Learning Ideal Badges for each Hobby
I always like to connect Hobby, Skills and Badges and sometimes Career and Personality when deciding the path of my sims., like for example, a sims interested in Nature usually opt to learn Gardening or Fishing first before learning the other ones as I find it a more natural approach than randomly choosing them or waiting for Skill learning wants. This does
not mean they are restricted to learn these badges, but rather are ones *I* generally choose when I don't like waiting on the sims to choose (and some here know, I tends to skip sim days or speed time when playing).
So with this topic of the thread, I wanted to talk about the GENERIC aspects when choosing suitable badges for the sims, 'coz while there are badges that are typically linked to the Free Time's hobbies (such as Gardening with Nature), some hobbies are rather difficult to decide for, especially Fitness, Literature and Music/Dance as there is no specific badge you can learn for this hobby. I often struggling with are my sims in the fitness/sports category and usually choose Gardening or Cosmology for women with these hobby, as I play medieval and associate these hobbies with health such natural healing rather heavy exercises or sports (You need to supplies to create diet/energy drinks!) . While the guys in these hobbies generally aim for military, security or business, but with these I've no clue what badges would suitable for this sort of lifestyle. SURE, they can pick whatever badge they want such as pottery, but I want something more generic. For wealthier sims I tends to go with Sales though, even though that doesn't boost the Body Skill, but wealthy sims tends to have high social needs and find being physically active is good if your sims is running a business, right? Although it doesn't affect the sport/fitness hobby much. Gardening do, but I just can't picture most military officer are encouraged to have green thumbs.
So, IF going generic (i.e stereotyped), what badges would you typicality link with each hobby?
Please think of this thread the way you would read the guides about chemistry and career suggestion rather too personal. I'm not sure about others though, but just like you don't have to pair Taurus and Aries together, i find those chemistry guides helpful (as its the combination that give a high attraction boost easily), when you want a guiding point of what to choose. But the Badges guides are often to vague in this area.
While these thread is general, I put in the Free Time Category as its mostly about the Hobbies.