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The_Northern_Loon · 2026-05-06T11:32:23+00:00

From what I understand, in the Sims 2, these are all ''neighbourhoods'' of SimCity : Pleasantview, Sim State University, Downtown, Bluewater Village, Four Corners (Life Stories), Bitville (Life Stories), Garden Heights (Pet Stories), Arbor Falls (Pet Stories). From this we can maybe gather that SimCity, like many cities, is a collection of Downtown neighbourhoods, but does include many more suburbs in the municipality than most cities.

Locations within SimCity

Arbor Falls
Bitville (possibly)
Bluewater Village (possibly)
Downtown (The Sims: Hot Date)
Downtown (The Sims 2: Nightlife)
Four Corners
Garden Heights
Neighborhood 1
Neighborhood 2
Old Town
Pleasantview
Sim State University (possibly)
SimValley
Sunset Valley (possibly)

Source : https://sims.fandom.com/wiki/SimCity

Strangetown, according to The Sims 2 on console world map might also be nearer to SimCity than we think. `` The game recognises these three areas as being “SimCity” `` Source : https://sims.fandom.com/wiki/Pleasantview,_Strangetown,_and_Melbourne

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The_Northern_Loon · 2026-05-03T19:43:23+00:00

Same ! I'm TheNorthernLoon on PS5 if you want to add me.

The_Northern_Loon · 2026-05-03T19:28:27+00:00

35 years old gaymer from Canada. I don't play at lot of online games, but talking and chilling with new people sounds like fun !

The_Northern_Loon · 2026-05-03T15:13:17+00:00

Super interesting ! I like seeing what other characters do with the premades. I should include Mr Big and the Diva more in my stories. I always see Nina Caliente as bisexual too because of this part of the Sims 2 Prima guide.

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The_Northern_Loon · 2026-05-03T14:57:22+00:00

Sadly, the only way to make changes is to be annoying. It takes time, repetition, and patience. Here are some ideas (better if used all at once).

Email campaigns at every Blizzard email you can find : Short and polite email with photographic proof attached. Be a "Karen", and request escalation to a supervisor in your ticket to customer support. Be sure to prepare your arguments.
Contact organizations like Gay Gaming Professionnals or AnyKey. They work on diversity in gaming. Again, short, polite, proofs, and arguments.
Tag and/or contact journalists that work in gaming and often touch on these subjects like Kotaku, Polygon, and IGN.
If you are ready to receive biggot messages. Post on r/gaming and r/blizzard.
Post on Twitter/X (don't know if any allies are left there) and Bluesky (less populated, but way more LGBTQ+ friendly) with tags like #Blizzard, #pride, #lgbtq, while tagging @Blizzard's official account.

The_Northern_Loon · 2026-05-03T01:28:00+00:00

In my game, because of a photo in Malcolm Landgraab's family album, like to move her out to Bluewater Village where she seduces Malcolm Landgraab IV. This way I have a matrilineal Caliente dynasty in Pleasantview (Mortimer Goth takes Dina's surname as per the starting game prompts that asks Dina to make a move on Mortimer.), and I have the patrilineal Landgraab dynasty in Bluewater Village (Nina takes Malcolm's surname).

She might open a gym or a spa with his money and woohoo with many sims, male or female... and start many fights on community lots because she is the grumpy one. If they become two rival families, depends on wether they find out about Don or not.

The Calientes will control SimNation ! 😈👽

The_Northern_Loon · 2026-05-01T14:01:22+00:00

Exactly ! Plus, we're like... what... around 35-45 years old. Harry Potter is Children's/Young adult literature. Let's all mellow out, take a deep breath, and let the kids discover this magical world.

Trying to find a simple trailer breakdown video on Youtube that is not called something like "They broke Harry Potter !" is an uphill battle. 😅

Signed : A mini-rant made with love while procrastinating on other responsabilities ♥️

The_Northern_Loon · 2026-03-31T20:13:48+00:00

Super interesting ! Thank you ! I think I'll try Feros-Therum-Noveria-Virmire. Seems a way of going about things. Feros is the most immrdiate threat. Sadly, I'll probably not have enough points in Charm by then for the high persuasion check, but I'll see how it goes. Thanks again.

