A Nook Miles Ticket Rant

[thelonewanderer]

I think many people feel obligated to try to get in as many people as who jump at the opportunity because no-one likes disappointing others. Some have a really hard time saying "no" to people.

I will pay 1 NMT to visit other people's islands for diys from their villagers. I think that's fair cuz I would spend 1 NMT to go to a random island. I have no intention of buying villagers - which was ALWAYS a crazy market – so that part of the economy doesn't affect me.

For all the people who have a problem with the NMT economy: be the change you want to see in the forums! Give away your villagers for free. Open up your town for buying/selling for tips only. Start the culture you want to have!

But that what I have always done. It just there very few of us. I gave away Marshal 3 times in New Leaf. Once I get online, I'll let people in my town for free, I really don't care. I want everything I have to be earn, I want to wake up and see the fruit of my labor. Giving me free money does the exact opposite of that. I plan on playing this game until the next AC comes out.

 

[Khaelis]

You'll have no luck changing others, making other people take what you want them to. But people can implement the change themselves when they are offering something. If enough people do this, it creates trends that other people want to follow, or feel so much gratitude and goodwill that they copy it.

Unfortunately I don't really think enough people will change their ways. These NMTs have proven that when it comes to trading things, this community can get pretty greedy.

 

[matt]

I feel Nmt Should also be banned.
It's ruining the economy.

 

[Khaelis]

Jesus christ, 950 Tickets??

People have evidently abused the duplication glitch while it was still active and it really shows in a lot of the Nook's Cranny threads. It's like... how can you expect me to buy anything in auctions when there are people like above offering nearly 1000 tickets? It's lunacy! I feel like there needs to be some kind of rule made by the mods on a cap for the tickets because no sane human could have grinded or sold enough things to get 1000 tickets this early in the game's life.

Nook Miles Tickets can't be duped, so I really don't understand how people are getting so many. Even if I actively grind out my Nook+ tasks, I can get maybe at best 10000 Miles a day.

I don't time travel, which means if I want Skye and she's going for say, 50 NMTs I'd have to grind out extremely actively for TEN days just to get her. That's so unreasonable and I can just smell the burn out I'll eventually experience.

 

[jiojiop]

Unfortunately I don't really think enough people will change their ways. These NMTs have proven that when it comes to trading things, this community can get pretty greedy.

I've seen a recent trend of people doing NMT giveaways. I think things can change if enough people show goodwill.

Would you like to put your theory to the test? Let's try it

 

[cherrygirl]

Before this game come out I really liked Raymond and was hoping for him to move to my island however after watching the auctions of him go on the past couple of days, I’m actually starting to hate him, which is just depressing. Bc he was sold for 2500 tickets now everyone else with Raymond is going to be expecting the same amount. Blowing the villager value way out of proportion.

 

[Khaelis]

I've seen a recent trend of people doing NMT giveaways. I think things can change if enough people show goodwill.

Would you like to put your theory to the test? Let's try it

People shouldn't have to rely on random giveaways to get enough tickets to purchase over-priced things, though. Seems really flawed, no?

 

[thelonewanderer]

Before this game come out I really liked Raymond and was hoping for him to move to my island however after watching the auctions of him go on the past couple of days, I’m actually starting to hate him, which is just depressing. Bc he was sold for 2500 tickets now everyone else with Raymond is going to be expecting the same amount. Blowing the villager value way out of proportion.

I'll probably give Raymond away for free if I had him. Depending if I like him or not. I sure as hell didn't care about Marshal. I never had a cat villager before. I don't want the 2500 NMT because I want to work for my ticket, that the whole point of "playing the game". I don't know why this mindset is lost on this generations of players? With that said I would sell him for 10 NMT only because that the number of miles (21,000) that I lost when I reset my game and didn't think to let someone else hold it for me (I don't have online membership yet) so I'm just trying to gain what I lost. Otherwise it free. I don't want your 950 to 2500 NMT. I want to play the game. I don't care if I have to play the game for a year and a half to afford 400 NMT to find my beautiful white Whitney. Do people just want to finish this game in weeks/months or what?

