Seriously, I mean look at the Hobby section. There is only 6!!! And “perfectionist” isn’t even a hobby!Yet we have SO MANY MORE hobbies in the game!Working out, Swimming, Programming (geek only covers video games and sci-fi books), Yoga, Science stuff (telescope, microscope, chemistry table, etc...), meditating, cooking (foodie covers EATING not cooking, I have friends who cook as an artistic outlet), Singing (not covered by “music lover), trying on clothes, bowling, basketball, Shopping, watching movies, etc...Sure, you can say “active” covers working out and swimming, but what if you want a specific sim you can often find swimming?When I was a teen (irl) I played basketball every moment of my free time. Like 80 hours a week. Why can’t I make a sim to represent my teen self? Always shooting hoops?Little things like this would add SO MUCH to the game!!!I have relatives who love video editing or building car models. How cool would it be to see the sims I make doing those things when I visit them?Now we have roller skating and ice skating, but no traits to make a sim who loves those things! I have a friend who wanted to be an Olympic speed skater. How cool would it be to see him ice skating every time I went over???C’mon Maxis!!!!How do you make packs like Bowling Night, Movie Hangout, spa day, etc and not make traits related to those things???DO IT! DO IT NOW!

This!The sims 3 traits are actually the only thing I miss about sims 3. There were a lot of both small, sillier traits and bigger ones, plus we had five slots, which was enough room to have both bogger traits that covered the main parts of the personality and a one or two smaller, like loves heat, light sleeper and such. 3 are barely enough to cover a whole personality, not to mention that all of them are much broader. I miss the variation.

I love this post. I completely agree.

Just the title alone has me dying of laughter lol

I totally agree with you!I really miss the 'interests' traits sims had in the Sims 2. You know, common interests they can talk about? It would add so much depth to their personalities.

Maxis has the “Lazy” trait when it comes to... Traits...

serendipity38
New Spectator
7 years ago
I wish I could add more conversation to this thread, other than stating the obvious, but I cant think of anything to personally add. Just that YES! Please Maxis/EA, we need both more traits to chose from and more trait slots for Sims to begin with!
anthonydyer
Seasoned Traveler
7 years ago
This is the reason why all my sims behave the same. I'm not sure why the developers went from 5 in TS3 to 3 in TS4. In real life someone may have around 20. Now 20 would be a bit much for this game, but I think we could use 5-10, depending on the function of the trait. I believe traits are too focused on triggering emotions. It could use more unlocked interactions and autonomous behaviors.

A hobby trait can pretty much be unlimited when it comes to how many you select, as it makes a sim better or more inclined to participate in an activity.

An emotional trait is also pretty much unlimited. When a situation occurs, it triggers an emotion on a sim. There may be a few conflicts here and there such as 'cheerful' and 'gloomy'.

Lifestyle and social traits would be a bit more limited in the number you select. If you pick a lifestyle or social trait, it is more likely there will be others that will conflict. That is ok, as this is what makes each sim unique. You would not have someone evil and good at the same time.

I think sims 3 had a pretty good system. My suggestion would be to introduce new traits and increase the number of trait slots per sim to a minimum of 5. I discussed this whole thing Here
CrazyWriterGirl
7 years ago
Wow. I didn't know that I needed this until right now.
pinneduphair
New Spectator
7 years ago
The thing that bugs me is that they seem to think of reward traits as a replacement for or better option than regular traits. Maybe it's just me, because I tend to ignore whims, but I earn satisfaction points so slowly that I don't even pay attention to them. I rarely ever use reward traits. And if I do, it's often just one.
tunafishcats
7 years ago
i used to spend a lot of time on sims 3 deciding which trait i should put on a sim because they were actually good and i couldn’t just pick one or the other... and now i spend a lot of time on choosing a trait bc there’s like only one that i like and the rest is just... uh which one isn’t as useless as the other..

really hoping we’d get more traits with an update... it’s not too late..
Blu3Glasses
7 years ago
"Anthonydyer;c-16719462" wrote:
. I believe traits are too focused on triggering emotions.

This is the problem with many of TS4's traits in a nutshell, and it's why the Genius trait is so underwhelming. I want to see traits that boost gains in certain skills, change the way sims respond to events (for example, a hot headed sim could get angry at a time when other sims would usually get sad), change the rate of relationship increase/decrease, etc.
jimmysnan
7 years ago
Yes I agree more traits would be great, as the ones they have are way too broad. Also all my sims act the same when something happens so I cant get the versatility I would like even when I randomize. Each sim was advertised as unique, with not having the smaller nuisances they seem to be all the same.
JamesDeanSQ
New Novice
7 years ago
I would completely agree with this. In The Sims 3 I really felt like every Sim I created was unique and had their own distinctive personality. In The Sims 4, all my Sims feel like the same exact person.
JestTru
7 years ago
More trait option are definitely needed and wanted.
Kelza101
7 years ago
Agreed. We definitely need more traits.