marieheiwa
tropically grown artist
i’m really sorry sheba, hopefully you’ll be able to find a different game that will allow you the same level of enjoyment without the stress!
Anyone else in resetting hell (again)?
- Thread starter Sheba
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Thank you! I have plenty of fun games to play, really, but none is like AC and ACs uniqueness is that it can give 3500+ hours of enjoyment while most other games last for 20-80 hours. That's why I was willing to put so much work into resetting since I figured it would pay off in the very long run. Also I didn't really mind the resetting in NH as it's a lot more comfortable than NL was.
But in the end, there's soooo many more variables and maps in NH so that finding that perfect map is incredibly much harder than it was in NL. NL had like...half the maps and also then fruits, grass shapes, slopes and the three(?) shop/town hall positions. NH has...all that stuff with dock and dock length and airport color and airport position, a million possible peninsula combinations...realistically, it's not feasible to beat RNG. I believed for a long time it was since I had my list of preferred maps, but a lot of "maybe"-maps and "maybe"-compromises. As all of those have been scratched now, only the impossibly low chance remains.
Again, resetting wasn't stressful! Only the imperfect islands were. I never, ever minded the resetting. But now I'm in a different mental state when it comes to it, so I would mind now since it would feel like doing something for no possible gain.
If i didn't have over 500 hours on my island I would be in your shoes. I'm generally overall satisfied with my island right now.. honestly it's what i've been telling myself to prevent the urge to restart haha, but no. I'm content, but I understand the frustration, hopefully you get what you want c:
Thair
among the pines
I'm going to stay optimistic and hope there may be changes in the game in the future that will make you want to pick it up again! Maybe the option to change some island features that are currently unchangeable (recolouring your airport etc.) or maybe even just the option for save file transfers or saves being stored on the game cartridge so the "Hey I'll gladly reset your island for you!" thing can come true!
Since you have quite a bit of stuff to deal with at the moment (general health stuff, the state of the world, those kinds of things) maybe there'll be a time where you actually want to give it another shot - and if you do, I'm sure I speak for a lot of people when I say we'd love to heart about your future endeavours!
Since you have quite a bit of stuff to deal with at the moment (general health stuff, the state of the world, those kinds of things) maybe there'll be a time where you actually want to give it another shot - and if you do, I'm sure I speak for a lot of people when I say we'd love to heart about your future endeavours!
Thank you! Honestly just making RS moveable would be the gamechanger for me since then I wouldn't just have two map layouts to pick from but literally every single map with a west river mouth. Sure, everything else would have to fit as well, but with so many possible maps, I would be able to fly in and check airport color and fruit so much more often. Repainting the airport alone would be too little for me to start again, though, as there would still be waaaaaay too many variables. Like, just the chance to see two of 93 maps with dock length, dock size, correct peninsula position and shape and airport position is...horribly, horribly low, so flying in is something that happens really, really rarely. Basically RS-moving would be the only thing, I think, that would make me start again simply because it would make so many maps possible. Chances are, though, that I also won't hear about it because frankly, I'll have to take a break from all AC-stuff. Continuing to watch youtube videos or check the site here will just really depress me. Don't think I can or should do that.
I really have a lot of stupid health issues right now for whatever dumb reason, so I hope I can get those sorted out ASAP at least. Maybe, once I'll have taken a step back, I'll check in here again. And if I ever get my island I'll invite all you guys over once I've decorated it fully and all that so that you can see what I tried so hard for for so long. <3
The community here is honestly amazing and you guys have been such a huge support. I'm really sorry this thread kinda devolved from a resetting thread to me whining about my test-islands; it's not what I had intended.
