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Lot traits in September patch
Pixelsimmer
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Hi all,
As many of you know, EA has said multiple times that they cannot announce free content outside the fiscal quarter in which such content is to be released.
So I was wondering...can this mean we are getting lot traits in the upcoming September patch? After all they have already announced that we'll be getting lot traits as a free game update and this fiscal quarter ends September 30. So, according to these accounting rules, this free patch should be released in this quarter and not in October (i.e. Next quarter).
Does that make sense? What do you think?
As many of you know, EA has said multiple times that they cannot announce free content outside the fiscal quarter in which such content is to be released.
So I was wondering...can this mean we are getting lot traits in the upcoming September patch? After all they have already announced that we'll be getting lot traits as a free game update and this fiscal quarter ends September 30. So, according to these accounting rules, this free patch should be released in this quarter and not in October (i.e. Next quarter).
Does that make sense? What do you think?
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It's a new feature. You'll be able to assign up to 3 "traits" to lots (residential, venues etc.). So far we've heard about the following lot traits: filthy ( from time to time it spawns rats, vermin etc. and most stuff looks dirty), quake zone (earthquakes may occur), good schools (the lot is close to good schools which presumably gives a boost to children grades), good internet (good for some careers), cursed (spawns ghosts that haunt the place), etc.
Not all traits will be available for free, and some of them will be exclusive to City Living. But they specifically said everyone would be getting this feature in a free patch as they plan to implement more traits in future releases.
Ooh, the possibilities!
I hope they come in this month's patch.
This is what I can find has been actually said:
They just might have phrased that carefully enough that they don't have to do anything this quarter.
CCing @EmmaVane because I only just realized this now
Like everybody has the feature but if you don't have City Living you have no trait to choose from ? And future traits will come in future packs ?
I think they're just caging around specifically saying anything is being patched in so they can say some stuff now, not wait till October. Also I think this means that what's patched in (probably in October) won't include any of the traits we've already seen or read about. So, no rats or haunting etc. without the EP.
I want to make a haunted house and upload them to the gallery for Halloween. But I would like it if there were some way to control the ghosts that spawn, because I want my lots to have a specific story.
I still think it would be cool to have households as an option to be uploaded with lots to the gallery so that people can play through the stories that I create for them.
No way, Lot trait will be added in the October 27th patch the last Thursday before the EP release date like the previous EP Patches did.
Basement/Co-worker added on March 26th -> EP01 Get To Work on March 31st
Group update/Pool Venue/Pool water/Colored World Map added on December 4th -> EP02 Get Together on December 8th
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The Sims 4 General DiscussionBut sim guru drake already confirmed that we will get a patch this month. So it has to be one with lot traits.
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it doesn't, though. We could get those in October, which is still before the EP comes out. And I really do think that what was said about the lot traits might have been phrased carefully enough to not count as "announced"/"shown" for the basegame this month. I wouldn't get my hopes up for seeing them next week.
But it will be worth it in the long run. If we get the base feature to free in a patch they will be able to add more lot traits in future packs (since lot traits will not be tied to City Living).
It makes sense. They have definitely been careful with the way they have worded this...I wish they could also bend the rules like that to let us know about other features too...
AFAIK, all of these were implemented in the same FQ they were announced.
If Lot Trait functionality (announced this FQ), with or without traits, isn't patched in until Oct 27 (patch next FQ), then they are in violation of their own announcement rules.
So Septembers patch could be anything really.
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That's true, except that the lot traits have actually been confirmed to be patched in (even if not all). Although I too don't really believe we'll get them next week, why can they tell us this in the fiscal quarter prior to the patch being released? *confused*