A lot of people post on this forum about wanting more unique gameplay for Elders. One way to do this would be for your Sim to acquire a new Trait upon becoming an Elder. People don't stop growing and changing as soon as they hit 20. It would be a great way to distinguish Elder characters and gameplay and give players something to look forward to when their Sims are older.While it would be great to add it as a full extra Trait slot in CAS, I believe the developers have said that the UI of CAS is difficult to edit. It can be done - we saw it with the gender options - but so far they seem resistant to the idea of adding a new trait slot.Instead, new reward traits would be unlocked when your Sim becomes an Elder. This would mean that devs didn't have to change the UI in CAS. The more positive traits could be more expensive than the more negative ones, meaning that the way your Sim lived their life would have an impact on what sort of new trait (or traits) they developed as an Elder.Here are some sample Traits:* Bitter* Wise* Cantankerous* Wistful* Youthful* Relaxed* DotingFeel free to add your own ideas of Elder Traits to the thread. :)

Better knowing, critical, caring for kids.

I'd like for that faithful badge to return as well, or maybe "successful lineage" as of a certain number of kids/grandkids, etc. Perhaps some interactions could come with those achievements, i.e. "brag about family" or "give advice about marriage" etc. I really like both of your suggestions as well :) It'd be nice if both teens & elders got a lot more specific traits / interactions / activities / etc. Even if they never add toddlers, I do hope something like Generations could one day come back ..

"Loudon_Wainwright;15429684" wrote:I think it would be interesting if the trait your elder developed was based on which emotional state they were most frequently in. Using your example traits, if your sim was angry most of the time as a young adult/adult, they would develop the cantankerous trait upon reaching the elder life stage. This would give people more incentive to play around with emotions and use emotion boosting objects. Yeah, I really like that idea! My sister said it would be cool to have it be chosen for you based on how they lived their life, and I think that emotions would be a nice concrete way of measuring that. The game already keeps those statistics about your Sim so it would be nice to put some use to them.@SimTrippy - I agree that we definitely need more to make each age group distinct. :)@Simsister2004 - I like those, especially "Critical". A trait that I've always wanted for Sims is one like "Nosy" or "Busybody" which could also work for this, though I'd like to have Sims of other age groups have access to those too.

oh wow that's a really good idea to add more depth to the elder stage. LOVE IT!

"Yardenro;15431207" wrote:oh wow that's a really good idea to add more depth to the elder stage. LOVE IT!Thank you! The addition of toddler-only traits gives me hope that the team might one day be able to do this for Elders.

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simsister
Seasoned Ace
9 years ago
Better knowing, critical, caring for kids.
Joanne_Snow
Legend
9 years ago
I'd like for that faithful badge to return as well, or maybe "successful lineage" as of a certain number of kids/grandkids, etc. Perhaps some interactions could come with those achievements, i.e. "brag about family" or "give advice about marriage" etc. I really like both of your suggestions as well :) It'd be nice if both teens & elders got a lot more specific traits / interactions / activities / etc. Even if they never add toddlers, I do hope something like Generations could one day come back ..
Terra575
9 years ago
"Loudon_Wainwright;15429684" wrote:
I think it would be interesting if the trait your elder developed was based on which emotional state they were most frequently in. Using your example traits, if your sim was angry most of the time as a young adult/adult, they would develop the cantankerous trait upon reaching the elder life stage.

This would give people more incentive to play around with emotions and use emotion boosting objects.

Yeah, I really like that idea! My sister said it would be cool to have it be chosen for you based on how they lived their life, and I think that emotions would be a nice concrete way of measuring that. The game already keeps those statistics about your Sim so it would be nice to put some use to them.

@SimTrippy - I agree that we definitely need more to make each age group distinct. :)

@Simsister2004 - I like those, especially "Critical". A trait that I've always wanted for Sims is one like "Nosy" or "Busybody" which could also work for this, though I'd like to have Sims of other age groups have access to those too.
royarden
9 years ago
oh wow that's a really good idea to add more depth to the elder stage. LOVE IT!
Terra575
9 years ago
"Yardenro;15431207" wrote:
oh wow that's a really good idea to add more depth to the elder stage. LOVE IT!

Thank you! The addition of toddler-only traits gives me hope that the team might one day be able to do this for Elders.
TakThomas
New Ace
9 years ago
I'd kinda like to see a "Senile" trait, or something like it. Maybe they go into long winded spiels (I'd like to see a "Back in my day..." interaction. Would be funny.)
Movotti
New Spectator
9 years ago
A batty trait could be entertaining, just a little bit insane, sometimes childish, sometimes off in their own little world, sometimes they think they're vampires and try to turn into bats...
RoboSpongie
New Ace
9 years ago
I would love like the fun grandparent trait and or the GET OFF MY LAWN kinda traits

I love these ideas !!
emmaning1
9 years ago
Or, they could just have one elder trait, similar to toddler traits.
Terra575
9 years ago
"emmaning;15532618" wrote:
Or, they could just have one elder trait, similar to toddler traits.

Well, I wouldn't want Elder Sims to lose all the traits they had up until that point, so I would prefer a reward trait or extra trait slot.