Remove the lactose intolerance trait from cottage living

"LittleFox2;c-17931046" wrote:

"StrawberryYogurt;c-17930946" wrote:

"LittleFox2;c-17930445" wrote:
@mw93 Do you even own TS4? I went and read several of your comments to get some insight into you. According to your comments, you never upgraded to TS4.

I dont even agree with OP but searching through their post history to prove a point is uncool. Unless they are saying something damaging/harmful or making threats, its getting too personal looking past at their history. Thats toxic behavior imo

It is not toxic behavior because if it was then the comments would not be there for others to look at. It is important to know if someone owns the game, stopped purchasing years ago and/or does not play TS4.

Nah thats Twitter behavior lol. Its not for you, its for the user. Its just available to you.

I do think EA needs a stronger backbone, its up to them whether they think a complaint warrants an actual change. If they bend like a soggy french fry, thats where you should direct your anger, not at customers. Customers will complain no matter what, even if Sims 4 was perfect. They need a stronger identity and integrity. But because they care only about the money and trends, that's why the game is so inconsistent. Stop blaming people and start blaming EA.

"EliteGirl;c-17931195" wrote:

"Felicity;c-17931175" wrote:

"EliteGirl;c-17931149" wrote:

"dearie_blossom;c-17929540" wrote:

"Onverser;c-17929518" wrote:
I really don't see why people are making such a big deal out of it. Obviously it's not a personality, but they're not gonna make a separate allergies panel in CAS for one single intolerance so it makes most sense to add it to the traits section. It just adds more depth and realism to sims which is always good. It would be nice if we could have more traits though so you can add these sorts of things without it taking up too much trait space

They‘re constantly on the lookout for something to be offended about. They’re doing this for attention. Just like the person that made a big deal out of the „hates children“ trait.

I really resent this remark. I am not making my comments for attention. I am concerned about this issue, and would prefer allergies be avoided and removed from the game so that my sims don’t suffer and/or die from allergies.

Look at things this way: Not everyone views life the same way, and not everyone views the Sims series the same way. It’s my right to disagree with having allergies in the game, along with other people’s opinions that they also disagree with having allergies in the game.

Again, NOT an entitlement issue, but a concern of mine.

Allergies are not in the game so there's nothing to remove. Even if they were (spoiler: they're not, this is hypothetical) you wouldn't have to choose the trait for your sims.

What is the real issue here? You're concerned about something which isn't in the game. You're concerned that Sims 4, of all games, will have sims suffering and/or dying from it. Sims 4 has a lot of death types, but they are goofy deaths for the most parts. Gone are the Sims 2 days where illness could kill sims or the Sims 3 days where you could get an allergic reaction from picking wildflowers -- in Sims 4, illness gives a temporary buff which gives you tiger stripes or something and apparently, a dairy intolerance is going to make your sim fart for a few hours, but only if you allow the sim to have lactose intolerance to begin with.

I don’t want my sims to die and/or suffer from allergies. It’s extremely personal for me. The other deaths don’t bother me (except when a favorite sim of mine dies of old age) then I feel a little sad about it and then get over it). I understand about sims dying from fire and drowning because that happens in real life. But thanks for being nice to me about my opinion, Felicity. I appreciate it.

This isn't a thing in Sims 4. That's the point. Your Sims will never suffer from allergies. Even lactose intolerance is completely optional. It won't affect your Sims if you don't want it to. But other people want lactose intolerance. They may even mod it to make it worse. But it won't affect your Sims.

"LittleFox2;c-17931234" wrote:

"StrawberryYogurt;c-17931209" wrote:

"LittleFox2;c-17931046" wrote:

"StrawberryYogurt;c-17930946" wrote:

"LittleFox2;c-17930445" wrote:
@mw93 Do you even own TS4? I went and read several of your comments to get some insight into you. According to your comments, you never upgraded to TS4.

I dont even agree with OP but searching through their post history to prove a point is uncool. Unless they are saying something damaging/harmful or making threats, its getting too personal looking past at their history. Thats toxic behavior imo

It is not toxic behavior because if it was then the comments would not be there for others to look at. It is important to know if someone owns the game, stopped purchasing years ago and/or does not play TS4.

Nah thats Twitter behavior lol. Its not for you, its for the user. Its just available to you.

I do think EA needs a stronger backbone, its up to them whether they think a complaint warrants an actual change. If they bend like a soggy french fry, thats where you should direct your anger, not at customers. Customers will complain no matter what, even if Sims 4 was perfect. They need a stronger identity and integrity. But because they care only about the money and trends, that's why the game is so inconsistent. Stop blaming people and start blaming EA.

Here come the labels—It is not Twitter behavior. If Twitter did not exist what would you call it then.
Show me a business that does not care about trends, profits and PR. Welcome to capitalism.

