What are your favorite traits to play with on the sims 3?

[jeanamariex3]

Even though Christopher Steel doesn't actually have the lucky trait. Don't forget to mention that.

You know what clash between Sims I find rather strange, and even almost frivolous? A childish Sim finding an Insane Sim creepy after automatic interaction. Same with a neurotic Sim. The reason why it's nearly frivolous to me, is because Insane Sims, have very similar mannerisms, and even the same unlocked interactions, as childish Sims. As far as neurotic Sims finding Insane Sims creepy, that's actually hypocritical in my book, as the tow go hand and hand. I didn't think a neurotic Sim could be turned off by an insane Sim until Gus Hart (the only Insane Sim in Sunset Valley other than his wife Dorie) had talked about conspiracies (also available to neurotic Sims) to Marty Keaton (who happens to be neurotic).  Marty Keaton's creepy moodlet, was simply the pot calling the kettle black in my book.

[TheChronicR]

Well, he's lucky either way.
It doesn't matter who's acting creepy. It's still creepy.

[Hosfac]

Absent minded is a trait that (in my opinion) really serves no purpose or benefit to a sim. In my opinion, it is of those traits that children develop when their parents fail to nurture their toddlers with the proper guidance, and attention they need in order to become successful children.

Failing to train a toddler only means that you don't get to pick the trait yourself.  In fact, under these circumstances you are just as likely to get Genius as a trait as you are Absent Minded.  This very thing has happened at least twice in my games.  Other times the game has picked traits like Athletic and Love the Outdoors.

The game doesn't see any trait as bad.  It is only our perception of the traits that make them good or bad.  Often times, this view is determined by undesirable side effects, such as your sim forgetting that they are on their way to work or being saddled with a negative moodlet for the entire day simply because they woke up.  The fact of the matter is that if all of the traits "served a purpose" and provided positive benefits, there would be no risk in failing to train toddlers or skipping school every day to train skills.  Since this provides an underlying motivation for many players, they do serve a purpose.

[jeanamariex3]

Anyone ever play with a vegetarian Sim? That's another one of my favorite traits, also one, I believe is quite underrated, and very beneficial to a Sim. For best results: make sure the vegetarian is a natural cook, or a green thumb, even eco-friendly. Your sim will naturally grow better produce, and will even learn vegetarian alternatives to their favorite recipes they once loved back in their carnivorous days. The only issue with the trait, is that when you feed your veg-Sim meat, they will get sick.

[TheChronicR]

Vegetarian is indeed underrated. I gave it to my first Sim ever in the Sims 3, and she lived to be 107. At first I thought it was the game's usual aging mechanics, I was wrong. It was nearly two years ago and I still remember it as clear as today. Aurora Tyson, that same Sim, was resurrected to become the founder of my Tyson Legacy, linked in my signature.

[Corgi Cat]

I am playing a Sim with both Loner and Shy. It's fun. He was going to be a crazy inventor living in the swamps of Twinbrook. Then his best friend, Molly Coddle, asked him ot move in with her. Neither have had any wants about being more than friends so they have remained friends and are worth about a million bucks now. A house with 2 Loners has been fun.

I like to have 1 Sim in the house that's Neat for the easy cleaning.

[Hosfac]

Vegetarian is indeed underrated. I gave it to my first Sim ever in the Sims 3, and she lived to be 107. At first I thought it was the game's usual aging mechanics, I was wrong. It was nearly two years ago and I still remember it as clear as today. Aurora Tyson, that same Sim, was resurrected to become the founder of my Tyson Legacy, linked in my signature.

I do like Vegetarian, although I don't use it often unless I plan to make everyone in the house a Vegetarian, or make the Vegetarian a Natural Cook as well.  A lot of the meals other sims will cook they won't be able to eat, and I find it somewhat annoying to have to cook a group vegetarian meal with a fridge full of leftovers lol.

One of the first sims I played was a Vegetarian Athlete, who had achieved the Marathon Runner skill challenge, too.  She was about 125 when she finally died of old age.  On a side note, she was not the oldest sim I've ever heard of lol.

[BellaClo]

I think I try to like and use all the personality traits. I want as many possibilities and as much variety as possible for those little pixel characters. I don't think I'm Mean or Evil in real life (well... wait?  ), nor do I like such behavior for real, but I find them funny in the game and I try not to tag them as 'bad' and not to be used.

