Anyone else in resetting hell (again)?

[OceanTyrant]

Hey guys, new here but am thoroughly interested in this resetting thingy as im guilty of it in some way and its come to the point where its rather frustrating and somewhat debilitating...

However unlike what I've read here. I've resetted a few times based on different reasons.

Before I dwell on that and to provide some context; ive been a gamer for as long as I can remember and this is my second AC game. The previous one being New Leaf and no; I did not reset once playing that.

My first reset playing New Horizons occurred when I accumulated all those ceremonies to celebrate certain "milestones" like the opening of Nook's Cranny and the Museum thinking that I would want more villagers to move in before "celebrating". Little did I know that you could stall on any one of those ceremonies a week at most and would be gone after.
I know i wasn't missing much except a photo opportunity BUT that kinda irked me and i hence i did my first reset right after KK came by to perform and i received the Island Designer app.

My 2nd reset happened on my 3rd ingame day; morning to be precise when i received 3 packages in the mailbox -2 being items i redeemed through Nook Miles and a present which turned out to be a bag of 5000 bells . I certainly knew how i got the 2 items but i didnt know how the bag of bells came about and it irked the hella outta me... I tried looking back at the mailbox to identify/figure out through letters but i just couldn't figure out how that 5k of bells came about. Also, since i have never shared my island code with anyone , i know that wasnt a gift from any of my friends.

3rd reset happened even sooner than i thought. This time round it was me finding my very first DIY recipe in a bottle. In my previous games i never once thought to even read any of those random DIY recipes that came in bottles on the beach. I just clicked, learn the recipe and never gave it a second thought... However this time round i dont know what got into me and i suddenly developed this hairbrained idea of screenshoting each random DIY recipe I will find. So since this was the fiirst random one i found and did not screenshot it ; i decided to reset...

My 4th reset (the latest one) happened even way quicker than i expected... You know when you first land on your new island together with your initial 2 villagers? I did a reset all because i did not talk to them which i normally would; before i spoke to Tom Nook hence i didnt get to read the conversation...... (

Suffice to say and not comparing in any way, i am absolutely ok with any form of native fruits or layouts or the colour of my airport. What i am really trying to say is that reading what everyone else has been resetting about and your individual experience makes me feel slightly better but yet im still kinda dreading to boot up a new game as i have no clue as to what will trigger me next to reset however minor or major. All that concerns me is that i have no idea how it has "elapsed" to this with ACNH in particular for me when i know i was having a blast until those ceremonies did it for me. Since then it has gotten more trivial and im irked at how it has come to this.

Having said all of that, this is a wonderful community and to all those who are resetting/rerolling i hope you eventually find or am contented with what you're looking for.

Cheers

 

[Sheba]

Hey guys, as promised here are my replies to everyone I felt I needed to reply to. I've gotten ill, so I barely played at all and am still collecting cherry blossom recipes, so not back into reset-land yet, but after looking at my tiny beach (image further down), I'm 99,9% sure I will reset. So I'll just enjoy this little break from resetting until I ge island designer and can test some west exit beach stuff!

I can't even imagine resetting my island! I picked one of the first 4 maps because I was eager to start playing at midnight on 3/20!!

There isn't perfect fruit, so what difference does your starting fruit make? I have an equal number of all the fruit trees in my orchard.

Starting villagers have incomplete houses. Why would you want to keep any of your starters when they have dirt floors and mud walls? Wouldn't you want to move them out ASAP to get the villagers you really want with their complete home decor?

Why would you want resident services to line up with the airport? You can't drop anything in the plaza, so trading will be difficult. Instead of being able to drop & trade items right in front of the airport, you'll have to go somewhere else.

I played the game for weeks before I even knew that airports came in different colors! Mine is orange and I love it, but if it were a different color, I wouldn't even dream of resetting my whole town over it!

What is the peninsula even for? Will it have a specific use down the road, like the private beach is where Redd docks his boat? Is there any reason to prefer it to be in a different location?

