What I learned from my failed Legacy…

Those of you that follow me on Youtube and Twitter probably know by now that my Sims 4 Legacy Let’s Play series on Youtube has ended in failure. My heir, Elrond Fantasia, died of embarrassment after his girlfriend rejected his marriage proposal and I had no eligible spare to take his place. As bummed as I am about this new turn of events, I am also realizing that I have learned a lot from my mistakes in this Legacy.

I plan on trying again soon with a new Legacy, and hopefully that one will go better, but until then, here are some things that I learned, both from trial and error as well as tips and tricks by some of my awesome viewers!

• Let’s start with the 800 pound gorilla. Always, always, ALWAYS have at least ONE eligible spare. This was by far the biggest mistake that I made in the Fantasia Legacy. I was doing a strict equality succession law which required the opposite gender of the previous generation to inherit. My founder, Luna, was female which meant that the heir HAD to be male. The first child born was a girl, so she could not be heir, however, something that I continued to forget through my gameplay is that she also was NOT a spare. She never could take the title of heir because she was female. That generation needed to have a male heir. As soon as Elrond was born, I stopped having Luna have kids. I should have had her have AT LEAST one more boy. If I had, the Legacy never would have ended in failure like it did because another child would have been there to take Elrond’s place.
• Don’t be in a rush to get your founder or heir married. I was known for having two of my founders (Luna Fantasia and Ami Animator) to meet, move in, and marry their potential spouse all in one day. While it was a nice title to have, it wasn’t the smartest way to go about things. Rushing a Sim to marry can lead to unexpected denied proposals, as witnessed with Elrond. Denied proposals = the “mortified” emotion and “mortified” can very easily lead to death by embarrassment. So, from now on, I will not be rushing my Sims into marriage. I will have them befriend, court, and move in their potential love interests before ever even having them pop the question. In fact, they may not pop the question anymore unless they are standing directly next to a bed. It’s just not worth the risk in my opinion.
• If you are going to propose, do it someplace private. The fact that Elrond had to walk all the way from the night club to his house and then up to his room caused there to be too much time between him becoming mortified and him hiding from everyone in his bed. Those couple of minutes may not have seemed like a long time, but it was crucial to get him back there before Grimm decided to come hunting. Having them propose near a bed allows you to get them into bed to hide from everyone ASAP.
• Don’t worry so much about having Sims work/study hard. Those two actions cause Sims to get stressed and exhausted quickly. If they are gaining work/school performance well enough and are going to these places with their required emotion and their daily task is done, they can go to school/work normally and still gain a fair amount of performance. I wasted SO MUCH time trying to get Elrond’s performance up with “study hard” he was a miserable mess every time he came home. I wasted so much skill gaining time because he was always too grumpy and tired to do anything. (Thanks Andrew!)
• Have Sims eat in front of the TV. This will bring their fun as well as hunger needs up AND if they watch something education like the cooking channel, they can gain some skill from it as well. Having my Sims eat at the dining room table was causing me to waste valuable time afterwards because they almost always needed to bring their fun up before they could work on skilling or homework. (Thanks Rebecca!)
• Don’t discount teenagers as possible spouses. No, I’m not saying your adult Sims can marry teenagers. But as one of my watchers said, you can easily age up a teenager quickly after you’ve had your Sim make friends with them by baking them a cake. That way you are guaranteed to have a young adult spouse for your Sim. (Thanks again Andrew!)

Hope these tips help! I will certainly be following my own advice from now on, I know that much!