Same with some traits which present less visible features or influence, like Never Nude... Not all traits must be highly usefull all the time. As long as I don't play one of Metro's challenges, where picking the most suited traits can change everything, I use the Random button a lot, even in CAS. The whole thing is the to succeed to 'flesh out' a unique personality from those x traits, use a bit of imagination, creativity.

If I don't do this, I know my Sims will always end up being almost the same, and living the same lives. That could become boring pretty soon, and I wouldn't want to play as often as I do. This would be very dangerous for my addiction to this game! 

[jeanamariex3]

Coming from a RL Vegetarian, who has been playing with the different veg-types since 2004, I can say it's a really beneficial trait for a Sim's health. Just like real life vegetarians, Sims will live longer, and be more fit. Another good trait, as odd and maybe frivolous as it sounds, to give a vegetarian Sim, would be Family-Oriented. The reason why vegetarianism is a good life style for a Family Oriented Sim, so they can live long enough to see their grandchildren, perhaps great grand children? The only other problem with Vegetarianism is that mean-spirited Sims will make fun of you for it. I noticed that after playing the Alto Family.

Edit: It was the first few Sim Hours into my game in with the Alto family, when I noticed vegetarians will be bullied automatically. Nick (who is mean-spirited) was making fun of his vegetarian daughter, Holly.

[Ellenser]

I don't think vegetarianism causes a person to be more fit. Fitness is caused through not only diet, but exercise and mental stability as well. All of which can be achieve with or without vegetarianism. People can live just as long, if not longer, without being a vegetarian as well - genes come into play (For instance, I have a great-aunt who was diagnosed with a more severe case of breast cancer in her early forties. She refused any medical help, yet lived to be 96 years old - even though she ate quite a lot of meat and several other ancestors with similar stories). The thing that skews statistics about vegetarianism vs non vegetarianism is all of the unhealthy eaters out there, who do tend to eat meat. Of the vegetarians I know, most of them have to put extra effort into ensuring healthy produce and getting enough protein in their diet. Meat-eaters need to find lean meat that's free of too many chemicals injected into it. Either way, in order to be healthy, fit and live longer, you need to think about what you're eating and what you're putting into your body. Just for reference, I am a pescatarian - and at that, I only eat salmon and halibut.

However, in the Sims, I don't like to play as vegetarians very often. By the time they reach 90 days old, I'm sick of them and want them out. I don't want to deal with them anymore, lol. It's great if they're a Sim I'm particularly fond of, which is quite rare. I would prefer to move onto the next generation at that time.

Mean-spirited Sims will mock others, regardless of the trait the other Sim has. Regardless of their meat-eating preferences.

[jeanamariex3]

That is true, with the mean-spirited trait. I do however, find it funny to play an evil sim. It's such a shame that many of our forum members take the evil trait literally, and therefore refuse to play an evil Sim. That's why Evil is one of my favorite traits to incorporate with my Sim. Because it's such an abstract trait. Plus, your Sim will get frivolous want's/wishes, when they get offended by another Sim. If Sim's were literally Evil, then that would compromise the T for Teen rating. Evil Sims just like darkness, and will cause mischief. The actions named make the trait even better (Take Evil Shower, Wash Hands with Evil Soap, Take Evil Shower, Make Evil Drinks, Evil Slumber), because of the name "Evil" in it, it's simply for lol purposes. The "Evil" drinks are not contaminated with some "evil potion." The "Evil" actions are exactly the same as a non-evil Sim's actions, only they have the term "Evil" in front of them. It's like labeling Sprite, Mountain Dew, Coke, Pepsi, 7UP, Sierra Mist, and Dr.Pepper, as either "pop" or "soda." The same thing applies with a daredevil's "extreme swim." and an Inappropriate Sim's "Inappropriate Forum Post."

