What CAN be done to fix TS4?

Lots of great ideas.

• Fix the bugs. At times the game just isn't playable for so many people. It isn't about MODs or custom content. There are always going to be bugs and glitches in games but there are just too many. I shouldn't worry that updating my game from EA will result in no bars/bartenders working.
  
• Painting - custom painting
  
• Photography - I miss the way we could hang big pictures on the walls taken with cameras with posed photos. Being able to get your group to pose in particular spots was great. My sims walls were covered in family photos over the years. I loved it. I loved that they could order photo albums from vacations. I liked some of the photography from Sims 3 but it never came close to TS2.
  
• Toddlers - we just need them. It feels like a broken record but I'm missing the connection by jumping from infant to child. People can age up early if they don't like toddlers.
  
• Dishwashers - who lives like this anymore? My sim can live in a million dollar house but is still handwashing. It is insanity. :D
  
• Driving - I miss cars and driveways. I miss mopeds and biking. I know the ship has sailed on the open world and I'm okay with that because I lost other things when we went to the open world, but if we could make the changing screens to be more active like watching my sim driving or traveling on the trolley. I would love to be able to ride the street car!
  
• Travel on vacation - I'd like more vacations like Bon Voyage. Camping, beach, lake, etc. Foreign locals are fun, too. I'm not a super fan of the puzzle aspect from TS3 because it was always the same but I know my son loved it.
  
• Apartments - I loved apartments in TS2. I'd like to see them back. Almost all my sims started out in an apartment. They were fantastic. I never liked them in TS3.
  
• Family trees - sims should be able to recognize family members including step relationships, cousins, etc. For me, the generational aspect of the game makes it interesting, fun and real. This was a big loss.
  
• The "poop" jokes and like may be funny and I'm just not getting it, but they have all either gotten old or are just too silly. Not that the game is real life but I feel connected to my sims. They can feel real to me which is one of the main reasons I keep playing. It just seems unnecessary and pulls me out of my sims life. I don't know if that makes any sense at all.
  
• Elders are not on their death beds. Can we stop treating elders like they are useless? My elder sim died on his wedding night. My other 2 sims could barely go for a run any longer. I know plenty of "elders" who are in better shape than me. I'd love to see gradual aging. One step farther, I'd love to see gradual aging of everything. A couch that ages over time visually. So cool
  
• Seasons - missing the snow and rain
  
• Would love to be able to assign skill points to adult and elders. They would know some things.
  
• Customization of age stages. My sims aged up to elders while their kids were still in high school. Mom actually died. It was all very sad but avoidable. The kids were born the day she turned into an adult.
  
• Sims needing glasses :)
  
• Restaurants similar to TS2
  
• Planned vacations and honeymoons
  

There are so many things that could be fun. In the end, if the glitches were fixed and some basic features like dishwashers, toddlers, family trees, another world with more places to go, etc. were added without charging everyone more money, I think people would be happy. The lots are smaller, not a lot of things to do/places to go. Some things should have been base game like pools which EA fixed. I think the game still has good bones and potential. I have hope that EA will treat the game right and do right by the fans. Hope I'm right.