Hello! :) I have a random question. How do you decide when to announce a pack?
Other than that, I want to say that I was really happy about the addition of the Scared emotion and I'm glad that Sentiments are a thing. I was shocked by the Trait updates and I hope to see many more, and even more traits added to the base game. I feel like the individuality and personality of the sims is lacking and often overridden by emotions and it makes it hard for immersion and storytelling when I want a stoic sim, but they are constantly playing games and dancing. I think having better autonomy and reactions to things around them rather than their emotions would help immensely.
Another thing is the family gameplay. I think the focus has been on Young Adults too much. It would be nice to see the other life stages be expanded upon to make them feel more unique. Having special interactions between siblings or other family members no matter the age would be cool. Right now, it feels like family treat each other the same way they do strangers and friends.
I think an overhaul of the Interactions Menu would be nice as well! There are so many Friendly interactions and many of them do the same thing if not nothing at all. It would be nice to see more interactions give moodlets to show they do something. I think maybe adding more sections in the pie menus would make it less cluttered, it's a little frustrating when you accidentally pass by an interaction you want and you can't scroll back.
All in all, CAS and Build/Buy Mode are awesome! But Base Game Live Mode has been neglected for a very long time. I'm glad you're finally starting to give it some attention and I hope to see more live mode base game updates!
I hope this wasn't too long! :D Thank you so much for doing this!
EA Staff (Retired)