Anyone else in resetting hell (again)?

[Sheba]

Sorry to hear about your struggle with OCD, my heart goes out to you and I wish you luck with it and with your happiness and health! Let us know as a community if there is anything small we can do within this game to help make animal crossing at least a little happy place.

It sounds, at the moment, like the constant resetting is preventing the game from even having a chance at being a little happy place. In terms of accepting your island my advice would be to give it a bit of a go. As Fey said above, try as much as is possible (and I realise it may not be possible) to focus on everything else about your island apart from the fruits. Which villagers might you enjoy having? What kind of decorations might you put in your house? How might you use the custom paths to make something fun somewhere on your island? etc etc. The perfect fruit might happen and you can cross that bridge if it does, but equally it might not! Or it might return in a format where through trading you can have perfect fruits that are non-native to your island. We don't know yet. My advice, therefore, would be to give this island a go (maybe after a little break if you feel it could be of any benefit whatsoever) and see how you find it. As you said, it does sound like you're on the verge of just giving up with the game as your recent experiences have not been enjoyable or relaxing. Hopefully you can get some (or hopefully lots) of enjoyment from this island, which looks great and has lots of strengths/positives.

Good luck and keep us posted

Thank you so much for your kind words! I made this thread basically as a motivational place for myself and it has evolved into so much support despite me seemingly never ending my struggle!

I definitely will give the island a chance. On whatever island I will keep, I will gather all the cherry blossom recipes anyway, so I will spend quite a bit of time on the first few days and we will see if this leads me to feeling more at home on this island or if the feeling of it not being perfect will linger just as badly. Custom fruits will end my playtime on this island and NH for good if I keep this island and only native fruits will be perfect and that sucks because I don't like some maybe-dealbreaker like that dangled above my head as it would constantly remind me of the cherry-issue. I'm not a fan of such uncertainties and while it indeed might never happen, it makes keeping this island feel "not safe" and I feel anxious about it. That's not a good thing to feel and it might honestly be the biggest issue this is causing me. But you're right and I think it's right now likely between playing this island or giving up on AC at least for the very forseeable future, if not for good. I have close to 300 hours clocked into NH now and at least half of that is island testing and resetting, so while I got quite a lot of gametime out of the game and it was well worth its money, it's obviously not exactly the perfect fun-to-"work" ratio.

But thank you so much again! <3 Honestly, the chance of me resetting the island are very likely bigger than me keeping it, but I'll do my best.

 

[IndiaHawker]

Would you mind if I private messaged you?

 

[Sheba]

Would you mind if I private messaged you?

Of course I wouldn't mind, though I'm about to head to bed now since it's almost midnight here and I'm usually a bit slow when it comes to responding to PMs in the first place. If you don't mind that and timezone differences, then feel free to PM me.

 

[IndiaHawker]

Of course I wouldn't mind, though I'm about to head to bed now since it's almost midnight here and I'm usually a bit slow when it comes to responding to PMs in the first place. If you don't mind that and timezone differences, then feel free to PM me.

Haha it's no problem at all - I am the queen of slow replies so no pressure to reply quickly Just I feel I can relate so much and hope I can help in even the smallest of ways! Will message you soon, in the process of trying to resolve a horrendous neckache!!

 

[misstayleigh]

awww Sheba!! I'm sorry to see you didn't end up finding an island you loved here to give you encouragement & keep company while you look haha. you'll get it!!

 

[Dewasa]

The only thing is that i'm all over the AC world for stalk market trades

Ouch, yah, you'll get trapped real good, haha. I was selling some turnips and visited an island that had a super streamlined way of having visitors come to sell and tip. I then started to think about how awesome it would be to do that in my island, but get this...I don't even host these types of events, so why was I even thinking that??? LOLOL

 

[Mayor Moon]

Same!!! I usually just travel, but some set ups are making me second guess

 

[RiceBunny]

Fruit is important, not just for the passport, but if they bring back perfect fruit and it’s dependent on native fruit just like previous games, then you’ll want to reset again; unless you like how perfect cherries look. Keep calm and stay focused on the things that matter to you most

 

[Sheba]

Haha it's no problem at all - I am the queen of slow replies so no pressure to reply quickly Just I feel I can relate so much and hope I can help in even the smallest of ways! Will message you soon, in the process of trying to resolve a horrendous neckache!!

Hope you feel better soon, I look forward to your PM!

awww Sheba!! I'm sorry to see you didn't end up finding an island you loved here to give you encouragement & keep company while you look haha. you'll get it!!

