[Request] Please adjust the Goofball trait

@GiardiniDiMarzo absolutely agree. I feel like it's got worse since the last patch too. I add the Goofball Trait to make my Sims cheerful... not to make them upset people 🙁. I have autonomy off but I still have to watch the queue for these interactions as well as flirty interactions. But with a Goofball it's more likely to be mischief.

I play a lot of goofballs, but it’s because I’m playing a lot of premades in my current save. Paka’a Uha in particular is one of my favorites. I’m also playing Johnny Zest and Zoe Patel as a married couple in entertainment (Comedian and Actress). 

I like all these Sims, but it’s a trait I seldom give my own Sims. Mechanically, it seems to be random playful buffs and an obsession with toilet-pranking. My Chief of Mischief Sim is a Genius, Self-Assured, and Romantic.

As to “is mischief mean?” this is a debate I remember from my Harry Potter days. There was debate as to whether Fred and George were funny or mean. The Sims 4 seems to lean into the Fred and George definition of mischief that people like and find funny. When I did Chief of Mischief, I found the “be disliked” step almost impossible! I had to stop mischief and start giving mean gifts. But those were the only mean interactions I ever had her do.

 My goofball Sims do joke with each other a lot, but… honestly, it’s kind of a meh trait for me.

(Edited to add: On one occasion, I had to stop a Goofball Sim from pranking the holiday presents ten times in a row, and finally locked him in the bedroom. 🙄 )

@xochiquetzl_xkvn That's an interesting point, because I don't think all mischief is mean and never really thought of Fred & George as mean. There's mischief with no one hurt and no permanent damage... and then there's "mischief" that's malicious. There's pranks where both prankster and pranked laugh... and then there's bullying. (And getting Umbridge, but we all forgive Fred and George that, don't we?)

In the Sims, I feel the mischief interactions skew towards mean, and the pranks towards bullying. I would consider all of the following to be plain mean, more the actions of a bully than a goofball:

Give fake bad news
Instill with false confidence
Invite to fake party
Noxious cloud
Scare
Slap em silly
Troll teh forums (think about who we consider an internet troll)
Prank toilet
Clog drain
Spam money request (okay less bullying and more...scam?)
Voodoo dolls

And also to some extent:
Trick with hand buzzer (looks like it hurts)
What's that spot

This is only looking at mischief actions on packs I own too, there may be more from the packs I don't.

And then of course there's "Ask about prized possessions" under mischief for kleptomaniacs. That's not lighthearted mischief, that's criminal mischief!