The "Never Nude" and "Eccentric" traits would've been perfect in DU

I agree. I’m very disappointed they chose not to add any new traits to Discover University. It is almost a dealbreaker for me.

I would dare to say this is a huge dealbreaker for me @babajayne the game is about the sims themselves, and so far they are the weakest point in Sims 4. They didn't add one thing to improve our sims behaviour since the game released, besides the parentign shaping our sims personality, but still... the parenting traits are locked for sims that you play through their childhood/teenagehood. What If I wanted to create a Responsible or a Bad Mannered YA sim on the CAS?! :(

All reward traits unlocked in CAS wouldn't be practical if we still only get 3 slots.

As rewards it fleshes a sim out further without sacrificing anything. I use them all the time, I usually cheat in satisfaction points to add what I want from the start. I also add Parenthood values for YA+ sims.

I agree that we need more traits though, but I want a revamp of existing traits more. They're all so inconsequential right now.

#happyopi I know that with the rewards we can add more than 3 traits, but the point is that I don't want to be cheating, like you mentioned you do, when I want to start my game in some way or another. Besides that, I also want the CAS traits to be added as Satisfaction rewards for when we wanted to buy them during gameplay. I'm not saying I want to get rid of Satisfaction Rewards. Having all traits in both places wouldn't hurt the one another, I'm sure of that.
And, I agree, I also want a revamp of existing traits or at least the emotion system. I don't know, but the two don't seem to work together. Traits are always overpowered by emotions in this game.

@cheescaeks I want likes/dislikes and favorites, but if they are overlooking the traits for that, I have to point out that me and probably most simmers would say that revamping the traits and emotions is more priority than that. I makes no sense for them to keep build on a weak foundation, and for likes/dislikes and favorites to work, they need a good trait and emotions system that work together and don't overpower one another. I doesn't matter if my Sim likes blond girls and muscles if the flirty emotion will overpower his attraction and make him attracted to anyone we introduce our sim. You know?!
But as you said, maybe they aren't adding new traits in current packs because they are revamping the system in the background and haven't told us? Would be a cool major update for this year or at least next year!

....There aren't new traits?? Darn, right when I was thinking of getting this pack.

Justifies my concerns about the point of view gamechangers have and what they are willing to share rather then all the positives and negatives. of course naturally, game changers aren't all that inclined to share all the negatives because those don't sell the DLC content when it comes to that point, which automatically means i can't fully take at their word for it by default as it assumes a position of bias, irrespective of how it is presented. I know that isn't their fault, they broadcast what is there and only what is there in DU and they got to keep it positive to make viewing numbers and be seen as a positive influence.

I look for as much fairness as i can find, and i can't get that until after DU has launched to get the full picture.

So knowing that traits have once again gotten shafted isn't a good start, but i still intend to look it all up even so and make a judgement call at another point, probably after the end of year sales on origin, in late janurary maybe when patches have come through and Maxis have gotten it into some good working condition for what it is they wanted it to be seen as rather than as a mess at the start.

for a game that's based on the personalities of the sims, they really don't give us many options in terms of traits... so many missed opportunities for this pack especially. some of my most used traits in the sims 3 came from the university expansion.

"Hoverael;c-17308293" wrote:
Justifies my concerns about the point of view gamechangers have and what they are willing to share rather then all the positives and negatives. of course naturally, game changers aren't all that inclined to share all the negatives because those don't sell the DLC content when it comes to that point, which automatically means i can't fully take at their word for it by default as it assumes a position of bias, irrespective of how it is presented. I know that isn't their fault, they broadcast what is there and only what is there in DU and they got to keep it positive to make viewing numbers and be seen as a positive influence.

I look for as much fairness as i can find, and i can't get that until after DU has launched to get the full picture.

So knowing that traits have once again gotten shafted isn't a good start, but i still intend to look it all up even so and make a judgement call at another point, probably after the end of year sales on origin, in late janurary maybe when patches have come through and Maxis have gotten it into some good working condition for what it is they wanted it to be seen as rather than as a mess at the start.

@Hoverael I'm thinking about creating an youtube channel towards art critic (book reviews, movie/series critics, musical evaluation, etc), but there's one thing I'm afraid, and thats not being prepared enough to know and remember every single aspect that I should critic and what i shouldn't be picking about. Like, if I critic the movie script and forget the continuity, or if I accidently start rambling about something that there's nothing to do with the music but its rather a problem with my music player/headphones. That's what I think is the game changers problems, sometimes they remember on checking if their counters are ok but forget about the rest of the game like they did in RoM. Of course the counter problem was a problem, but If you're going to make a video bashing about wrong things in the game, you have to point all of them. Otherwise, the devs are going to focus on fixing only what the most popular youtuber mentioned. They fixed the counters, and only the counters.

@July7601Girl @ElenPink I remember in Sims 3 we had at least 3 traits each EP, and even some of the SP had traits. I wish they focused on adding at least 3 of them in Sims 4 too. Like, they LOVE the checkmark boxes on community lots and parties inside the game, so why don't they make a list to checkmark before packing a game to sell?!

"Karon;d-968667" wrote:
Like, in real life, some people just don't care that they are taking a bath naked on a open/public shower, some people feel embarassed, and some people wouldn't even allow themselves to feel embarassed and would use a swimsuit while bathing on a open/public shower. Also, it would be cool if I had a sim inclined to have a greater talent at inventing, like learning the skill faster, have a higher chance of discovering new inventions while dabbling or inventing, etc... We are seriously lacking on the trait aspect of the game, were most of the traits are closed as reward traits.
I really wish they would release all Satisfaction reward traits to be usable on the CAS, as well as including the regular CAS traits as rewards. Why? Well, some people are naturally morning people, so what if I wanted to play a Morning Sim from the start? Most peopel don't even bother to take a look at the Satisfaction Rewards list. Maybe just leave the Aspiration Reward traits locked for us to feel inspired to accomplish them, but... come one. Give me the tools to create a relatable/deep sim. PLEASE EA I AM BEGGING, ALMOST CRYING, I JUST WANT A FUN GAME TO PLAY. I just want to create my own stories, were the characters are not limited to just a few personality blocks. AAAAAA
maybe paralives will have a bunch of traits when it releases

@Karon I always cheat my sims reward points and then purchase whatever rewards I want for my sims. The cheat is sims.give_satisfaction_points n where n is replaced with the number of points you want to award your sims. I always give YA - Elders 25,000 points. Then I purchase potions and traits as I need them.

"Karon;c-17307998" wrote:
I would dare to say this is a huge dealbreaker for me @babajayne the game is about the sims themselves, and so far they are the weakest point in Sims 4. They didn't add one thing to improve our sims behaviour since the game released, besides the parentign shaping our sims personality, but still... the parenting traits are locked for sims that you play through their childhood/teenagehood. What If I wanted to create a Responsible or a Bad Mannered YA sim on the CAS?! :(

@Karon I recommend using a cheat to equip your sim with the responsible or bad mannered trait.