Decor appreciation based on mastering Arts

[ruslanbes]

One of the things that still bother me in "Quality of Life 1" upgrade is that there is no point having more than one dupe trained in Arts. I usually try for every dupe to master every job except the arts and have only one dedicated Master Artist to do all the sculpturing and painting. It's too easy to have fun.

Therefore I have a suggestion.

Make dupes without any Arts training to benefit only from Crude furniture and require higher level training to get the bonus of Quaint and Masterpiece level. This kinda makes some sense - if you wasn't trained in Arts, you probably won't appreciate Mona Lisa the same way as someone who learned this thing very deeply (hmm.. reminds the Museum of Art Fraud from Interstate 60).

This will also bring back the plants as the alternative source of Decor since they give Decor bonus always.

Update: I just realized there's much simpler solution with the same effect - make painting and sculpting extremely long

[Christophlette]

I don't think you have to "learn" art to appreciate it. That seems counter intuitive to me.

And if I may : Saying common people can't appreciate art the same way as people that studied it may upset someone.

[Lawnmower Man]

13 hours ago, Christophlette said:

I don't think you have to "learn" art to appreciate it. That seems counter intuitive to me.

And if I may : Saying common people can't appreciate art the same way as people that studied it may upset someone.

I would be willing to argue that art appreciation scales with art knowledge, so perhaps there is a multiplier for higher Art skill?  I can guarantee that a curator at the Louvre appreciates the art hanging at their workplace far more than I do, not least of which because they know so much more about it.  Conversely, I appreciate the artistry of retro 8-bit games much more than they do, for the same reason.