The new EA Sims Forum

https://forums.thesims.com/en_US/discussion/1014450/the-all-new-ea-forums-are-live-now/p8 We're being asked to redirect our comments/feedback here to the new forums, but in all honesty it's hard to figure out how and where best to do so. Many other people are probably going to be confused as well once they realize that this is where the staff members are gathering suggestions. It would be my guess that starting a new thread for each individual concern would probably not be preferable.

The original poster has already outlined most of my top concerns, but I'd like to add a few additional details.
* You're obviously hearing this a lot, but having the ability to recognize each other by way of personalized avatars and a customizable profile page is extremely important to a lot of people. The old forums do an excellent job in that respect, so if it's possible to do the same here that would be much appreciated.
* As already mentioned, it would be definitely be helpful to have the newest posts show as the default option. However, even when sorting posts that way, having to read posts in what seems to be reverse order is extremely difficult. Page numbers and post numbers would be a lot of help to remedy that problem.

Would it be possible at some point to recreate a specific "off topic" section for random topics and forums games? That is where I've spent 99% of my time over the past several years on the old forums, and there are others who have done the same. Having those threads grouped into "The Sims Franchise Discussion" section isn't particularly convenient.

If a member of the EA staff happens to see this comment, I want to say thank you for your patience and effort. Clearly you have a lot to deal with right now, and it personally means a lot that you're already making so much effort to listen to everyone's feedback. It's completely understandable that it will take quite some time to sort everything out and make needed improvements and additions to the site.