Would you prefer new packs or game improvements?

Ive bought content since release of the game. 2 expansions, 3 gampacks and 2 kits. I hoped with dlc i could really get into it and try to accept it as it is. But i still dont feel as engaged as when im playing ts2 or even ts3.

I really want them to add the things in my sig & really work to bring personality to the sims.

There is the idea that maybe im not satisfied until its as close as ts2 as possible but...in reality thats not true. Sims 3 personality and wants worked differently than Ts2 and i still loved it for what it is.

Sims 4 personality, wants, systems etc just arent as sophisticated as the others, and not as engaging for me

Refreshing old packs is huge for me because many of us have felt shortchanged. If I put aside what I want and look at all they’ve been doing for free, I get the sense that they’re really trying to improve the game in various areas. Last year they responded with words, but their actions since then have proven it. And that makes sense to me because these things do take time.

I don’t want them to have too many teams working on the game code simultaneously - the left hand has to know what the right hand is doing and vice versa. Imagine 10 hands trying to coordinate anything, I think that’s just asking for complications and therefore more bugs.

I know it’s hard when you’re starved for content, like if there hasn’t been a pack you like in a year or more, I know how that feels. But how do you know they won’t do something you like in a refresh or base game update, and for free? We’ve all spent an EXCESSIVE amount on this game. Let them make it make sense.

Quite a few things have been broken for a long time, but have largely gone ignored... and it often gets so frustrating!

Especially Dine Out! That game pack is severely broken!

"StrawberryYogurt;c-17996927" wrote:
Ive bought content since release of the game. 2 expansions, 3 gampacks and 2 kits. I hoped with dlc i could really get into it and try to accept it as it is. But i still dont feel as engaged as when im playing ts2 or even ts3.

I really want them to add the things in my sig & really work to bring personality to the sims.

There is the idea that maybe im not satisfied until its as close as ts2 as possible but...in reality thats not true. Sims 3 personality and wants worked differently than Ts2 and i still loved it for what it is.

Sims 4 personality, wants, systems etc just arent as sophisticated as the others, and not as engaging for me

I actually prefer Sims 3 personalities to the Sims 2. I prefer traits over all because I think they offer a lot more variation and in the Sims 3 they really worked well, you could easily tell what traits a sim had just off their different behaviours.

The Sims 4 traits are always over shadowed by emotions, these two factors just do not work together.

I really want them to improve the base game and add more depth to game packs and expansion pack.
Otherwise it's just putting lipstick on a pig.

I would like updates and improvements of the game, and also have new packs (good ones please). I would like new relevant stuff, like new gameplay elements, new objects and interactions, new life states, new personality traits, new different and unique worlds with multiple lots to build :)

"Sharonia;c-17997022" wrote:

"StrawberryYogurt;c-17996927" wrote:
Ive bought content since release of the game. 2 expansions, 3 gampacks and 2 kits. I hoped with dlc i could really get into it and try to accept it as it is. But i still dont feel as engaged as when im playing ts2 or even ts3.

I really want them to add the things in my sig & really work to bring personality to the sims.

There is the idea that maybe im not satisfied until its as close as ts2 as possible but...in reality thats not true. Sims 3 personality and wants worked differently than Ts2 and i still loved it for what it is.

Sims 4 personality, wants, systems etc just arent as sophisticated as the others, and not as engaging for me

I actually prefer Sims 3 personalities to the Sims 2. I prefer traits over all because I think they offer a lot more variation and in the Sims 3 they really worked well, you could easily tell what traits a sim had just off their different behaviours.

The Sims 4 traits are always over shadowed by emotions, these two factors just do not work together.

I really want a hybrid of traits and personality points (or a scale). That would work best. Also some "traits" arent traits at all. Being a vegetarian is not a trait. Its a diet. Being childish is a trait. They should also include a preferences system. Diet pref, attraction prefs, style prefs and so on

"keekee53;c-17996712" wrote:
I shouldn't have to pick. They should have a team working on fixes, team working on new content, team working on quick updates, stuff pack and game pack team etc.... This is EA not some Indie dev team that we need to be patient with. Just my opinion though...

Yes there are different teams, but Covid is still a thing and I think that now we're actually seeing the impact of the teams working from home. Heck, I think that may be why Paranormal Stuff came out in January rather than October. That may be why everything has been a bit off. The Sims teams are still mostly working from home, so everything is slower.

So while we don't need to be patient because it's just one team, we do need to be patient because those teams aren't working in the office.

I can wait if they should decide to improve old ganes and base games, but was in the incetative for EA to go that way. They don't make any money to improve old games and fix bugs, it only cost them a lot of money,

These Base Game Updates better be big... Something big like the toodler Update back in 2017, someting a CC Creator can not just easily do by themselfs. Because some chair recolors aint cutting it. And looking at their recent Updates where modders already did some of the things i am not all too sure about it.

"Jordan061102;c-17997053" wrote:
To be worth it, it has to be improved emotions system, personalities & improved babies. Will we ever get these 3 main fixes? I don't know about that...

Personality Update? Like traits? Thought that was covered and thats why we have these annoying goofballs that always pull of pranks?!