It means what you think it means and it does not reset without using pills to start over.
A reset with day change/shift change/similar would be okay, but the old system was of course silly, too, because you basically could pick any. Granted, that could work as well but then it would be a strange UI to do that.
That's what I was afraid of.
From
my point of view, this is a make-or-break feature in the game. And it's currently on the side of broken.
Because, while I enjoy management games, I strongly dislike
micro-management games.
Without the ability to get just the right mix of traits, I'd be stuck juggling cards every shift when Sofia and/or Nora are in the hotel. And card juggling like that is the sort of micro-management that I hate.
And the reset pills aren't a solution.
Because the odds of 'RNGesus' giving me just the right mix of choices 4 or 5 times in a row are absurdly miniscule.
I typically do a full run every other release and this is my 'off' cycle, so hopefully the next release has a reasonable solution.
Updating the choices each shift change would be OK. It's still 3 or 4 days wait time, if you're a little unlucky.
Changing overnight is a no-go. That's could easily be 2 game weeks waiting for the right trait.
Another option would be to introduce another pill you have to buy from Fiz. One that lets the player pick from the full list of her available traits.