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I've been tempted to reset before but literally can't bring myself to do it. I got peaches, roses and blue airport on one of my first tries so even though my map isn't the best I'm not gonna push my luck now. It's annoying being such a perfectionist but I'm trying to work around it (two south rivers though...*sigh* no idea what to with them)
I've only half read the comments for this thread, so I'm sorry if this question has been answered, but is there a specific reason that native fruit matters? (And I really I don't mean that question to sound rude at all.)
I only ask because my native fruit is cherries, but at one point on my island I had all but completely replaced my cherries with Peaches (my island's NMT sister fruit) so I could make a greater profit from selling the fruit than I would what I had originally.
Yes, it would be a hassle to chop down all of your native fruit and replace them with peaches, but it may save you some frustration in the long run and be more profitable since the non-native peaches would sell for more.
That being said, I understand where you're coming from and actually admire that you want to have the perfect map/island. I hope you find what you're looking for.
I've only half read the comments for this thread, so I'm sorry if this question has been answered, but is there a specific reason that native fruit matters? (And I really I don't mean that question to sound rude at all.)
I only ask because my native fruit is cherries, but at one point on my island I had all but completely replaced my cherries with Peaches (my island's NMT sister fruit) so I could make a greater profit from selling the fruit than I would what I had originally.
Yes, it would be a hassle to chop down all of your native fruit and replace them with peaches, but it may save you some frustration in the long run and be more profitable since the non-native peaches would sell for more.
That being said, I understand where you're coming from and actually admire that you want to have the perfect map/island. I hope you find what you're looking for.
The only thing native fruit does in this game is show up in your passport, seeing as there's no perfect fruit (so far, at least).
About the thread itself though, I'd like to say to everyone who feels like they have inconvenient river mouths to don't get discouraged! My river mouths are what most people would consider desirable (south and east) and I STILL terraformed over them to make some cliffs and a waterfall leading down to the sea when I remade my entire river into smaller streams. You can make the river any way you want! Even if you got two southern mouths you can make the river flow from the north to one of the mouths and block the second one, make it into a lake, there are many possibilities this time around! I don't think it's worth resetting just for that, but to each their own of course
I'm really unhappy with my map. I hoped having terraformed, placed stuff, built stuff, moved things, id be happier, but I'm not, i wanted to reset 2 weeks ago and i wish i had now. But ive got some villagers i love (lucky and merry i found on islands) and I'm scared i won't be happy if i reset! Plus i have stuff i want to keep, and my money and nook miles and i just don't know what to do
I reset a couple of days ago after playing since the release because there were a few little things niggling away at me and I knew they would just get worse over time.
I also had quite specific criteria e.g both river exits to the south, resident services exactly in the middle on the lowest row, peaches, pier and peninsula both on the same side, large peninsula not the thin ones, somewhere nice to put my house before terraforming and nice rock formations for putting furniture on.
In the end I found the perfect map and I said I would just deal with whatever fruit I ended up with because it wasn't worth passing up for fruit when it can be changed. I ended up with apples which is my second favourite fruit so it worked out really
Hey hey, thank you for all the replies, people - no matter if you reset as well, consider resetting or think resetting is insane. I just got out of bed and all the stories here make me really happy and motivated. After resetting for hours again yesterday and not even checking out a single map because I never got anything that looked "okay" to me, I was kinda frustrated again but now I'll keep going today for at least an hour or two. I still don't think I'll ever make it, but eh, the longer I try the longer I have a chance to "win". Not sure if I have the time to answer everyone personally but I'll do my best and try now!
Agree on the resetting becomes a vicious cycle. That happened to me in NL and it was horrible so that’s the one thing I wouldn’t want to do in NH. Most of the time, resetting also makes you feel somewhat disconnected from your island. The attachment just isn’t there anymore.
I do fear disconnecting, especially since I plan on TTing to catch back up and less time spent on a new island = less attachment. But I'm pushing those worries away for now as finding a new island is impossible enough, to be honest.
Instead of controlling my at times crippling perfectionism, I let it dictate my enjoyment of the game. Indeed, a single, stupid rock had that much power over me.
That's me and the peninsula I had and I couldn't figure out how to stop it. I wish I could have because everything else was really awesome on my island!
I knew I'd end up doing this if I wasn't 100% happy with my island the first time around! I was the same in New Leaf, I'd finished every thing, perfect town, paths... but every time I ran around my town, I hated it. So I reset and I spent countless hours trying to get a very specific map layout. I came very close and just settled for it but I was never truly happy with it.