This is literally one of the reason why I can't stand the AC community. People want instant gratification so badly. They can't live without their dreamy right away. I must have Raymond, I must have Marshal, I rather TT for days until I can afford NMT and get my dreamy? Is the game not enjoyable or what? Do you think Raymond or Marshal care about you? No they don't, to them, you are just one of the million of fans they have. They don't give a lick about you. They have millions of adoring fans ready to sell their soul.

On the other hand, Whitney was the first villager in AC to talk to me. She got me through the bad times, she stood by my side, and is the only reason why I stick with the AC franchise despite how slow and how little there is to do in Wild World. If I didn't luck out and had Whitney as one of my starter (before I even knew what reset was), I probably would not be an Animal Crossing fan today. Whitney is love, Whitney is life. That why I don't feel the same way with other wolves because they were not in my life.

 

[hydrophonic]

Honestly I don't want the market to change. I have no interest in very popular villagers and I have enough patience so that I don't look out for specific items atm, so NMT are a great way for me to get big bells in a short amount of time. Just yesterday I sold AMELIA (who was never popular to begin with) for 10NMT, which became 2.5 mil. when I sold them. I've paid two bridges, two house expansions and I still have a lot of bells to spend.

I understand people who are more eager to trade or like very popular villagers will hate the economy right now, but it has always been like that tbh. AC as a series will never have a normal functioning economy with turnips and TT being around at the same time (not a complaint, just a fact)

 

[jiojiop]

People shouldn't have to rely on random giveaways to get enough tickets to purchase over-priced things, though. Seems really flawed, no?

Ah, my point is that there's an example of people not being greedy with NMTs and they are 'changing their ways' with this trend of generosity. One person doing it influences others to start doing it too as they see the positive response. So I think other good trends can be started too.

 

[kyrynbunni]

I don't think the ticket economy is necessarily bad within itself, it can actually be a very good second economy for the game. The problem arises with greedy players, and people enabling those players. When someone has a popular villager at 1k or more tickets, and someone buys that villager, its enabling the greed of other players and letting them know the community doesn't mind it. I actually saw someone on Twitter selling bells and tickets for real money, and I'm just amazed at how far the greed can go honestly.

I like the ticket economy though. For me, its easier to sell and buy with tickets because bells can be extremely tedious when you get into the rarer items. It's easier to drop 10 tickets then have to drop 1 million bells in my opinion. But I guess my opinion is skewed as a time traveler. Nook miles aren't hard to get when you time travel, considering the x2 and x5 reset every day. I can understand people who don't time travel getting frustrated, so I think it's better for people to have a "conversion rate" I guess - where they accept bells or nmts.

 

[KnoxUK]

I don't know why everyone is complaining, you guys can see it's an unsustainable currency. It's for those players who want to time travel and earn the maximum amount of resources in the shortest time possible. These type of people will continue this for a month at most and will move onto to a new game because they've earned everything they want and ponder why they're bored of animal crossing.

Regular players will use a more sustainable currency like the forums TBT, as both the player-base and TBT will mature and self regulate as time goes on.

Let them use the currency it's worthless to those who like to have somewhat of a progression system in their games.

 

[Shinon]

You're gonna hate to know he just went for 2,500 NMTs last night, lol.

If we continue to see rapid inflation in NMT prices like that it just means there are still dupes being exploited and the tickets have no value to the layperson who isn't cheating.

 

[cherrygirl]

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I'll probably give Raymond away for free if I had him. Depending if I like him or not. I sure as hell didn't care about Marshal. I never had a cat villager before. I don't want the 2500 NMT because I want to work for my ticket, that the whole point of "playing the game". I don't know why this mindset is lost on this generations of players? With that said I would sell him for 10 NMT only because that the number of miles (21,000) that I lost when I reset my game and didn't think to let someone else hold it for me (I don't have online membership yet) so I'm just trying to gain what I lost. Otherwise it free. I don't want your 950 to 2500 NMT. I want to play the game. I don't care if I have to play the game for a year and a half to afford 400 NMT to find my beautiful white Whitney. Do people just want to finish this game in weeks/months or what?

If I got him and didn’t like him I would just give him away to someone I know really wants him.When watching those auctions you generally see the same people and I always feel sorry for the ones that never win. I hate how much he’s going for and if I end up in that position I’m giving him away for free

 

[BokuNoRhythm]

I don't know why everyone is complaining, you guys can see it's an unsustainable currency. It's for those players who want to time travel and earn the maximum amount of resources in the shortest time possible. These type of people will continue this for a month at most and will move onto to a new game because they've earned everything they want and ponder why they're bored of animal crossing.