I haven't decided yet if I'll ditch my latest, very lucky but not-perfect find, but yeah...I said no more compromises several times, then always compromised and it never stuck. Thank you for the encouragement! Not sure what I will do at this point - from resetting to keeping the island while being not happy with it to stopping playing alltogether, everything is possible right now as I find the endless repeating of semi-perfect island very exhausting and somehow feel at this point as if I should really settle for something non-perfect even if it makes me unhappy.

Fruit is important, not just for the passport, but if they bring back perfect fruit and it’s dependent on native fruit just like previous games, then you’ll want to reset again; unless you like how perfect cherries look. Keep calm and stay focused on the things that matter to you most

That is exactly what is going through my mind. I just went back to the wiki and checked the NL perfect fruit images and also checked in Pocket Camp. Cherries might be my second favourite fruit normally, but when it comes to perfect fruit, I really only dislike perfect oranges more than perfect cherries. While these are all the "old" fruit graphics, I don't think they would change the golden color of the perfect peaches and I loooove those. But regaining this otherwise absolutely perfect island is...basically impossible. Or, at the very least, not probable.
Doing the math again:
(2/93) * (1/2) * (1/2) * (1/2) * (1/7) * (2/5) * (1/4) * (1/5) * 100 = 0,003%
(Map options I would take for sure * Dock position * Dock size * Airport position * Peninsula spot * Peninsula shape * Airport color * Fruit * 100)
Yep, the chance to get a perfect map with absolutely everything that matters to me is 0,003%. That is...not much. Finding out that peninsula shape unfortunately also matters when it comes to defining how big the little beach when placing the peninsula in the corner is has knocked my chances waaay further down. There is a third map I would still take but it's less ideal (two south exits instead of a west one), but it's not upping the chances a lot.

 

[fairyring]

i don't get the point of resetting for fruit or flowers at ALL since you eventually get all of them and it doesn't matter lmao why drive yourself crazy for nothing??? i guess if you NEED your possibly eventual perfect fruit to be a certain one but even then if everything else is perfect it seems a waste of time imo.

the things you can't change like RS, airport, river mouths etc i understand resetting for if you just can't make it work!

 

[Sheba]

i don't get the point of resetting for fruit or flowers at ALL since you eventually get all of them and it doesn't matter lmao why drive yourself crazy for nothing??? i guess if you NEED your possibly eventual perfect fruit to be a certain one but even then if everything else is perfect it seems a waste of time imo.

the things you can't change like RS, airport, river mouths etc i understand resetting for if you just can't make it work!

That's what I'm trying to tell myself! I have a LOT of criteria and fruits are, de facto, the least important of them. My criteria are airport color, airport position, dock side, dock size, peninsula position, peninsula shape, RS position, river mouths and fruit. Fruit are very much the most variable of the criteria and if I would have gotten a wrong airport color I would have immediately ditched the island.
It's for passport, but especially perfect fruit, yeah. :/ I know I should not be bothered by the cherries...but turns out that logic and emotions are sadly two different things and believe me, I very much dislike myself for not being absolutely amazed that I got this almost-perfect island with my very first reset try after deleting my last testing island.

 

[moon_child]

Guess you’d have to weigh which is more important to you, if it’s the map or having the fruit you want. I believe there would always be something you’d have to sacrifice as there isn’t a perfect map that will give you absolutely everything you want. This also depends on your playstyle and where you’re strongest at. For example, when I was looking for my map before, the fruit and airport color are my non-negotiables because I can terraform my way in any map you give me, I can make it work no matter what it looks like. I had that going for me so, layout didn’t bother me much. So just weigh what matters to you most. They can’t all equally have the same weight.

 

[fairyring]

yeah of course emotions do come into play and i'm definitely not trying to shame anyone who resets for fruit!! just sharing my own feelings on what i personally think about it. i think you guys who are resetting have some insane determination honestly. i don't think i could ever reset my island because i've worked so hard and am so attached to it, and the resetting process after losing all that would be something i don't think i would ever actually come to terms with. i tend to abandon things if they feel too overwhelming and starting over is an overwhelming idea to me! i'd love to eventually get a second switch/switch lite and have a second island to build up though so i like thinking about what sorts of things i would look for in that case :3

 

[Sheba]

Guess you’d have to weigh which is more important to you, if it’s the map or having the fruit you want. I believe there would always be something you’d have to sacrifice as there isn’t a perfect map that will give you absolutely everything you want. This also depends on your playstyle and where you’re strongest at. For example, when I was looking for my map before, the fruit and airport color are my non-negotiables because I can terraform my way in any map you give me, I can make it work no matter what it looks like. I had that going for me so, layout didn’t bother me much. So just weigh what matters to you most. They can’t all equally have the same weight.