So I made sure my town layout was perfect the first time I played the game. I didn't start my game when I got it on 20th March because I was resetting for different layouts for the next week. The hype kept me doing it too since I still wanted to play.
It was so much effort but this is the happiest I've ever been with any town on any of my games ever
I'm sooo happy to hear you actually got what you wanted so quickly! I needed until April 8th to start my first island, so that's a lot longer than you took...and resetted after all. But I had it in NL where I resetted for over two months until I got the perfect town and had always been really, really happy with it! It's great when everything is perfect!
Ohh, I fell you. I got the game on release day with the Nintendo switch(I’m not a gamer so I bought it specifically for AC because it has always been my favourite game since I was 10 with WW. First day I was so excited that I just picked an island that seemed nice enough and rolled with it. I had oranges(how much I hate them) and also my least favourite flower as native, pansy, but I was so eager to start to play that I didn’t care. 3 weeks into this island and I hated every single bit. I hated where I placed the shops and the museum, I hated the river(it was one of those islands with super crazy and articulate rivers) and I hated my villagers. Also, I started time travel like crazy(which is something I’ve never done in AC)to try and kick out Quilsonn because I despise him and I don’t know, I went into burn out. My island was a mess, my villagers were horrible and I hated it. So I restarted and it was the best decision ever. I still had to settle for little things, like I’d love to have a blue airport(because of the cute lighthouse that you can get) but mine is yellow, but it’s okay, I can always trade. I love the layout in general but especially I enjoy my villagers so much!
Oooh that's interesting! I think neither villagers nor rivers (not counting the river exits) or building placements would have made me reset since those things are all changeable! But I was actually really rubbish at terraforming and changing the island up so much also felt strange after living on it for a month, so I do get where you are coming from. I'm so glad to hear your second round is going so much better! I'm scared I won't get my dreamies again easily the second time around, but I'll cross that bridge if I ever get to it.
I kinda wanna reset. When the game first came out, I spent the whole of the first day resetting for two south exits with peaches and a fairly centered resident services. In the end I got it, but now I feel like the things I wanna do would be easier with an East/west exit and then resident services is too close to the airport.
That said, doubt I'll do anything about it. I spent years resetting in new leaf, always chasing that one perfect map and I refuse to do it in NH as well. There would always be something small on the new island I'd feel unhappy about too and then start the process all over again
That's me! I also wanted two south exits and now think that it would be so much better with a side exit. Not sure if that's true or if I will resent not being able to run up and down my beach sides anymore, but I think it opens up so many more terraforming options. But it's really good to hear you manage to enjoy your island still, even if there are things that annoy you!
I've been tempted to reset before but literally can't bring myself to do it. I got peaches, roses and blue airport on one of my first tries so even though my map isn't the best I'm not gonna push my luck now. It's annoying being such a perfectionist but I'm trying to work around it (two south rivers though...*sigh* no idea what to with them)
I made waterfalls for my two south river exits. As in, I cut them right off at the base with an 6x5 cliff and put a 4x3 second layer of cliff on top and made a double waterfall leading directly into the river mouths. It's still possible to use the pole to get across the river right at its base, so it worked for me, at least. But waterfalls are definitely not everyone's cup of tea; the noise can be a bit annoying for sure.
I've only half read the comments for this thread, so I'm sorry if this question has been answered, but is there a specific reason that native fruit matters? (And I really I don't mean that question to sound rude at all.)
I only ask because my native fruit is cherries, but at one point on my island I had all but completely replaced my cherries with Peaches (my island's NMT sister fruit) so I could make a greater profit from selling the fruit than I would what I had originally.
Yes, it would be a hassle to chop down all of your native fruit and replace them with peaches, but it may save you some frustration in the long run and be more profitable since the non-native peaches would sell for more.
That being said, I understand where you're coming from and actually admire that you want to have the perfect map/island. I hope you find what you're looking for.
Oh, for me native fruits and flowers matter because you see them on almost every island tour and I'm a big Mystery Island fan. So I was really happy with peaches there because I had Cosmos as my native flower and I hate them the most and seeing them again and again was really, really annoying. I had them all but eradicated from my island, but yeah... in this game, there's no truly getting rid of native fruit and flowers.
The only thing native fruit does in this game is show up in your passport, seeing as there's no perfect fruit (so far, at least).
