Re: Why are my bills so cheap?
by PsychotpsOriginal Post
I'm not sure money has ever been a significant challenge in this game anyway. You either get good at earning income, whether it's through a career or a hobby like painting, writing, gardening, or you really don't do anything but avoid all activities. For example, if you like to paint then it's either get really good at it and create 10k simoleon masterpieces or you stop painting. There is almost no avoiding having too much money in this game. If my Sim is wealthy enough to buy a 150k simoleon house then a "rent" of 2500 or even 5000 simoleons a week is not much more of a challenge than paying 300 simoleons a week in taxes.
If having too much money without enough ways to spend it becomes a challenge I can think of a couple of ways to make the game harder. One is to set a goal of donating X simoleons a week to an on-line charity. Just pick an amount as your goal and click on your computer and donate. I don't think there is a limit on how many times you can do this.
A second way is to pick whatever Sim you want and give them large gifts of simoleons. Call them a landlord, charity organizer, local entrepreneur, crazy uncle, whatever you want. You can give cash gifts up to 10k simoleons and there is no limit on how often you can do this. Under the "Friendly" interaction choose "Give gift" then "Simoleons" and choose an amount and poof watch your simoleons disappear! In a test it took me about 30 seconds to spend 80k simoleons before I ran out.
"Here's 10,000 simoleons, buddy. Now go buy some new pants you look ridiculous."
These types of things are the only way I can think of to make money a real challenge in this game because even if they went back to the old system it's still pretty easy to pay rent. Personally I am fine if they change it back or if they leave it like it is now.
@EmeraldLaura I read through the bug report & I can see that this is important to you so sure thing I will Me Too it :D
