Honestly I think this is a pretty big thing, seeing as everyone you play online with also sees the name and it pops up in the game dialogue a lot, too. So I can understand that!
Well, I had no more fun on my island because I disliked it and would have stopped playing anyway, so the only difference is not playing anymore or trying to reset and playing again but likely failing and not playing anymore.
Haha I definitely wish I could be more laid back, too. It's all a nightmare and I wish I could just be happy with the first map I see and not feel the need to subject myself to this garbage resetting.
Yeah, I think my OCD is what kills me here, even though it's normally not bad when it comes to games. But I think that since I planned to play this game for several years, it's pretty much kicking in. And well, of course I did look into hacking by now, but not only didn't I understand a word that was written there, but it also basically means you can't play online again ever aaaand...that's not something I want to risk. Believe me, I would otherwise because everything is horrible (just stopped resetting after 6 hours of work and didn't even find a single map to look at for the fruits).
Oh gosh yes, the Cherry Blossom recipes are basically what I had to give up, too. And the hedge recipe, I guess, since Earth day is almost over. Not too sad about the egg recipes, though. XD But yeah...the Cherry Blossom stuff sucks big time. At least my friend took my crafted items, but at the rate this is going, I'll likely just tell her to keep my stuff because who knows if I'll ever take it back. But I'm glad it was worth it for you - I hope to get there, too!
I had considered it! So, so much! But I am a disabled, unemployed woman and there was just no way in hell I could justify the purchase when I had already bought the first Switch Lite just for the game. I hope you never regret it because...I'm actually still not sure if I don't regret not doing it. I know I shouldn't, but yeah...
Haha thank you! I "worked" for six hours today, resetting, but zero luck to even look at a map closer. Saw the "okay" maps several times, but the airport, dock or peninsula were always in the wrong spot.
The issue with resetting is that it's all luck. There's no guarantee that resetting for X hours will give me what I need. I might get it next try or I might never get it. With a chance of 1:50000, the "never" seems more likely and that sucks.Your journey for the other games sounds a lot like my NL resetting journey as well, so I can relate. In NL I wanted a specific fruit, west beach, circle grass and an island on the map and it took a long, long time. But I did it and loved my town and never thought about resetting again. Wish that would have worked in NH, too.
I sure will, especially since I can't really post much here on the site unless I find an island. Chances are bad, though, and I don't even have any time to reset much the next two days, so chances that you'll all reach retirement before I get my island are pretty high.
But welcome gifts sound lovely, yaaaay! <3 Would love to have everyone over on the "perfect island" (if it exists). I feel like searching for Atlantis or El Dorado or whatever haha.The glitch should be fixed, from what I've heard, so you might be good! And while I never traded, I erased a town with five dreamies and three others I at least liked, soooo...yeah, I'm very sure I won't ever find any of them again. I feel your pain.
Thank you! I actually don't mind island tour hopping for villagers or the like (not sure about the campsite trick, though) because it involves actual gameplay. Resetting is just dumb button presses - though that also enables me to watch youtube videos while doing so to preserve some sanity. Definitely slowly losing it, though!
I hope you can either learn to accept it or not regret a reset. ;_; This would annoy the heck out of me, so good luck!
It's very small. It's Rhue-llyn. I wish I put a capital so its Llyn...Honestly I think this is a pretty big thing, seeing as everyone you play online with also sees the name and it pops up in the game dialogue a lot, too. So I can understand that!
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Well, I had no more fun on my island because I disliked it and would have stopped playing anyway, so the only difference is not playing anymore or trying to reset and playing again but likely failing and not playing anymore.
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Haha I definitely wish I could be more laid back, too. It's all a nightmare and I wish I could just be happy with the first map I see and not feel the need to subject myself to this garbage resetting.
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Yeah, I think my OCD is what kills me here, even though it's normally not bad when it comes to games. But I think that since I planned to play this game for several years, it's pretty much kicking in. And well, of course I did look into hacking by now, but not only didn't I understand a word that was written there, but it also basically means you can't play online again ever aaaand...that's not something I want to risk. Believe me, I would otherwise because everything is horrible (just stopped resetting after 6 hours of work and didn't even find a single map to look at for the fruits).
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Oh gosh yes, the Cherry Blossom recipes are basically what I had to give up, too. And the hedge recipe, I guess, since Earth day is almost over. Not too sad about the egg recipes, though. XD But yeah...the Cherry Blossom stuff sucks big time. At least my friend took my crafted items, but at the rate this is going, I'll likely just tell her to keep my stuff because who knows if I'll ever take it back. But I'm glad it was worth it for you - I hope to get there, too!
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I had considered it! So, so much! But I am a disabled, unemployed woman and there was just no way in hell I could justify the purchase when I had already bought the first Switch Lite just for the game. I hope you never regret it because...I'm actually still not sure if I don't regret not doing it. I know I shouldn't, but yeah...
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Haha thank you! I "worked" for six hours today, resetting, but zero luck to even look at a map closer. Saw the "okay" maps several times, but the airport, dock or peninsula were always in the wrong spot.
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Your journey for the other games sounds a lot like my NL resetting journey as well, so I can relate. In NL I wanted a specific fruit, west beach, circle grass and an island on the map and it took a long, long time. But I did it and loved my town and never thought about resetting again. Wish that would have worked in NH, too.
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I sure will, especially since I can't really post much here on the site unless I find an island. Chances are bad, though, and I don't even have any time to reset much the next two days, so chances that you'll all reach retirement before I get my island are pretty high.
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The glitch should be fixed, from what I've heard, so you might be good! And while I never traded, I erased a town with five dreamies and three others I at least liked, soooo...yeah, I'm very sure I won't ever find any of them again. I feel your pain.