[CSquared2]

I'll second the player above who likes to randomize, too.  Part of what makes the game enjoyable for me are the parts I don't control.  They keep things from being perfect and, well, boring.  Any trait can be interesting on the right sim.  What makes any trait most intriguing is its combination with others.  What sort of person is a loner, mean-spirited and a vehicle enthusiast, anyway?  Who are his friends?  Where does he live?  Does being mean-spirited bother him?  Are cars his substitute for people?  I like to ask myself these questions, particularly when I come across a sim I don't like.  Why don't I like them?  Would they like me?  Humans aren't one-dimensional; sims don't have to be, either.  Neurotic doesn't mean neurotic all the time.  Perfectionists can be perfect at home and sloppy at work.  Two identical sims with identical traits save one difference can make for two very not identical sims, depending on the trait.  One more miracle of The Sims: the sheer number of possible combinations means that by the time you run arcoss the same sime twice, you yourself will probably be 90 years old! 

[Hosfac]

It's such a shame that many of our forum members take the evil trait literally, and therefore refuse to play an evil Sim. That's why Evil is one of my favorite traits to incorporate with my Sim.

I have never seen any forum user say that they don't use the evil trait because it's evil.  The reason has more to do with the fact that, outside of helping Sims to excel in the Criminal career, there just isn't much in the way of use for it.  Also, like the Mean-Spirited trait, it can damage the general harmony of peaceful home because it gives sims the autonomous desire to initiate mean interactions.

However, the reason I don't play evil sims often is because I almost never pick a sim's traits myself, and the rarely assigns it randomly.  With all of the expansions currently released, there are 75 standard traits (the ones that aren't hidden).  The odds of a sim getting a single, specific trait in CAS is 1 in 15.  The odds of a sim born into the game of getting it at birth is 1 in 37.5.  The odds of a sim getting it after that are much greater (the best chance being 1 in 71 when they age up to young adult).

[jeanamariex3]

Also, like the Mean-Spirited trait, it can damage the general harmony of peaceful home because it gives sims the autonomous desire to initiate mean interactions.

Not necessarily. Evil Sims can be friendly. Evil is more of a role playing type of trait. Babies and toddlers can have this trait too, but they certainly don't have a ray gun, or a desire to kill their parents, like Stewie Griffin did in the earlier episodes of Family Guy, the closest thing they can get to Stewie's similarities, is a teddy bear with overalls in their inventory. Mean-Spirited Sim's are the ones that have the wants/wishes to beat up, mock, fight, imply mother is a llama to, and make enemies with other Sims. Evil Sims just want to see the Sim's they don't like's ghost. Also, evil Sim's get a negative moodlet, when crossing a nemesis, while mean-spirited ones will have a positive moodlet. If you see Nick and Vita Alto run into their longtime enemies Geoffrey and Nancy Landgraab, you will notice that Nick (who is mean-spirited) will have a positive moodlet, and later have wants/wishes, that involve either mocking, beating up, fighting, and implying mother is a llama to Geoffrey, while his wife Vita (who is evil) will have a negative moodlet, and simply wants to see Nancy and Gefforeys' Ghost. Evil Sims are more naughty than destructive.

[Hosfac]

Not necessarily. Evil Sims can be friendly. Evil is more of a role playing type of trait. Babies and toddlers can have this trait too, but they certainly don't have a ray gun, or a desire to kill their parents, like Stewie Griffin did in the earlier episodes of Family Guy, the closest thing they can get to Stewie's similarities, is a teddy bear with overalls in their inventory. Mean-Spirited Sim's are the ones that have the wants/wishes to beat up, mock, fight, imply mother is a llama to, and make enemies with other Sims. Evil Sims just want to see the Sim's they don't like's ghost. Also, evil Sim's get a negative moodlet, when crossing a nemesis, while mean-spirited ones will have a positive moodlet. If you see Nick and Vita Alto run into their longtime enemies Geoffrey and Nancy Landgraab, you will notice that Nick (who is mean-spirited) will have a positive moodlet, and later have wants/wishes, that involve either mocking, beating up, fighting, and implying mother is a llama to Geoffrey, while his wife Vita (who is evil) will have a negative moodlet, and simply wants to see Nancy and Gefforeys' Ghost. Evil Sims are more naughty than destructive.

Evil sims, just like mean-spirited sims, are prone to autonomous mean interactions with other sims...just not quite as often.  I'd like to point out that you've recently argued in the that the mean-spirited trait didn't make sims prone to argue, too.  In fact, you truly believed at least at one point that Jared Frio was a veritable cute and cuddly hug-factory, despite the fact that he has two traits that make him prone to argue.