Most Wanted Features (Thread Ages like Wine)

I love these! In reference to the Lilsimsie video and traits, I think that is the one where she mentions that vegetarianism shouldn't be a trait and I agree! It should be some other food preference option in CAS and not take up a trait slot 😞 I would also like it if the Sims team figured out a way to implement all of the new emotional aspects of the game so that they aren't always negative. Sims can't do anything if they are very sad, very tense, or terrified 24/7 over literally everything. 

@ValFreya13 Yes, I completely agree that vegetarianism shouldn’t take up a trait slot! I mean, we can select preferable utensils by clicking on a fridge, so why not choose a food preference this way as well? 😄

In addition to my main post, I want to publish this as well. It's a pack suggestion from an old survey dated back to February, 2017. It's been 4 years so I don't think it will ever be released, but damn, this idea is amazing and it sounds like a dream pack to me!

@simminchillin Thank you for making this list. I've clocked "me too" for your poat since you habe mentioned all the things that I personally also find lacking in the game at the moment.

I really miss memories as they were in TS2. I have never taken a screenshot on purpose except for bug report forums. So my sims "memories" are either a mess (read: mistake, accidentally hit the "c" button) or nonexistent. I would love my sims to automatically remember say their 1st day at school/work, getting engaged/married or having children, at least! 

Also, though I am super grateful for all the new emotional/personality affecting content (eg. Lifestyles etc), what you have brought up is true: I still feel there isn't enough traits OR aspirations, especially for child sims.

After the major update with graphics I also feel the hair colors do not match up with the new makeup/skin features. I wish we would have at least a few new natural hair colors (I currently only use the black, browns and 1 blond hair color along with the grey(ish) options). Personally the eye colors at this time are sufficient for me.

The only thing I don't want from your list are playable pets, I've grown to like them the way they are now, though at first it was a no-no for me too.

Anyways, cheers for the list. Let's hope we'll see at least some of it coming true! 🙂

@adduapina Thank you so much for your feedback! Regarding pets, I totally understand you 😄 Basically, I have two reasons why I want pets to be playable:

1. While my sims are at school / work, I have to just stare at the screen till they’re back, so I’d love to be able to control a pet while its owners are away. This way I could pass the time 🙂

2. Pets are quite disobedient. I just want to be able to cancel their “drink from a puddle”, “scratch the coach” and other unwanted interactions 😁

The thing is The Sims 4 is like a sandbox. Maxis said they wanted to give players full control, but when it comes to pets, we don’t have any control.

Another thing I want to mention: it's quite odd that sims are stressed when there's fire. Fire is an extremely dreadful phenomenon, so I believe that being terrified of it is the way to go. There's a mod by PlayStar201 that changes that, but I wish it was a base game feature.

I have an idea on how it could work if it's ever patched in: while the fire is up, sims are scared/terrified, but after it's put out, they feel tense.

The stressed versus terrified for a fired should depend on how bad the fire was and if the sim caught on fire - and maybe the age of the Sim. I can understand children and toddlers being terrified, but adults would be more stressed by a small, minor fire. I also wouldn't want my Sim scared for 24 hours after a fire has been put out. I definitely don't get terrified by minor fires, but I'm accident prone so maybe not the best person to give that sort of input 🤭

Another thing I was thinking about is allowing Sims to age with more grace and dignity, especially if you had them take really good care of themselves throughout their life. I really dislike that once a Sim reaches elder, they are automatically a caricature of the things we associate with being older. There is a lot more variety in how we can make younger Sims look, but elders Sims just all have the same template and you can't really do much about it. Life choices should have more of an impact on whether or not your elder Sim will have poor posture and extreme back problems, for example. 

Hello again, Simmers! I have to say that this thread is slowly but surely aging like wine because we have gotten a few features mentioned in it, namely trait improvements and more culturally diverse hairstyles. I'm actually pleasantly surprised by the previous patch and its content, but I hope The Sims Team doesn't stop there and keep improving base game because there's a lot of room for improvement.

Meanwhile, I'll be manifesting Story Progression. It was mentioned as a potential feature in one of the surveys provided by EA, so let's hope it's being considered by the developers 🙂

@simminchillinIt's too bad that this has not become a topic post rather than people just creating their own... especially since it seems that they often create the same topic over and over (we get it, you want horses and unicorns!! lol)

I would like more work to be done on bug fixes and am glad that they are doing the laundry list. There is a lot that needs to be done to make the game better. I would be happy if they stop releasing new content for a while and just focused on fixing the game.