Why no new lot traits for realm of magic?

I would have loved a magic lot trait for making it easier for spells to work.

I would have thought lot traits for Magic community lots to be a no brainer.

I was hoping for a lot trait like the one in vampires that made vampire babies more likely to born. The same for witches!

*sigh*

It just feels like there isnt that much depth to the packs anymore. Its all about being visually stunning but at the expense of depth and game play. It's so inconsistent too- we get some lot traits for island living, but mermaids (a lifestate) get no kind of recognition or animation when you become one. realm of magic has no lot traits but suddenly all those missing animations and recognition of life state change are back.

No lot traits, no CAS traits, so easy to become a spellcaster, no challenge to anything and the rewards are just rehashes of existing abilities available in game and other packs. Nothing new that makes being a spell caster individual and unique but at the same time becoming a spellcaster makes it entirely pointless doing anything else in game to earn abilities or skills when you can just become a spellcaster and quickly gain all those quirks with complete ease. Especially with the potion for needs being so simple and easy to craft the moment you start.

Its all just so superficial and not fleshed out, and not having any magic related lot traits only adds to that.

I took it for granted that new lot traits would be included because it just seems like the logical thing to expect! Disappointed they chose not to include any. We could have had traits like 'witch hangout' or 'on a magical ley line' at the very least.

I would have liked a lot-trait that made spellcasters likely to visit the lot.

Yeah!
Where are the lot traits? The witchy hangout spot, the magical leyline?
Where are the dialog options about spellcasters? Let our sims talk about magic existing. (Not just spellcasters talking about magic amongst themselves... what options can I pick when, say, my vampires stumble into the portal?)

The absence of small things like these makes me prefer the vampire pack. It's still the best one.

Yeah, I was expecting at least one lot trait and maybe a Skeptic trait for CAS to go along with this pack. In fact, they've been pretty stingy with new sim traits overall, haven't they? We only got 11 more traits from the packs, with only 1 emotional trait, 3 social ones, and the other 7 being in lifestyle. Only 2 traits, Jealous and Kleptomaniac, have been patched into the base game since launch. We've gotten no new traits in the hobby category at all, even though there have been ample opportunities with the various activities added through DLC. Compared to TS3 with just the base game and two expansion packs...it's kind of pathetic.

Yeah. A lot-trait that makes it possible for muggle-sims to have a spellcaster-child like Hermione.

It feels odd that this pack does not have a single lot-trait. That point makes it feel a bit unfinished. Don’t get me wrong, I love occult’s and spellcasters are my favorite, the realm is wonderful but the pack itself has some blind spots.

I might be remembering it wrong but the Vampire Pack felt more polished but I love this pack more just because it is my favorite kind of occult.

"FurSimsOfficial;c-17257231" wrote:
Looks like they dont have a list that is up to date on things they should add in when there is a new pack. Like upgrade the clubsystem, holiday calendar, lot traits, do not forget toddlers! I have seen many of these mistakes before. Its just... *Sigh*

@FurSimsOfficial

But.. but its only a gameplay pack...
I mean we got ''2 new Worlds'' who cares about lot traits. I rather have 2 new Worlds then lot traits.
*Ironie off*

I just wanna copypaste a comment written by ''KittenKatana'' on SimsVip on your comment.

I keep reading people going back and forth about if this pack (Island living) should qualify as an expansion or a game pack based on the certain amount of objects, or the world, or the game play. And can I just say that it is so sad that we as paying customers really have to sit around and discuss if enough content was cut or enough content was added for it to be considered an expansion pack. We should not even be questioning if it's an expansion pack. It just blows my mind that it's like this now. I never remember feeling this way for any other version of this game. Game packs were literally the worst thing to ever come to the sims, I am sorry but it's how I truly feel at this point, I think they are a blatant scam. It gives them an excuse to cut so much content out and say it's okay because it's a "game pack". Now there's this annoying weird grey area where it's either just enough to be an expansion pack or it's too little content so it's a game pack. I miss when we'd get multiple occults in ONE expansion, and while they may not have been the most fleshed out, at least I felt like I was getting my money's worth.

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Its also confusing as hell and not really well thought out. We get pits and peaces of everything. I think as an example, that they will focus on Family Gameplay and adding more to the differente life states, but will just add it here and there as SimGuruGrant mentioned it. We have already 30DLC, most of them add halfed baked content, with a desire of wanting more and questions of why this stuff is not added, and why this is left out. At this point its overwhelming.