Haha, for me, the blue airport wins. Especially since the inside furniture of the airport are also blue and white, I feel the outside should be blue as well.
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Thank you! I actually don't mind island tour hopping for villagers or the like (not sure about the campsite trick, though) because it involves actual gameplay. Resetting is just dumb button presses - though that also enables me to watch youtube videos while doing so to preserve some sanity. Definitely slowly losing it, though!
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I hope you can either learn to accept it or not regret a reset. ;_; This would annoy the heck out of me, so good luck!
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Okay, I'm done replying to everyone (I hope)! Thank you so much for the encouragement, everyone. I needed that after zero success in six hours resetting. I've got no time tomorrow and Tuesday because of real life work, but I think that might be needed to avoid burnout anyway. I really hope I'll have an island to show off one day soon because you are all awesome! <3
Oooh okay, that's better at least than the first letter in the whole name not being a capital one. Still, if the L might be now mistaken for an I, it would bug me at least. But I'm glad if you see it only as a small issue instead of a huge one!
Ok now honestly that would bother me as well.
The starting area thing is soooo true, but for me for other reasons and it's also why I will TT if I find a new island. I don't want to have to wait a long time again before I can explore the whole island and get a feel of if it works for me. As for moving buildings, I actually don't mind that since it unlocks before island designer and everything I can change is okay for me. Just the non-changeable things are not.
Haha oh dear, no need to worry about me! I'm not risking my mental health over a game. It's really simple - if I start hating resetting, I'll stop. Fact is that I would have stopped playing because I was upset with my old island, too - this is merely a chance to start anew and if it doesn't work out because I can't find an island I like before getting too frustrated, then I'll stop playing anyway. It's honestly as simple as that. I played the game for over 200 hours already, it's not like the money was completely wasted even if I just stop, you know? Still, I would be sad, of course, because I had plans of playing for 5-6 years, but for that, I need an island I want to be on for 5-6 years in the first place. No island, no playing. I'm not stressing about this too much, it's just that I have too much free time to reset anyway, hence me doing it for hours on end. It would be healthier to do 30 minutes a day or so.
Yep, it was sooo hard to settle on a good map when the game came out! I had no idea the peninsula would be such a huge thing for me, for example, especially since I couldn't get over the river to take a look (two south river exits and all that) before unlocking the pole and even then, it was just 'okay, I hate this thing but whatever, soooo much to explore'. But wow, yeah, your map requirements sound as bad as mine - one map only, peninsula at least not in certain sports... that's rough and what I'm also going through, except that dock and airport are also messing me up big time. I don't even know what to tell you since I've never been a constant resetter - I needed more than two months to find that NL town I wanted, but once I had it, I had it for good and loved it because it was really what I wanted and had been looking for. If you are someone who has new wishes ever so often, that is of course much more difficult, but generally I think that at least with a west/east river mouth you have more options to shape islands anew than with two south ones.
Honestly it's not...that bad? Like, it's frustrating in the way that it's all down to dumb luck. If I would know that the 50000th reset would give me the map I want for sure, I'd have no issues with it. I don't mind the resetting in itself as I just watch youtube videos while doing it which I would have watched anyway, it's just the feeling of hopelessness because I know my horrible odds and that all I'm doing is likely for naught. The resetting itself is okay, it doesn't require that much attention.
I KNOW RIGHT?! After 40 hours of resetting when I got the game, I finally got my map I wanted and even though I knew right away that the location of the peninsula wasn't what I had wanted, I figured that 40 hours were enough and that I could live with it. Even when I then saw it and really disliked it right away, I figured I'd be okay. Well, I obviously wasn't - you're completely right, it just keeps getting worse.
Oooh boy, villager resetting... honestly, after almost two weeks of looking for one of two peppy villagers I wanted for the starter homes, I then had to find out that they don't come with their usual home furnitures and looks, so if I actually get a new island, I will pick three villagers I'm "just okay with" because I'll get rid of them for sure because I want my dreamies with their proper furniture. Same with the two starters - if you love Rudy, you must always be aware that he'll never live in his "real" house unless you have someone you can trade him to and then back to you to reset his house.JUUUUUST made a post about this lol. I reset four days ago, accidentally forgot to find three random island villagers before plotting down houses, ended up with two randos I didn't like... so back to friggin restarting we go
I am also looking specifically for Rudy as a starter (and a non-ugly Uchi), so we'll see how long this takes!
Yeah, the first three are so much easier to get dreamies in, but I found out for me, the house interior matter too much.for sure!! I am not super bent on furniture but definitely feel defeated when I get villagers I don't like--it is inevitable to some extent, but I was like man, I can't believe I forgot about the three plot rule lol
I am also looking for not a particular map, but something that inspires me in relation to my aesthetic. I want my town to take inspiration from the sea city in Kiki's Delivery Service, so boy... looking for rivers that work for that is a chore lol
what are you looking for with your reset?
Ha! Yes, I finally went back and read all the posts on here. Happy to find solidarity in self-made misery, lol. I also LOVE the west rivers but didn't realize you couldn't get a center town square with that... what the hell haha :/
I only got done with my work at 11pm today (it's past midnight here) so I'm not sure how much I'll reset today because I can't be too sleepy for it (imagine me finding the perfect island but then finding out I messed up my name or birthday because I'm too tired...). But maybe I'll do it for at least an hour or so, you motivated me now!
First time it was for layout, second time it was because I screwed up my achievements by traveling back in time and it honestly bothered me too much. My second resetting was easier though because I was more relaxed. There are several kinds of combinations that I would have been happy with, my biggest wish was yellow airport / peach / two different river outlets. Initally I wanted to have the big peninsula, but I didn't want to go crazy over a small area that's fine the way that it is.
