Neighbours? The more the merrier?

[enkeli63]

Yes very true, I do enjoy looking at what other people have done. Although when I go to do the goals I tend to go to only a couple of neighbours since I feel like my Sims are 'safer' there and will come back! LOL I'm a wee bit paranoid about them getting stuck somewhere! And logically I know that they could get stuck anywhere (and it's not that common of an occurrence) but still it makes me feel better to do it that way lol

I also have a few favourite places I go for fulfilling goals, but it is mainly because I prefer the layout of some neighbor houses over others. The more convenient and "pretty," the better Of course, I know my neighbor house is lacking because it does not yet have it's second floor, so I cannot say I have a great neighbors' house, but many of my friends DO! So I go to those amazing neighbor houses very frequently.

Today I went to my least experienced neighbors' town to have my player guy go and seduce an unsuspecting lady there I'm not sure if that player is actively playing their town, and so far, none of their sims are married or living together, so I figured it was relatively "safe" for Brandon to woo that lady. He's already got most of the ladies from "Another Sim Town" into dating relationships...

[Hufflepuff Karen]

I think it's nice to have more neighbors so you have variety in your out of town adventures, but you wouldn't need any more than 15 (at least, I think that's how many it takes to get all the Party Boat bonuses). Nonetheless, I have more neighbors than I need, and I enjoy the variety. If you don't mind going to the same places all the time, you don't need to add any new neighbors.

I've been accepting friends from GC who either identify this forum or say they found me through SFP. I have noticed that since I got over 25, my simoleon bonuses are higher and once I went over 50 I started getting LPs as bonuses. Yesterday, I accepted my 90th neighbor and when I got my party boat bonuses, I got 1 LP, 500S, 1 LP, 1,500S and 500S. So maybe you get better bonuses with more neighbors?

I have not been able to visit all 90, obviously. I mostly visit the active posters on this forum and for awhile I was visiting Bazlit several times a day to use his Febreze toilet and rack up XP. I finally logged on to FB to befriend Perturbee and got to visit her neighborhood. I'm trying to visit a different neighbor every day now, for either social goals or just to poke around their houses. If I have a long term social goal I tend to stick to 3 or 4 neighbors, because if my Sim gets stuck in their house (maybe they rearrange furniture or something), at least I know I can find them here and ask them to please temporarily move something so my Sim can come home. That's the one thing I wish we could see - when a neighbor visits. I've made friends with neighbors, but I have no idea if they come to visit me, if their Sim shows they already know my Sim.

I back up manually twice a day anyway and after any major changes (new house, adopt a kid, major remodel). I do not rely on the party boat backup at all.

[HordePrime]

I have noticed that since I got over 25, my simoleon bonuses are higher and once I went over 50 I started getting LPs as bonuses. Yesterday, I accepted my 90th neighbor and when I got my party boat bonuses, I got 1 LP, 500S, 1 LP, 1,500S and 500S. So maybe you get better bonuses with more neighbors?

I think it's just luck. I've had LP like this many times and I only have something like 25 neighbours. Once or twice a single bubble has even given me 2LP. I regularly get 3,000 simoleans which I think is the maximum I have ever got from a single bubble. Some days it's much less of course.

[JKCher]

Yes very true, I do enjoy looking at what other people have done. Although when I go to do the goals I tend to go to only a couple of neighbours since I feel like my Sims are 'safer' there and will come back! LOL I'm a wee bit paranoid about them getting stuck somewhere! And logically I know that they could get stuck anywhere (and it's not that common of an occurrence) but still it makes me feel better to do it that way lol

I also have a few favourite places I go for fulfilling goals, but it is mainly because I prefer the layout of some neighbor houses over others. The more convenient and "pretty," the better Of course, I know my neighbor house is lacking because it does not yet have it's second floor, so I cannot say I have a great neighbors' house, but many of my friends DO! So I go to those amazing neighbor houses very frequently.

Today I went to my least experienced neighbors' town to have my player guy go and seduce an unsuspecting lady there I'm not sure if that player is actively playing their town, and so far, none of their sims are married or living together, so I figured it was relatively "safe" for Brandon to woo that lady. He's already got most of the ladies from "Another Sim Town" into dating relationships...

Yeah my neighbour's houses are not the best, although I do have a second floor because I bought a houseboat
LOL he's quite the player!

[JKCher]

I think it's nice to have more neighbors so you have variety in your out of town adventures, but you wouldn't need any more than 15 (at least, I think that's how many it takes to get all the Party Boat bonuses). Nonetheless, I have more neighbors than I need, and I enjoy the variety. If you don't mind going to the same places all the time, you don't need to add any new neighbors.

I've been accepting friends from GC who either identify this forum or say they found me through SFP. I have noticed that since I got over 25, my simoleon bonuses are higher and once I went over 50 I started getting LPs as bonuses. Yesterday, I accepted my 90th neighbor and when I got my party boat bonuses, I got 1 LP, 500S, 1 LP, 1,500S and 500S. So maybe you get better bonuses with more neighbors?

I have not been able to visit all 90, obviously. I mostly visit the active posters on this forum and for awhile I was visiting Bazlit several times a day to use his Febreze toilet and rack up XP. I finally logged on to FB to befriend Perturbee and got to visit her neighborhood. I'm trying to visit a different neighbor every day now, for either social goals or just to poke around their houses. If I have a long term social goal I tend to stick to 3 or 4 neighbors, because if my Sim gets stuck in their house (maybe they rearrange furniture or something), at least I know I can find them here and ask them to please temporarily move something so my Sim can come home. That's the one thing I wish we could see - when a neighbor visits. I've made friends with neighbors, but I have no idea if they come to visit me, if their Sim shows they already know my Sim.

I back up manually twice a day anyway and after any major changes (new house, adopt a kid, major remodel). I do not rely on the party boat backup at all.

That's a good point, doing goals in neighbour's who you know just in case something does happen. I was thinking that too, that it would be nice to know if anyone visits you!

[Lishws720]

I have 75 game center neighbors, and 2 Facebook ones. Of those two, one is my neighbor IRL, and the other has such awesome houses, I just don't want to let her go! I will accept all requests from game center, so I don't mind having 500 in the future, even if they just started playing. Facebook? Not so much because I'm not savvy enough with the privacy controls, and my daughter just recently got on and friended me, so no. I really don't like announcing to friends and family that I spend so much time on Sims, and Facebook is more intrusive in that aspect as well, so I limit my Facebook/Sims interactions.

[JKCher]

I have 75 game center neighbors, and 2 Facebook ones. Of those two, one is my neighbor IRL, and the other has such awesome houses, I just don't want to let her go! I will accept all requests from game center, so I don't mind having 500 in the future, even if they just started playing. Facebook? Not so much because I'm not savvy enough with the privacy controls, and my daughter just recently got on and friended me, so no. I really don't like announcing to friends and family that I spend so much time on Sims, and Facebook is more intrusive in that aspect as well, so I limit my Facebook/Sims interactions.

Yeah I agree about the FB too. I only have Perturbee on mine, since it was the only way I could get her as a neighbour. But she seems a nice sort so I think I'm okay that way Otherwise I just don't want to add a whole bunch of random unknown people on there. And yes I also don't want my friends knowing how much time I'm on here lol. Game Centre is a much better option for me as well.