First things first, I love the new pack. The best SP, to me. BUT...I don't get it. You guys either add new traits to CAS or to the reward store traits. Having ALL traits in both places would be MUCH more interesting, it would allow us to have more variety in CAS and more freedom in developing our Sims during gameplay. I love that we are getting a brave trait, but why adding it to the reward store and only to the reward store? Remember that you guys disabled the whims by default? How am I supposed to buy all the traits I want if you don't think I should be using the whims?Why i can have dozens of traits by buying them in-game, and be limited to 4 in the CAS?I have so many demands, desires, and questions!Are you guys going to update the whims to add aaaaaall the stuff from all the packs since you've updated the game to remove whims as enabeld by default? Are you guys going to overhaul the whims to add "wants and fears"?What if my sim is afraid of water, but isn't afraid of ghosts? What if my sim is afraid of vampires, but not afraid of thuderstorms?Yes, we all get worried when there's a fire going on, but not everyone would pass out after seeing a spider! Maybe adding a "worried" emotion alongside the "fear" emotion could open up the game to add worries and phobias (or fears, as its being called).Sorry if I sound rude or whatever like that, I'm not a native speaker and this was a lil' rant of mine.Anyway, again... good job on this pack, I hope it lives up to my expectations during gameplay! <3

I'm still irritated my mermaid can summon thunderstorms but until she gains a certain number of aspiration points they'll still make her tense. Or in a few weeks, scared. And don't get me started on my sim who grew up in Brindleton Bay, developed the randomly assigned fear of water on a trip to Sulani, and now can't handle living in his home in BB because it's near the ocean.I like the addition of the fear emotion but I really wish we could control a little more of what our sims fear without having to earn reward store traits to fix them.

I believe because we have so little cas trait spaces they give them as reward traits. And I believe we have so little Cas trait spaces because rather than give the sim more personality it will make them just flip through emotions even more than they do more. But I'm just guessing.

"Babykittyjade;c-17774567" wrote:I believe because we have so little cas trait spaces they give them as reward traits. And I believe we have so little Cas trait spaces because rather than give the sim more personality it will make them just flip through emotions even more than they do more. But I'm just guessing.Yeah, I actually have quite a few sims where I just have one trait in CAS so they'll have some more focused tendencies. The Reward store traits are quite different from CAS traits in almost every way. The reward store traits are specifically for mitigation of certain moods. That's why bravery makes sense. I just wish we had an "Easily scared" trait to go with it.

eh I quite like the reward traits cause aspirations are overly easy so i can always get few for my sims and those dont get counted for the cas traits so its much nicerespecially cause i wouldn't want to pick like 10 traits for every sim in cas cause thats just too much to choose at once and sims should gain traits as they livebut i do think they should add the normal traits to rewards as well so we could have anything we likethough it feels most traits hardly do a thingi also kinda wish they added fears like ts2 so it wouldnt be super easy to hoard everything you can buy with aspiration points cause those would actually decrease everytime sims do things they hate to be doing and oh boy I love doing that

If you don't mind using cheats you can cheat yourself some points ;)https://www.carls-sims-4-guide.com/how-to/cheat-satisfaction-points.phpPress Control+Shift+C or all four triggers on console (or see our guide on How to Cheat). From there type in the first command, testingcheats on then type Sims.Give_Satisfaction_Points 5000 for 5,000 points. If you want more or less, simply swap out the 5,000 for the number you want (no commas). Testing Cheats is likely not necessary to use this, it's just a precaution on my part.

Stop with the exclusive reward store traits!!!!

