Does it bother anyone that vampires have to be good friends with a sim to drink from them? It's really hard to make an evil vampire when I constantly have to cheat, make them good friends, then drink from them.

Is there any word of mods out there that can override this? I want to be able to make evil characters that don't need to ask permission for this nonsense :

Yeah, I think it's pretty lame. How many vampires that are represented by Hollywood "ask" to attack their victims? I think we can thank the "touchy-feely" faction for that little feature.

Isn't there a new Lifetime Award that makes it so your Feed actions aren't rejected? Just get that, then you don't have to be friends with anyone.

http://www.modthesims.info/d/425824

Or, if you want to give your vampire real evil powers, http://modthesims.info/download.php?t=441069

EA is very politically correct

They actually don't have to be good friends now with the new SN interactions. I think a vampire needs to be friends with someone to offer to turn them, however.

For a quick drink you mostly need to successfully hypnotize the victim with the new "hypnotic gaze." Your vampire can then drink from the stupefied victim as long as they have a little chunk of relationship in the green!

I have a vampire with the "Turn the Town" LTW who has bitten 14 sims. Between the new interactions (which all give relationship boosts) and the friendship elixir, I have not had any trouble getting new victims to offer up a wrist to drink from.