About the thread itself though, I'd like to say to everyone who feels like they have inconvenient river mouths to don't get discouraged! My river mouths are what most people would consider desirable (south and east) and I STILL terraformed over them to make some cliffs and a waterfall leading down to the sea when I remade my entire river into smaller streams. You can make the river any way you want! Even if you got two southern mouths you can make the river flow from the north to one of the mouths and block the second one, make it into a lake, there are many possibilities this time around! I don't think it's worth resetting just for that, but to each their own of course
Yep, after some time I thought I would reset for both the river exits and the peninsula, but I DID manage to make the river mouths work in the end. The peninsula, sadly, not so much, but there's definitely possibilities for south river exits.
Also are south+east more desireable than south+west? Just wondering, you kind of made it sound like that lol.
I'm really unhappy with my map. I hoped having terraformed, placed stuff, built stuff, moved things, id be happier, but I'm not, i wanted to reset 2 weeks ago and i wish i had now. But ive got some villagers i love (lucky and merry i found on islands) and I'm scared i won't be happy if i reset! Plus i have stuff i want to keep, and my money and nook miles and i just don't know what to do
So here's the thing: I got three of my dreamies through a LOT of NMT-useage into the initial homes (not knowing at this point that they wouldn't come with their normal houses) and then found Diana and Blance with only 25 island tickets total. I could not believe my luck...but still reset. Will I ever see these guys again so easily? Likely not and I miss especially Fauna, Diana and Dotty like crazy. But I did it in the end because villagers are changeable and can be traded; there will be a chance for me to get them again while changing my peninsula was just impossible, no matter how long I played. But yeah, resetting is a big deal. I needed two weeks to come to a decision and it wasn't easy, but I just know it was sunken cost fallacy, the longer I played the unhappier I'd get so I took the plunge. But it's definitely not for everyone. I hope that whatever decision you make will be the right one and not one that will make you stop playing!
I reset a couple of days ago after playing since the release because there were a few little things niggling away at me and I knew they would just get worse over time.
I also had quite specific criteria e.g both river exits to the south, resident services exactly in the middle on the lowest row, peaches, pier and peninsula both on the same side, large peninsula not the thin ones, somewhere nice to put my house before terraforming and nice rock formations for putting furniture on.
In the end I found the perfect map and I said I would just deal with whatever fruit I ended up with because it wasn't worth passing up for fruit when it can be changed. I ended up with apples which is my second favourite fruit so it worked out really
Oooh that sounds like a lot of specific things as well! How long did you need to get what you wanted? And congrats for apples, they're my second favourite as well! And it's nice to hear more people are crazy enough to reset.
Honestly I'm not scared of the game feeling like a chore after reset. The resetting is definitely a chore and not a nice one, but if I'd get th perfect map I would finally be able to do what I couldn't before and that alone would therefore be something new and really enjoyable. It felt more like a chore living on my old island when knowing deep down that I would never be happy with it, no matter how many hours I invested.
Oooh that sounds like a lot of specific things as well! How long did you need to get what you wanted? And congrats for apples, they're my second favourite as well! And it's nice to hear more people are crazy enough to reset.
It took me about 3 hours. I need to stick with this town now though because I got stuck in a resetting cycle with NL where I never had a town for more than a week. I just love fresh starts! I'd love to have a town that I can keep for years.
It took me about 3 hours. I need to stick with this town now though because I got stuck in a resetting cycle with NL where I never had a town for more than a week. I just love fresh starts! I'd love to have a town that I can keep for years.
Three hours! :O How incredibly lucky! I'm at 25 again now... and checked only around three maps for fruit and airport color in all that time. And I do feel like resetting cycles are really a thing, I love fresh starts, too! It's another reason why I really need to find the perfect island now - to avoid me ever resetting again afterwards!
I want to reset for something so admittely stupid and small - I thought of a better name for my island. I've already invested 200+ hours into the game gotten a lot of items I wanted, but still wish we could re-name the island. I know in this game you can basically have whatever island you want because of terraforming, but there are still going to be little things that bother you. I think in New Leaf it was more extreme because your basic layout could never be changed, but then again you could just buy another copy of the game. I reset a few times in NL and still struggled with finding a 'perfect' map even with edits. I feel like this whole idea of 'perfection' came from New Leaf as the original towns you had to live with what you had, and there were some pretty terrible inconvenient layout plans in the first game.
not trying to shade but i cant imagine being this much of a perfectionist over a game...i feel like this completely takes the fun out of absolutely everything...youre not even playing anymore :/ with all the expansive/flexible features finally like terraforming and moving buildings players are still not happy. but hey, its your game.
Three hours! :O How incredibly lucky! I'm at 25 again now... and checked only around three maps for fruit and airport color in all that time. And I do feel like resetting cycles are really a thing, I love fresh starts, too! It's another reason why I really need to find the perfect island now - to avoid me ever resetting again afterwards!
