How should EA/Maxis FIX the TS4 Personality System?

@Sim2Spore This is well thought out. Thanks for referring your thread. You're right that the character traits do actually make the Sims one-dimensional.

In TS3 you don't notice how shallow they are because you can pick 5-7 at once (depending on your EP's and not counting the reward traits that you have). The traits were also the ones that gave you moodlets and they all affect how your Sims act on their own. In TS4 however they changed it to how your sims would react to the stimulus. Traits intensify the 15 emotions available in-game and you're only allowed to have 3. I think your method might be closer to what they'll actually implement. Since they've brought back the Environment (TS2 Needs: Room) and Comfort (also from TS2) gameplay aspect with the latest patch, it might not be far off that they'd give us something that would act similar to the Personality Points too. This could be tied to a zodiac system but I honestly don't want that stuff anymore because we'd only be limited back to 12.