1. We NEED burglars back. While this also means brining back law enforcement (which I know can be hot button these days), the Burglars have been iconic since the start of the Sims. It's a travesty that they're no longer in the game.
2. We need the sliders that were implemented for makeup to be implemented for hair and skin tone. It would take a lot less effort off of the team if we had more personalized control over the colors of these assets, since it wouldn't require the team to release huge batches of hair colors and skin tones if we could make the colors we want ourselves.
3. We need more CAS and BB that isn't super modern and contemporary. We have tons of geometric furniture, tons of crop tops, tons of just contemporary clothing. It's next to impossible to create Sims who feel like they're from another generation, notably elders, because there's just not a lot to support that. The clothes that do exist are minimal and there's not a lot of variance, and there's not a ton of options for furniture.
4. In that same vein, men's CAS stuff is next to non-existent and extremely lacking in packs that come out. It's always dominated by women's CAS stuff. While the playerbase may be leaning towards having more females, that shouldn't be a reason why the game is constantly lacking in men's CAS stuff. They still make up a good portion of Sims in the game. Also, we need body hair in the game. Humans have it, males notably moreso than females, so it's weird that the Sims are all hairless mole-rats without CC.
5. Packs need more interconnectivity. The little boost to Medium Skill in Paranormal if your Sim was a Caster was nice. The dogs/cats being able to operate as familiars in Realm of Magic was nice. There just needs to be more stuff like this. Something that springs to mind was the squandered Singing skill, that really should have had some kind of space carved out for it in Get Famous. Singers are some of the largest celebrities in our world, so it felt REALLY WEIRD that that skill was more of a footnote than a focus in the fame pack.
6. We need more unique traits and we need more aspirations. Some of the Aspiration categories are just pitiful, and some of them haven't had had additions since the base game. There's so much opportunity here that's being squandered. Traits, likewise aren't really diverse. Most traits seem to instead get added to the aspiration store, which is kind of dull.
7. We need more empty worlds, preferably with different themes.
8. Do more polls for future content. I feel like the Knitting, Paranormal, Eco Living, and Laundry day, which spawned off of earlier polls, did really well and had fun content. I think this makes the community happier getting what we've asked for, and helps Maxis sell products that they know the consumers want. It's the best and easiest way to avoid a situation like what happened with Journey to Batuu.
EA Staff (Retired)