lenoreluna
Senior Member
I feel your pain - I will be going to resetting h*ll soon but I try to remember that it will be better in the long run for me. I have about 650 hours logged (though I think most of that was island hopping for villagers which friends are holding) and my vision for my island has completely changed in the last few months and I feel like starting over (and having my friends hold villagers and items) would be easier/less expensive than bulldozing my town and moving all the buildings/villagers again. I also don't like a lot of things about my island: I hate the location of my secret beach (right in the middle), my airport and town hall are ONE space off from being centered with each other (makes me CRAZY), my beaches are thin, and my peninsula at the top right with the rocks makes that area feel so cramped. My achievement dates are also all wonky which bugs me. I feel like the diys I can get back with TT (Bamboo and cherry blossom season), fish, bugs, fossils, etc, and things will be faster this time around. I just need to watch achievement dates. I am terrified of trying to get my dream combo of apples and a blue airport again, but I did it the first time and it didn't take long at all (maybe 2 hours). I am just a nervous wreck about the whole thing. But I don't want to continue building an island that I am not completely happy with because that also is super stressful. I made a list of "Must Haves" for my new island:
Blue Airport
Native Apples
Long dock
Decently sized peninsula (preferably in the middle somewhere)
Central located town hall (doesn't have to be completely center but close enough)
I am actually open to river mouth layouts - what do you all like the best and why?
Blue Airport
Native Apples
Long dock
Decently sized peninsula (preferably in the middle somewhere)
Central located town hall (doesn't have to be completely center but close enough)
I am actually open to river mouth layouts - what do you all like the best and why?
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Good lord. Reading all your requirements.... I couldnt imagine. Why go through the hassle for every one of those things to happen on your island? The airport, fruit type and such I could understand. The rest seems a little excessive. If you enjoy the process, by all means that's what's most important. It's a game, after all. That said... it doesnt sound like you're enjoying it at all. I think this is all pretty harmful, even!
I definitely dont mean any offense, I just hope you can actually play and enjoy the game instead of being in reset hell.
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Good lord. Reading all your requirements.... I couldnt imagine. Why go through the hassle for every one of those things to happen on your island? The airport, fruit type and such I could understand. The rest seems a little excessive. If you enjoy the process, by all means that's what's most important. It's a game, after all. That said... it doesnt sound like you're enjoying it at all. I think this is all pretty harmful, even!
I definitely dont mean any offense, I just hope you can actually play and enjoy the game instead of being in reset hell.
lenoreluna
Senior Member
Currently in reset h*ll...it's so much worse than I remember! I guess I have more things I am resetting for though this time around. My current list of "Must Have's is:
Blue Airport
Native Apples (though I could live with cherries)
Long dock on left
Biggest size peninsula on left
Preferably an east/south river exit (but I could live with 2 south exits if I got everything else)
Don't really mind where town hall or airport is as long as I feel it is not going to be blocking terraforming or in stupid spot (so right in the dead middle of the map would be bad or REALLY close to the beach). My last town had my town hall dead center with an airport directly below it that was one space off and it drove me crazy!!!! This thread makes me feel like I am not the only one who cares about little stuff like this, so thank you all for your stories and keep trying!
Blue Airport
Native Apples (though I could live with cherries)
Long dock on left
Biggest size peninsula on left
Preferably an east/south river exit (but I could live with 2 south exits if I got everything else)
Don't really mind where town hall or airport is as long as I feel it is not going to be blocking terraforming or in stupid spot (so right in the dead middle of the map would be bad or REALLY close to the beach). My last town had my town hall dead center with an airport directly below it that was one space off and it drove me crazy!!!! This thread makes me feel like I am not the only one who cares about little stuff like this, so thank you all for your stories and keep trying!
Lotusblossom
Prankster Crossing
Hey man
. Hows it going?... I never reset though still tempted... I returned my second switch
. Hows it going?... I never reset though still tempted... I returned my second switch
Noctis
𝘴𝘪𝘮𝘮𝘦𝘳 𝘥𝘰𝘸𝘯, 𝘩𝘰𝘵𝘴𝘩𝘰𝘵
Not me but my friend decided to reset. I'm surprised now fast he grapsed time traveling so no problem for him there. After working so hard on getting 3 stars and terraforming his island flat he decided to reset. Everything is so far so good for him.
Lotusblossom
Prankster Crossing
Is there a difference between dock length and dock size?
Online_Barbecue
Junior Member
This thread makes me stressed lol.
I don’t like symmetry when playing “city building” type games and what not so I purposely looked for islands all over the place. The only thing I wanted was East river outlet and an orange airport. It took my maybe 15 minutes. I do like having the secret beach all the way on one side too.