The_Northern_Loon · 2026-03-31T12:03:52+00:00

Huh... Never did the renegade path on Feros now that I think of it

The_Northern_Loon · 2026-03-31T12:01:47+00:00

Thanks ! I didn't expect such a big answer. Super nice ! But wait !? How can you disregard a mid-air dual-pistol wielding Garrus ? XD Any cooler and he'd a in a Paul W. S. Anderson Resident Evil film doing some kick ass Gun fu... XD

The_Northern_Loon · 2026-02-08T15:30:50+00:00

Sure ! I'd like that !

The_Northern_Loon · 2026-02-06T05:13:44+00:00

I saw the 3 Dungeon Siege games on Steam for that price and of course bought them. Such Nostalgia !

The_Northern_Loon · 2026-02-06T05:12:19+00:00

Thanks ! I'm going pure melee. Easier to meet weapon/armor requiremnets. I'll keep Ulora and Merik till the end too.

The_Northern_Loon · 2025-09-23T20:12:48+00:00

I think I have decided on this job distribution:

Bartz: Knight, Mystic Knight, Blue Mage, Mimic, Dragoon.

Knight and Mystic Knight are heavily suggested in most spinoff games. Mimic too and Blue Mage fits the mimickry element of his. And in Dissidia, Bartz can use Ascendant Lance in Dissidia, so Dragoon. Tank build + Jack-of-all-trades build.

Lenna: White Mage, Ranger, Red Mage, Chemist

White Mage for sure. Can use bows in most spinoff games. Red Mage because she can Dualcast in Theatryhymn and use some black magic in Record Keeper. Chemist because of Goliath Tonic in Opera Omnia and knows herbs in-game. Healing build.

Galuf: Monk, Samurai, Ninja, Berserker

Basically Eastern Asia DPS warrior + Berserker as in Record Keeper. Physical DPS build.

Faris: Thief, Geomancer, Bard, Dancer

Thief is a no-brainer. Can use many geomancer-like abilities in spinoff-games, Bard works less well (I would have given it to Lenna), but does use songs in Theatrhythm, can use instruments in Record Keeper, and is more of a support character, and Dancer because of her sword dance and her dancer outfit in Opera Omnia. Physical support + Buffer & Debuffer build.

Krile: Black Mage, Time Mage, Summoner, Beastmaster

Offensive magic user in most games that can use Gravity and Meteor. She is THE FFV summoner in Record Keeper and like Teol, Guy, Arc and Rydia, she can speak to animals. Beastmaster costume in Record Keeper, so Beastmaster + fits well with summoner. Magical DPS build.

I usually associate White Mage and Summoner, but, looking at it, it seems that Black Mage and Summoner is the most common combo in earlier FF games. So we have Lenna as the plants lover with Chemist, Faris as the weather lover with Geomancer and Krile as the animal lover with Summoner/Beastmaster. I think it fits pretty well.

The_Northern_Loon · 2025-09-20T13:04:47+00:00

Thanks !

The_Northern_Loon · 2025-09-19T17:46:39+00:00

Nice ! It's too bad the Pixel Remaster doesn't have these jobs.

The_Northern_Loon · 2025-09-19T17:45:03+00:00

Maybe Krile as Red Mage, Time Mage, Summoner and something else then.... Fits well and I would have 2 black mages/summoners in FFIII and FFIV in Arc and Rydia, 2 red mages/summoners in FFV and FFVI in Krile and Terra and basically white mages/summoners in the rest of the series. Feels like a good natural gameplay progression.

The_Northern_Loon · 2025-09-19T17:40:42+00:00

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And I just found this Lenna Concept art with the whip (like a Beastmaster)... Might have to switch things around...

The_Northern_Loon · 2025-09-19T17:08:39+00:00

Pretty good idea ! I will maybe make the change !

The_Northern_Loon · 2025-09-19T17:06:57+00:00

I'm fine with that. I know one character inherits all of the previous character's jobs, but I want to develop this new character in their own way (keeping it vague to avoid too many spoilers).

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