To try and answer your questions: I think my fruit is important to me because I see it on almost every mystery island tour and I do lots of those. Also people who are colorblind might not like red or green fruits. Some people have planned out their towns and want RS in specific positions while others just want it in a central spot so that it's equally far away from every part of the island and less running has to be done. The peninsula is just for being annoying. I hate it in general because it cuts the beach into two parts and it's hard to really decorate it if you don't like the beach stuff like lighthouses. Some are big enough to put a villager house on, but a lot aren't.
I agree about the villager part, though, so I cannot speak for those who go to lengths to reset for those.

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My initial reset lasted about 3 hours before I settled with the island I have now, after passing up several better options which sadly didn't return. I don't regret my decision, though I'm dead certain I'll be resting again someday.

I might be going a little off-topic here but I'm rather curious about the answer. When resetting your island, do you also change your date to March 20th so you won't miss the Easter event?

I changed my date back to when I started my first island. Heck, I wish I could skip Easter day, the eggs are a nightmare, but I do love the cherry blossom stuff.

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Hi. Please don’t take this the wrong way, I’m just really concerned for you guys with all these thoughts. If you don’t mind me asking, is New Horizons your first ever Animal Crossing game? The thing is, randomness has always been a spotlight feature of the series and IMO, gives the players more than half the fun. It keeps the game interesting. In old games, even the player’s faces are random and cannot be changed. That’s how crazy the RNG was in AC. In NL, the randomness shaped the player-villager relationships. Having someone move on top of your perfect fruit orchard, for example, made for interesting love-hate relationships with some villagers. Hilarity ensued. Some were hurt with nets in the process. Some villagers gave up and moved, some won over the players hearts over time. That’s the CORE of Animal Crossing. So I don’t really agree with blaming Nintendo at all and demanding them to give us too much freedom at the expense of the fun and actual charm of the game. They were already way too generous in NH with the terraforming. They don’t need to eliminate the randomness altogether because that will result in...well, Happy Home Designer? Have you played Happy Home Designer? Maybe that’s more along your alley? You’ll enjoy that more, probably? It’s more focused on design, rather than experience and you’ll have pretty much access to everything at once and you have control over everything...even the weather. So maybe it’s more your type of game rather than the main title? Just give it a whirl too if you have time, you might enjoy it more.

I do understand we all have things that we want ideally from our games and other non-negotiables for our towns / islands / maps but it’s also a reality that there’s no such thing as a perfect map. There is literally an infinite number of map combinations because of the all the random parts (airports, RS, peninsula, flowers, fruits, river exits, etc.) and you gotta make a decision to pick and choose which you can compromise on. There are really certain compromises that have to be made. There’s absolutely NO way around it. It’s okay to reset but only to a certain point. Not to the point where you’ll completely burn yourself out of the game before even playing the actual game. Please don’t make things too hard on yourself and put yourselves through this harrowing resetting experience that makes you hate the game and forget it’s whole concept—-ANIMAL CROSSING IS A LIFE SIM GAME. And in life, nothing is perfect and there are no do-overs (shoutout to Resetti) but we gotta learn to love our lives for all its imperfections and misadventures because all of those are what makes it interesting and challenging enough to live.

Good luck to you guys and may you find your future islands and start living the animal crossing life full of fun mishaps and adventures.

Hey, I do generally see your point! I never played HHD, only the original AC, NL and now NH. And I was also one of the people who restarted in NL a lot if the villagers placed the houses in bad spots - that could be changed, after all, but it was trust in RNG and I do remember Lionel needing like 50 tries until I had his house in an okay spot. The thing is that for me, Nintendo giving me more choices would mean more fun for me. I think that they definitely shouldn't take out the randomness, but maybe offer both - things to pick for those who want to pick and also keep the current way for those who want random maps. And while it's definitely a Life Sim Game, I don't want my games as frustrating as real life, so if my real life already can't be perfect and I can make my island perfect, I'm willing to invest time in it, even resetting time.

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Nintendo might release an update in the future that makes you reevaluate your entire island design. Are you sure you know what you find perfect now will remain perfect in the future?

Yeah I'm 100% certain my tastes will not change, based on my NL experience. And I sadly really don't think Nintendo will add anything unless maybe the choice of airport color later on. Things like moving RS seem to difficult to add in.