Regular players will use a more sustainable currency like the forums TBT, as both the player-base and TBT will mature and self regulate as time goes on.

Let them use the currency it's worthless to those who like to have somewhat of a progression system in their games.

Incorrect its not just people who tt that are doing this, i tt myself and havent sold or bought anything using nook miles or even bells for that matter

 

[Shinon]

But I guess my opinion is skewed as a time traveler. Nook miles aren't hard to get when you time travel, considering the x2 and x5 reset every day. I can understand people who don't time travel getting frustrated, so I think it's better for people to have a "conversion rate" I guess - where they accept bells or nmts.

The problem is people who don't TT or Dupe aren't going to be given a discount or handicap in bids. So it essentially removes trading/economy out of reach of the average player entirely.

 

[SheepMareep]

Exactly, Bells are easy to obtain with some work, but still a bit harder to get in large amounts compared to New Leaf. People here literally placed a huge Bells value on Tickets, and to be honest, I think they only did so to inflate how much Bells are actually worth... which will kill the economy VERY quickly.

Like.. why Nook Tickets?? Why not Bell Vouchers? That would have been a good in-the-middle ground... wait, they stack, right? I don't remember. Going off topic a bit here..

Oh I forgot completely about bell vouchers LMAO.
that actually makes the price of nmt LOWER than I originally thought if 500 miles=3,000 bells. Nintendo tried to save us from online inflation. They tried.

The economy is so shot already its gross; and it's primarily because people are greedy and took advantage of the desperation for people wanting a basic cat with two different colored eyes. These crazy prices are also probably increasing the amount of people duping/cheating (not tting i tt and have no idea how people would get this many tickets.......) and just hiding it but using the benefits of it in the forums lmao.

I don't think dreamies were ever even..,.. THAT big of a thing prior to NL since themed towns were also... not much of a thing.... so it's crazy to see how that hysteria has carried over into nh despite not being able to have dream addresses currently (or at all).

I also agree the use of nmt as currency should be banned until people calm down.

 

[Loubelle]

I've seen really ridiculous cases of NMT. Things like "You can visit my Able Sisters for 1 NMT!" Why? Just... why?

This is part of the reason I'm in no rush to buy an online subscription so I can trade. I'd love to trade for the fruits, flowers, Nook Miles furniture alternate colors, and other things that I can't get on my own... but I'd rather wait and hope the online economy gets better. Or, at least, TBT returns and people accept that again.

This. I don't understand that either :/ Like, I'm going and spending my own bells on stuff, costing the person opening no money, granted they are taking the time to let me visit, but I just feel like 1 NMT is so much for a free trip :c Same with other stuff, too. Like lots of NMT or stuff like gold nuggets to let people come grab a diy that one of their villagers is crafting. Maybe its just me tho :[

 

[Amilee]

i dont think people dupe or TT to get the tickets. i hardly use nook miles since i got terraforming and i sit on 80k nook miles right now. people are just selling stuff for like 1 or 2 nmts and thats how they get such high amounts. i also saw someone taking a fee of 2 nmts to enter their town with a high turnip price (500+) and now he has 200+ tickets.
its not that someone gets this many tickets from one person but they stack after a lot of trades.

 

[Khaelis]

Oh I forgot completely about bell vouchers LMAO.
that actually makes the price of nmt LOWER than I originally thought if 500 miles=3,000 bells. Nintendo tried to save us from online inflation. They tried.

The economy is so shot already its gross; and it's primarily because people are greedy and took advantage of the desperation for people wanting a basic cat with two different colored eyes. These crazy prices are also probably increasing the amount of people duping/cheating (not tting i tt and have no idea how people would get this many tickets.......) and just hiding it but using the benefits of it in the forums lmao.

I don't think dreamies were ever even..,.. THAT big of a thing prior to NL since themed towns were also... not much of a thing.... so it's crazy to see how that hysteria has carried over into nh despite not being able to have dream addresses currently (or at all).

I also agree the use of nmt as currency should be banned until people calm down.

Business Suit Cat with Heterochromia: ruiner of economies.