Well, to be honest, if the fruit of the island had been peaches, it would have been the perfect map. As in, perfect for me, giving me everything I want. It is, technically, possible to get the "perfect map", the chances are just abysmally low (apparently 0,003% in my case). I would say all these things have the same weight for me, though, mainly because anything being off totally bothers me. Imagine it like the gears of a clock - some are bigger and more visible (like the RS position), some are smaller (like dock size), but if you take any out, big or small, the clock will not run anymore. That's kinda how I view all the things I am looking for, if that makes sense.

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yeah of course emotions do come into play and i'm definitely not trying to shame anyone who resets for fruit!! just sharing my own feelings on what i personally think about it. i think you guys who are resetting have some insane determination honestly. i don't think i could ever reset my island because i've worked so hard and am so attached to it, and the resetting process after losing all that would be something i don't think i would ever actually come to terms with. i tend to abandon things if they feel too overwhelming and starting over is an overwhelming idea to me! i'd love to eventually get a second switch/switch lite and have a second island to build up though so i like thinking about what sorts of things i would look for in that case :3

Oh gosh if I had a second Switch, I would keep this island for sure. Sadly, I don't have one and definitely can't afford to buy another + another AC copy. And I agree that starting over felt overwhelming at first when I deleted my first island, though it also made me feel relieved because its peninsula had bothered me so much. I worry that if I dedicate myself to this island now, the cherries will bother me over and over, just like my peninsula had bothered me on the first island until I couldn't take it anymore.
Also I logically totally agree with you, fruits should not matter much since you can just switch them up (at least until perfect fruits arrive). I just have to decide if I want to live with the danger of perfect fruits being added because if they will be, I will not be able to accept cherries as native fruits. As it is right now, I might be able to make due, but yeah, if I invest in the island and perfect fruits happen, I will just...stop playing. Not going to invest hundreds of hours again to then have to reset again for perfect fruit. Whatever island I settle on will be my last.

 

[Kelpcey]

I had thought about resetting a little while ago around 200 hours in because I had learned long dock/piers where a thing and I was sadly in the short dock gang. Kinda wishing I had gone through with it because now at 1k hours, complete DIY collection, catalog, raymond and audie I can't really be throwing that all away :' -) But, I've made do with it because thankfully I have the airport color, river exits, and fruit I like. My resident services is weirdly close to the airport but I've worked around it

 

[Sheba]

I had thought about resetting a little while ago around 200 hours in because I had learned long dock/piers where a thing and I was sadly in the short dock gang. Kinda wishing I had gone through with it because now at 1k hours, complete DIY collection, catalog, raymond and audie I can't really be throwing that all away :' -) But, I've made do with it because thankfully I have the airport color, river exits, and fruit I like. My resident services is weirdly close to the airport but I've worked around it

Yeeeep that's what it feels like and why I pulled the plug on my first island at around 150 hours in and I also understand the need for a long dock. I hope you are truly happy with your island and not permanently bothered by the dock!

 

[-Blue-]

You could always just replace whatever fruit you have with one you want to be your native one. If they bring perfect fruit back than things may be different, but right now there is no perfect fruit.

I never reset in NL and I don't plan to do it here either. I find it nice to have a challenge to work around.

 

[amyahh]

honestly I havent had the strength to completely reset my game bc I think about all the diys im going to lose so im sticking to sucking it up & staying w. my island layout BUTTTT I destroy my plans 24/7 ...

 

[Sheba]

You could always just replace whatever fruit you have with one you want to be your native one. If they bring perfect fruit back than things may be different, but right now there is no perfect fruit.

I never reset in NL and I don't plan to do it here either. I find it nice to have a challenge to work around.

Yep, perfect fruits are like...a sword of damocles dangled above my head if I settle for this island and that scares the hell out of me because I would be forever scared and if they happen, I WILL stop playing for good. So it's picking that or resetting and facing the equally high risk of stopping resetting because I am growing tired of it.

I like working for things, too, but not when they are impossible to change. I can deal with every silly river as I can change that, but not a wrong river mouth, for example.

honestly I havent had the strength to completely reset my game bc I think about all the diys im going to lose so im sticking to sucking it up & staying w. my island layout BUTTTT I destroy my plans 24/7 ...

Yeah, losing my DIYs was the hardest part of resetting my first island. It just hurt. Especially the even recipes...

 

[-Blue-]

In NewLeaf you were forced to work around everything from the rivers, tree placement, and the random rocks. I don't know I feel like if the game had more going for it rather than being just terraforming right now this wouldn't be so much of an issue.