Daephene1
New Spectator
4 years ago
I'm still irritated my mermaid can summon thunderstorms but until she gains a certain number of aspiration points they'll still make her tense. Or in a few weeks, scared.
And don't get me started on my sim who grew up in Brindleton Bay, developed the randomly assigned fear of water on a trip to Sulani, and now can't handle living in his home in BB because it's near the ocean.
I like the addition of the fear emotion but I really wish we could control a little more of what our sims fear without having to earn reward store traits to fix them.
Babykittyjade
Rising Observer
4 years ago
I believe because we have so little cas trait spaces they give them as reward traits. And I believe we have so little Cas trait spaces because rather than give the sim more personality it will make them just flip through emotions even more than they do more.
But I'm just guessing.
ptanderson98
4 years ago
"Babykittyjade;c-17774567" wrote:
I believe because we have so little cas trait spaces they give them as reward traits. And I believe we have so little Cas trait spaces because rather than give the sim more personality it will make them just flip through emotions even more than they do more.
But I'm just guessing.

Yeah, I actually have quite a few sims where I just have one trait in CAS so they'll have some more focused tendencies. The Reward store traits are quite different from CAS traits in almost every way. The reward store traits are specifically for mitigation of certain moods. That's why bravery makes sense. I just wish we had an "Easily scared" trait to go with it.
Simmingal
Hero
4 years ago
eh I quite like the reward traits cause aspirations are overly easy so i can always get few for my sims and those dont get counted for the cas traits so its much nicer

especially cause i wouldn't want to pick like 10 traits for every sim in cas cause thats just too much to choose at once and sims should gain traits as they live

but i do think they should add the normal traits to rewards as well so we could have anything we like

though it feels most traits hardly do a thing

i also kinda wish they added fears like ts2 so it wouldnt be super easy to hoard everything you can buy with aspiration points cause those would actually decrease everytime sims do things they hate to be doing and oh boy I love doing that
mcrudd
Seasoned Vanguard
4 years ago
If you don't mind using cheats you can cheat yourself some points ;)
https://www.carls-sims-4-guide.com/how-to/cheat-satisfaction-points.php

Press Control+Shift+C or all four triggers on console (or see our guide on How to Cheat). From there type in the first command, testingcheats on then type Sims.Give_Satisfaction_Points 5000 for 5,000 points. If you want more or less, simply swap out the 5,000 for the number you want (no commas). Testing Cheats is likely not necessary to use this, it's just a precaution on my part.
wayjinc2
4 years ago
It's a missed opportunity. I know a lot of folks hate it when some players compare TS3 to TS4 but we got Brave & Coward in TS3 base game. The scared emotion is a nice addition to the base game but I'd rather brave be a cas trait so it would actually impact a sims behavior and not just dampen an emotion.
simsimsere
Rising Scout
4 years ago
I think this trait works better as a reward trait. We have carefree reward trait that takes care of all tense moodlets. Makes sense that a trait taking care of fear moodlets would also be a reward trait. You can treat it as a reward to get rid of the negative moodlets or you can buy it to enhance your sims personality a little. If it was a CAS trait it would be more limited as older sims coudn't gain it anymore.
kusurusu
Oracle
4 years ago
People complaining because they dare to add one new trait to the store? Last time we got new store traits was when they released Seasons years ago.

As for whims, you can re-enable them in options.
atreya33
Seasoned Ace
4 years ago
For this particular trait I don't mind it being a reward trait. I am happy I don't have to sacrifice a CAS trait slot for it. And I can just add it to existing sims.

As for earning points to buy the trait, I think it is still possible to get the points without cheating. You can use whims or complete aspirations (both base game), or have successful holidays (seasons EP)

The idea to have traits show up both as cas traits and reward traits is interesting though. I wouldn't mind that.
graffiti_bri
4 years ago
At first I was upset, but now I guess it's okay. I'm more upset that we didn't get a Coward trait alongside it, I had some sims I was planning to make cowards! :D I use a mod that allows multiple traits and it honestly works fine, they don't flip through emotions or anything (I also use Meaningful Stories, so that probably balances it out lol).

My issue with Reward Store traits as a whole is that some of them do things that should be included in the regular traits. I feel like Speed Reader should just be a part of Bookworm and not its own separate thing. Leave Reward Traits to stuff like slowing down motives.