I have several friends or family who purchased the game and choose one of the four maps offered to them. The average player isn’t aware that the maps change or why you’d want to reset for a specific fruit or airport color. Sometimes I wish I could be that laid back. I have still not beat BoTW because I reset every time I die or do something I consider imperfect. The struggle is real.
I could live again with two south river exits, hence me saying that if I get my exact old map again, just with the peninsula in the "good" spot, I would take it over a west exit map. The peninsula really, really was a dealbreaker, I could have made the rest work and many parts of my island were really beautiful. I loved the cliffs and the island. No terraforming needed there at all, as you might see from what I had planned in the island designer. So yeah, it was a shame. But the peninsula had all my rage. I needed two weeks to come to a decision to reset, too - but I did it. Do I regret it? Yes and no. Yes because if 95% are perfect, deleting for 5% seems dumb. But then again...if you have a tasty tea that's 100% tea, that's great. But a tea that's 95% and 5% sewer water...no one would drink it. I would have never gotten happy with my island. So basically, I am now searching for "my old island except with a better peninsula and maybe a west river exit but everything else should stay the same, please".
Believe me, I get it. There’s times when “going with the flow” or “working with what you have” just doesn’t apply. If you’re a Level 100 perfectionist—aka are obsessive-compulsive—all that advice is mute. I have OCD too and know all too well how near impossible it is to shake a fixation like that.
I don’t know how hacking works on the Switch (and wouldn’t be allowed to discuss it here if I did) but it’s something you could look into if the risks are worth it to you. In NL it was very simple and allowed me to piece my map together exactly how I wanted it to be.
I reset often in New Leaf. I was always after that "perfect town". I think I had a checklist of over 10 things that I needed in order for it to be considered acceptable. I'd settle for less, get into the gameplay for a few weeks, then get the desire to search for something better. It was kind of a never-ending cycle for me.
In New Horizons, I have resolved to keep an island permanently. Because of this decision, I was prepared from day 1 to reset for the features I liked. I found what I thought was the perfect town, except for the location of resident services. Once I unlocked terraforming, I realized just how much I disliked the location of it.
I ended up resetting about 2-3 weeks in. It was a very difficult decision (mostly because I had gotten all of the cherry blossom recipes learned and knew I'd never get them back again), but it was a decision I was happy with in the end. My map turned out much much better than before. I got all of the features I wanted, plus my resident services in a much much better location. I'm still sad at not having those beautiful cherry blossom recipes, but I'm moving forward without regret.
Omg I feel your pain and frustration. I hate, hate, HATE my river flow off points.... BUT I'M TOO FAR IN TO RESET WITH GOOD CONSCIENCE. Instead, I did the unthinkable and bought another Switch Lite... because I'm that bad. Do I regret spending the 200 I didn't need to spend for the same game? Not atm, but I'm sure I will eventually.
I got lucky with my first island, I'm not in love with the shape of my peninsula, but I made it work.
I'm now personally invested in following your journey to find the perfect island. Best of luck!
For my NH island I'm way, way too far in to reset and I'm definitely not throwing away all those hours. My peninsula is in an odd spot as well, it's right in the top corner. My airport colour isn't the one I wanted either but ah well.
I did this in ACCF and ACNL though, reset for hours and hours until I got the layout I wanted. I was around 10 or so when I was playing ACCF and my requirements were ridiculous (1 lazy dog villager, circle grass, apples, and some other specific things) so it would take me absolutely ages to get the town I wanted. I did eventually and would end up resetting anyway lol.
I get burnt out just from resetting a lot. I'm lucky I got mostly what I wanted in NH pretty quickly (I think only 1–2 hours of resetting), hopefully you find your dream town soon enough.
It took so long to get six of the new villagers... i reseted so much hoping for my starters to be Reneigh and Dom and only get the new ones. I'm not sure if everyone i traded villagers with would be happy to know that i restarted my town again. Like Judy for instance i was depressed first file deleting it because of the river mouths, now that i got her again and thinking of resetting i have this feeling she will never ever show up on an island tour never! Just Raymond and Sherb is missing and those are pricey restarting without anyway to get tickets is a scary idea. I don't think i could trust someone to hold tickets. I've been experiencing some glitches also that im worried may of ruined my game? Like the visitor at the campsite -its empty-, some villagers wont emote with me not even a greeting. I just adopted Chadder i'd hate to simply poof void them all.
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Rant over oof, i sure hope we can see your new map <3
er yellow airport for the win?