phone, they'd get the hint that I'm not a frat guy.
4.) The lack of majors. I get WHY there's so few (only 6 compared to 11 from the previous University game, 12 if you consider "undeclared"), I would have liked a few more to pick from (like Psychology, even though there's no psychology jobs, or maybe "designations" that get people ready for the self-employed or professions jobs. Maybe a dance/music major, law major, and criminal justice major. If I knew how to mod, I'd SERIOUSLY consider doing this.
5.) Maybe it's because I'm in a Texas college, but sports should play a more important factor. During the fall semester, Saturdays should be dedicated to college football. Maybe have sports scholarships and more sports-related features.
6.) The Plant Sims. Maybe because there's already too much "supernatural" stuff (I tend to turn them all off), but this one is just stretching too far. I know they're returning from Sims 2: Seasons, but they still felt kind of tacked on and unnecessary. Still, it's an excellent pack, and I'm glad I got it. I'm looking forward to Island Paradise, and have relatively high hopes for that. 1 - That and I'm mad that you can't change households to play other students or move out where you're living. 3 - I had my sim dated an already-made student and EVERY FREAKIN' DAY he would throw a bonfire party. 4 - Yeah, I miss taking the psychology major for TS2: Uni. I'm surprised they don't have that or more because Ambitions introduces more careers. 5 - Seasons allows you to play soccer and University allows you to play with a soccer ball. The Store had a basketball set. 6 - Never cared for the supernatural myself either. You're right about other sports, but I'm only concerned with baseball, so even if it's baseball-in-a-rabbit-hole, I'm still happy. I don't mind college football when I actually go to the games, and during bowl season, but other than that, I couldn't care less about any other sport other than baseball, so I'm glad there's SOMETHING to do with baseball... And if I ever uninstall and start fresh, chances are VERY high I'm not installing Supernatural, as the ONLY thing I really care about from it is the firecracker shrimp... and that ain't worth the $15 I paid for it (when Amazon had that HUGE sale on everything Sims; it even had the Plants v. Zombies pea shooter, which was ultimately disappointing). And I haven't noticed any cheerleaders, yet. That's another thing that was super-annoying from Sims 2: University.
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Post by Hawk Hart on Mar 11, 2013 15:05:55 GMT -5
1 - That and I'm mad that you can't change households to play other students or move out where you're living. 3 - I had my sim dated an already-made student and EVERY FREAKIN' DAY he would throw a bonfire party. 4 - Yeah, I miss taking the psychology major for TS2: Uni. I'm surprised they don't have that or more because Ambitions introduces more careers. 5 - Seasons allows you to play soccer and University allows you to play with a soccer ball. The Store had a basketball set. 6 - Never cared for the supernatural myself either. You're right about other sports, but I'm only concerned with baseball, so even if it's baseball-in-a-rabbit-hole, I'm still happy. I don't mind college football when I actually go to the games, and during bowl season, but other than that, I couldn't care less about any other sport other than baseball, so I'm glad there's SOMETHING to do with baseball... And if I ever uninstall and start fresh, chances are VERY high I'm not installing Supernatural, as the ONLY thing I really care about from it is the firecracker shrimp... and that ain't worth the $15 I paid for it (when Amazon had that HUGE sale on everything Sims; it even had the Plants v. Zombies pea shooter, which was ultimately disappointing). And I haven't noticed any cheerleaders, yet. That's another thing that was super-annoying from Sims 2: University. I only have Supernatural because I essentially got it for free on Amazon with credit.
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Post by Hawk Hart on Mar 19, 2013 14:32:10 GMT -5
So, here's what my Origin launcher looks like now...
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Post by Lila on Mar 19, 2013 15:54:46 GMT -5
Have fun Hawk. You'll enjoy Uni and as far as cheerleaders, there aren't any, but you do earn the ability to do the school cheer once you get to a certain level in Jock.
Also, if anyone is trying to make a plantsim, you need to have a level 7 in science and I think gardening to create one.
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Post by Hawk Hart on Mar 20, 2013 14:15:15 GMT -5
I'm gearing up for future TJS episodes right now, really learning the mechanics of playing with children and teens and figuring out the extent of what AwesomeMod will allow me to do.
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Post by Lila on Mar 20, 2013 22:56:44 GMT -5
Dude! Switch to Nraas. So much more with what you can do with it. If you need help knowing what to get, let me know. I don't like AM anymore because after a new patch comes out, it will expire meaning that you have to patch you game and use an updated version of the mod. nraas.wikispaces.com/MasterControllernraas.wikispaces.com/StoryProgression{Spoiler} Screencap of the Nraas mods I use.
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Post by Hawk Hart on Mar 21, 2013 17:42:32 GMT -5
Dude! Switch to Nraas. So much more with what you can do with it. If you need help knowing what to get, let me know. I don't like AM anymore because after a new patch comes out, it will expire meaning that you have to patch you game and use an updated version of the mod. nraas.wikispaces.com/MasterControllernraas.wikispaces.com/StoryProgression{Spoiler} Screencap of the Nraas mods I use. I actually have those two running two. I find it's easier to edit stuff like skills when I'm using AM, Nraas confuses me.
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Post by Lila on Mar 21, 2013 20:57:09 GMT -5
You have both mods in? I ask because you're not suppose to have two different core mods in your game as they conflict and cause problems unless otherwise. I find Nraas way better than AM because you have more options.
To change skills with Nraas, select your sim Nraas> Advance> Skill Level. From there, pick the skills you want to change and a pop up will come up telling you put in a number 0 - 10.
Take any screencaps of Uni yet?
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