ugh, when they go off to do laundry intstead of what I have told them to do, I just about go stark raving mad at times...

Right now, I'm working on just needing one master builder, but he's taking his sweet loving time on getting to that point...

Once I have all the rest uncovered he's going back to fishing...

when I catch them off doing laundry I grab one and drop them on the same sex willager and watch them run away. I keep hoping it will condition them not to do laundry.

The builders I dunk in the ocean or drop on the cactus. I don't know why they think all the huts need fixing when there is no food in the bin.

If i could have one or two villagers in charge of fixing huts, i would love that.

My question is....they never pick up skill from anything they are curious about, never try farming or research on their own....so why do they try to fix the huts and succeed at it without direction? It seems so inconsistent to me.

Yes I hear you on that, and it would be nice if they just tiddled off and foraged on their own instead of laundry or fixing huts all day everyday...

*sigh* could be just them though, maybe they have it built into them that they need to fix everything around while starving to death.

Its a good thing humans don't work that way would be extinct!

I was actually going to write just that, but while I was typing it, I realized we do work that way! How many times have you checked you e-mail instead of doing something you were supposed to be doing? Procrastinators.

And we all know someone like the GC, who never really grows up and is only interested in partying all the time. Although in real life we can put those people in jail when their parties get out of hand.

In some of my ongoing games, I don't bother to check off a preferred skill for the kids. They may start with something, but usually only one (except if I used a kid to help cure someone.)

But eventually most will become adept in Farming and Building.

In the game where I purposely train everyone to (in order) Building, Healing, Farming, Breeding (women only) I'll sometimes get a villager who refuses to learn any building skills!