Anger is a strong emotion for a game. Come on now, you’re making me laugh. I don’t need to be angry at EA or the consumer. EA isn’t asking for the feature to be removed; it is the consumer. If one feels the game is lackluster, thank you consumers for all your nerfing request.

Of course, it is up to EA if they decide to remove or change any feature based on feedback—that is a given.

I will go back and read prior comments until they remove them-they provide insight. It’s the complainers and those who want things removed that are the problem not the one’s who offer constructive feedback which you of course don’t feel that feedback needs to be constructive (took that one from memory).

Toxic. Thats the first word I used. Its good for a business to care about trends, but it cant be what pulls the direction of the game. Thats why Sims 4 direction is all over the place.

EA is not the source of the complaint, but they're the ones who take action on it. If EA didnt bend to every other person and their complaint against the game, there wouldnt be so much backlash when someone asked something can be removed. Because EA is so flimsy, once someone complains about a feature everyone gets paranoid and upset because they think something else is about to get nerfed.

You can call it anger, annoyance, grieveance, fustration, pet peeve, nuisance - whatever you want to call it-direct that towards EA.

I disagree its the complainers fault. As a business owner you have to have enough insight and discernement to see when something is a real issue or if its something fickle. Its their product, their responsibility, and its their decisions that will drive people away at the end of the day. But the 'complainers' will just move onto another game.

Now there are small changes that dont affect the game as whole if EA implements it, and there are legitimate complaints that EA should take into consideration. But its their choice to make the call and where the responsibility lies.


And past comments, provide insight? Or provide ammo? All it does it antagonize people especially if you draw back from a previous comment that isnt even up to date anymore /innacurate (feelings or circumstances has changed since then) and just draws out arguements. Its just petty behavior. Its better to ask questions up front (i.e so, do you play the game now?) Instead of bringing up past comments.

There needs to be toggled off for negative traits & other stuff. Not take it out completely.

@LittleFox2
Sure it is. ? We can agree to disageee. Ok, done with the derail.

I cannot believe this is still going on.

Just do not use the trait, how difficult it can be?

ETA: It is not like you are forced to use it from now till eternity, with all the sims.

"LittleFox2;c-17931056" wrote:
OP, I'm not arguing over your opinion to have something removed. I just don't agree with it. Great for you that you decided to upgrade to TS4; I guess it is no longer a rip off to you because you got some of the things on sale and/or the base game for free. It is the same game it was in 2020 as it is in 2021.

You are just another person who wants to nerf a feature in the game to fit their sensitivities. Is it so difficult to just not use said trait.

Very true

I never thought I would see the day…fighting over whether or not to have lactose intolerance as a trait. Who knew a digestive issue would be so controversial?

Here I thought the controversy would have been having to feed a vegetable to a cow to get the lactose free milk. I thought we would get some almonds or get to mash up some soy…lol. This is the real crime against my lactose intolerant self. But hey it is game so I will milk a lactose free cow for my lactose intolerant sims.

EA is going to have stand their ground at some point. This bending for every single controversial thing is making the game very dry on top of an already dry game. Nothing bad EVER happens. Anyways I hope they give options for both sides. I do not want to lose the only trait they added in like forever.

"keekee53;c-17931391" wrote:
I never thought I would see the day…fighting over whether or not to have lactose intolerance as a trait. Who knew a digestive issue would be so controversial?

Here I thought the controversy would have been having to feed a vegetable to a cow to get the lactose free milk. I thought we would get some almonds or get to mash up some soy…lol. This is the real crime against my lactose intolerant self. But hey it is game so I will milk a lactose free cow for my lactose intolerant sims.

EA is going to have stand their ground at some point. This bending for every single controversial thing is making the game very dry on top of an already dry game. Nothing bad EVER happens. Anyways I hope they give options for both sides. I do not want to lose the only trait they added in like forever.

very well said <3

"StrawberryYogurt;c-17930946" wrote:

"LittleFox2;c-17930445" wrote:
@mw93 Do you even own TS4? I went and read several of your comments to get some insight into you. According to your comments, you never upgraded to TS4.

I dont even agree with OP but searching through their post history to prove a point is uncool. Unless they are saying something damaging/harmful or making threats, its getting too personal looking past at their history. Thats toxic behavior imo

Normally, I would agree with you. However, when people demand things be removed from a game because it's offensive to them, it would make sense to know if they ever even played the game or series. Because TS4 is infamous if some don't know due to people coming to the site to post off the wall requests that would affect those who actually purchase the game and or have played the game and stopped for whatever reasons, but have no intention of ever buying it or playing it. This has happened hundreds of times in the past seven years. Because of an agenda to cancel anything and everything. I don't know the OP nor did I look up the posts and replies of past subjects, but if you want to understand a point of view it's good to have some history of the person posting. (So others can either have empathy and or see the post for what it is.)