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Kudos to u man you're a boss for having the gnads to reset when it's such an ordeal... may the force be with you... I like the map u have now but I'd keep looking if it isn't exactly what u resetted for and maybe it will come.. blue airport and pears sound great to me now...
I think I'm gonna start my second switch with a different birthday and on april 1st... I really would love Rose's like it matters...
The day I get my dreamie town I'll feel so much better.. I wish nintendo didnt make it so hard for some of us..

Good luck with getting your dream island! I'll also feel so, so much better once I find mine. It's really a bit of a struggle. I'll keep looking, I think; the map I'm trying right now is far from ideal, but I like testing out for good what river exits I want, so I'll keep playing for a few days.

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I really like the map actually! Very similar to mine although my river exit is East instead! Try not to let it bother you too much about the dock not being lined up exactly with Resident Services (although that totally spoke to me what you said about wanting it either bang on centred, or far enough off that it's not like it's trying to be centred - lol it's like there's two of me!!) But yeah my dock is one square off of being aligned with the resident services door - that sort of thing SHOULD bother me but it doesn't because I love the position of resident services being just above the airport but with enough space for a nice entrance area! Plus I've seen a lot of people use a horizontal (as in, west to east) path straight above the airport which could help sort of negate the fact that it's not exactly centred - I think there's enough creative possibilities in this game that it doesn't need to be a problem! Good luck Also if you're ever looking for advice or someone understanding to talk to about OCD my inbox is always open

I actually kinda got used to my RS position already, though I'll have to see how it goes when paths happen. I'm a horizontal path person, too, so I hope I could get that to work. The peninsula, hoewver, turned into a disappointment again because it made the little beach I wanted to make into my own beach by making the peninsula a cliff rather...erm...tiny.

So that's the reset waiting to happen. I'll still play until Island Designer to test a few river exit things and because the break from resetting is nice, though! But yeah, my OCD is not the biggest fan of the island. My old one was prettier when it came to the whole beach area and all. It's not too bad and I could live with this one, but if other people have bigger tinier beaches, I'll reset for sure. This one is just sad and I can't really put anything there and I already have no big, flat rocks on the beach to put furniture on, sooooo...that's too much disappointment, lol.

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Hey guys, new here but am thoroughly interested in this resetting thingy as im guilty of it in some way and its come to the point where its rather frustrating and somewhat debilitating...

However unlike what I've read here. I've resetted a few times based on different reasons.

Before I dwell on that and to provide some context; ive been a gamer for as long as I can remember and this is my second AC game. The previous one being New Leaf and no; I did not reset once playing that.

My first reset playing New Horizons occurred when I accumulated all those ceremonies to celebrate certain "milestones" like the opening of Nook's Cranny and the Museum thinking that I would want more villagers to move in before "celebrating". Little did I know that you could stall on any one of those ceremonies a week at most and would be gone after.
I know i wasn't missing much except a photo opportunity BUT that kinda irked me and i hence i did my first reset right after KK came by to perform and i received the Island Designer app.

My 2nd reset happened on my 3rd ingame day; morning to be precise when i received 3 packages in the mailbox -2 being items i redeemed through Nook Miles and a present which turned out to be a bag of 5000 bells . I certainly knew how i got the 2 items but i didnt know how the bag of bells came about and it irked the hella outta me... I tried looking back at the mailbox to identify/figure out through letters but i just couldn't figure out how that 5k of bells came about. Also, since i have never shared my island code with anyone , i know that wasnt a gift from any of my friends.

3rd reset happened even sooner than i thought. This time round it was me finding my very first DIY recipe in a bottle. In my previous games i never once thought to even read any of those random DIY recipes that came in bottles on the beach. I just clicked, learn the recipe and never gave it a second thought... However this time round i dont know what got into me and i suddenly developed this hairbrained idea of screenshoting each random DIY recipe I will find. So since this was the fiirst random one i found and did not screenshot it ; i decided to reset...

