I don't need height sliders, but I definitely want shorter teens. I also would love it if females were slightly shorter than males. I know as a general rule in RL women are anywhere from very much shorter to just a wee bit shorter than most men. (I'm really short in RL so pretty much everybody from mid-teens on up are typically taller than me).
I also don't buy the excuse of budget, they had shorter teens in TS2 and TS3 both, why would the budget be so much smaller now? That is the one thing that has always driven me nuts about TS4, but they have a small budget, they can't do this or that. WHYYYYYY??? Why is TS4's budget so ridiculously small? Does EA not realize that because of the budget they alloted to the devs for TS2 and TS3 which made those games so full of animations and interactions and gameplay ... that, that is the reason they've been so successful for all these years? Cutting the budget just provides a very disappointing and lacking game which turns into unsatisfied, unhappy and demanding people who are never pleased. If they can continue on this miserly business model they will lose fans to any new game they produce.
And if they can weight paint clothing meshes to morph when being pushed and pulled in every direction, they certainly can weight paint mesh clothing to morph when put on a shorter teen.