I don’t like symmetry when playing “city building” type games and what not so I purposely looked for islands all over the place. The only thing I wanted was East river outlet and an orange airport. It took my maybe 15 minutes. I do like having the secret beach all the way on one side too.
DeltaLoraine
Alwin from Riverstone
I've always wondered why people want a certain starting fruit when you can get all fruits fairly quickly with trading. Is there a reason you wanted peaches first? Just curious!
moon_child
Senior Member
I've always wondered why people want a certain starting fruit when you can get all fruits fairly quickly with trading. Is there a reason you wanted peaches first? Just curious!
Depends on some people. Reasons vary but mostly these:
- Aesthetic. Some fruits fit some towns better. Oranges fit tropical themed islands more. Peaches for the pastel ones. Apples and cherries for cottagecore ones and so on.
- Fruit kind of represents your island as a whole. Kind of like your pride or something. Your specialty. Some people don’t want their island associated or represented by fruits they don’t like.
- It appears on your passport. Some people are bothered by having a fruit they dislike in their passport.
- It dictates the furniture in your starting lazy’s home. Some people prefer some specific fruit furniture than others in their starter houses.
- Some people don’t have Nintendo online. Some people don’t trade. If they don’t, they have to end up with the fruit they love the most, at least.
- The native drink. I just learned of this recently. The color and design of the drinks your villagers drink differ depending on your native fruit. It’s a cute little detail that may influence some people’s decisions.
- The possibility of perfect fruit showing up in future updates. This changes a lot of things. Some people like some versions of perfect fruit better than others. They might wanna be on the safe side, in case it makes a comeback.
loveclove
winter-born eventuality
Wow this is impressive, I never gave my map a second thought. And my RS is too close to the airport, like 5 tiles, but I just made it work, tried to stop comparing with other islands. I really hope you people get what you're looking for! Just remember to have fun, this is a game and the process could easely burn you out...
For those who did it, is it really worth it going through hell as you put it? Would you do it again? Just curious... The thought of doing all the online trading I did to get all I wanted all over again giver me the chills. It would only be fun the first time
For those who did it, is it really worth it going through hell as you put it? Would you do it again? Just curious... The thought of doing all the online trading I did to get all I wanted all over again giver me the chills. It would only be fun the first time
Lotusblossom
Prankster Crossing
Also it's on the island tours and u cant change that
I just recently reset and it took around 3 days. I had to have peaches, blue airport, east rivers, middle RS away from the airport and middle secret beach. Basically I was looking for a map similar to my old one lol. My new map has a bigger peninsula and a shorter dock though. I would say my only regret was losing Dom and Judy cause they were non amiibo villagers. I think I have better progress with my new island. I caught a bunch of fish and insects that I wasn’t able to on my old one. I got DIYs that I haven’t gotten on my old one as well. My only problem right now is I’m playing catch up. I’m currently on June 14 now (I tt back to my start date) and it is taking a while since I want to complete some nook mile achievements but I’m getting close. My switch is on airplane mode for now so I don’t get the new update and planning to update only once I reach July.
I honestly never even thought about resetting when I chose my map, I didn’t like my native fruit (pears) I wanted oranges or peaches but I didn’t think too much of it and just sort of went with the flow. It really does sound very tedious to keep resetting to getting it all right, I wish I could have suggested this to a friend to do this long ago because her plaza is very close to the airport for her it’s a long term struggle she deals with when terraforming or working on her entrance.
lenoreluna
Senior Member
Oh gosh! I relate to you so much on this! I have been in resetting hell for almost two weeks! My requirements for my town just keep getting stricter and it's so awful! I too, rarely fly into an island. My island requirements are very similar to yours:
- Blue Airport
- Native Cherries, Peaches, or Apples
- Double south river mouth
- RS fairly central
- Airport not near town hall and in the 3/4 map slot (second from the left)
- Big beaches
- Long dock on left
- At least one northern large rock with the water pools
- No small blocking rocks on beach
- Don't want the secret beach with the big left rock (it is smaller than the others).
I also have horrible OCD and the dumbest things about my town bother me! My thumbs and fingers hurt from resetting so much but I keep going! I hope you find your town one day! Eventually, something has to give!
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