My 4th reset (the latest one) happened even way quicker than i expected... You know when you first land on your new island together with your initial 2 villagers? I did a reset all because i did not talk to them which i normally would; before i spoke to Tom Nook hence i didnt get to read the conversation...... (

Suffice to say and not comparing in any way, i am absolutely ok with any form of native fruits or layouts or the colour of my airport. What i am really trying to say is that reading what everyone else has been resetting about and your individual experience makes me feel slightly better but yet im still kinda dreading to boot up a new game as i have no clue as to what will trigger me next to reset however minor or major. All that concerns me is that i have no idea how it has "elapsed" to this with ACNH in particular for me when i know i was having a blast until those ceremonies did it for me. Since then it has gotten more trivial and im irked at how it has come to this.

Having said all of that, this is a wonderful community and to all those who are resetting/rerolling i hope you eventually find or am contented with what you're looking for.

Cheers

Oh dear, these are all really small reasons for resetting! And it does sound worryingly like you might run into other reasons the next time. I won't judge since we all have different things which are important to us, but the villager dialogue at the beginning, for example, should be the same for all of them since the personality types are set. I know I always saw the same and I resetted a few times, after all. I really hope you will find your dream island and be able to love it constantly and for good!

 

[OceanTyrant]

Thanks for the reply.
Not sure why AC does this to me because other games certainly dont. Maybe perhaps it's like there are plenty going on and I would like to know each and every bit of it ? Also when I first started on NH I just merely didnt bother about the trivial stuff that got me to reset in my other restarts ...

Anyways , hopefully I'll be able to get to that very first feeling of booting up NH for the very first time and playing like normal again

 

[Vextro]

I've seen a lot of people with this problem, my advice is to just stop resetting and find a way to work around it and make something that you find looks nice (wether you get help from someone else or not) otherwise you will never fully enjoy this game with all the resetting making you paranoid, nothing is perfect, just work with the imperfections

 

[OceanTyrant]

I've seen a lot of people with this problem, my advice is to just stop resetting and find a way to work around it and make something that you find looks nice (wether you get help from someone else or not) otherwise you will never fully enjoy this game with all the resetting making you paranoid, nothing is perfect, just work with the imperfections

Thanks for the advice and I appreciate it .
But the problem I have with ACNH is due to me missing out on stuff and not the way stuff looks . I'm fine with any random villagers/fruits/island layout and airport colour .

One example would be what if I didnt talk to the villagers before certain "event" occurs and I wont be able to trigger those particular lines of conversation anymore . Or that I "discarded" certain DIY recipes that came in bottles before I took a screenshot. ... yeah I know it's all trivial stuff but not sure why it irks me and I'm trying to find a way around it .
And the strange thing is that I'm not like that with other games I've played . Even RPGs...

 

[Cyku]

I think I'm going to the resetting hell. I've been playing for like two weeks and I got to the terraforming now and it kinda disappointed me where is my Resident Services, I have no idea what to do with it as it's not placed straight from the airport, I imagine being able to perfectly plan my island, choose a fruit, choose my villagers this time, generally being able to plan better, but I also feel that resetting wouldn't end and it hurts me to lost those days and nook miles, even if I had someone hold my items, that's still... I don't know, I'm in even worse hell - not being able to decide.

 

[Lotusblossom]

Hey guys, just wanted to let you know that I read everything but won't be able to reply before Tuesday as I'm totally swamped with work! Also I only had an hour to play AC today so I got nothing done except gather some cherry blossom recipes (already got 6, just need the rest and then it's TT time to explore the island more), but unless I get a really good surprise, I don't think I will keep the island. Seems like it'll likely be the peninsula again, this one having such an upwards curve that it limits the beach above it so heavily that I can't do what I wanted to do with it. But once more I'll wait until Island Designer, both to test the peninsula possibilities and the west exit thing. I've gotten kinda used to me weird RS position already, but I'll see how much that bothers me, too, once I can make paths.
But yeah, will report back on Tuesday! Hope you all have a great weekend and Monday and I'll answer everyone's posts then!

U should save your diys and put them in someone's town unless u dont mind doing it again I love the cherry blossom event

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Another thing I wish I never did was have people come give me flowers I thought I wouldnt be able to obtain now my villagers keep talking about them... I wann keep my first island mainly because I have such a great plan nd bob was my starter.. but I'm afraid the path to residential services isn't gonna ever work for me

 

[IndiaHawker]

Hey guys, as promised here are my replies to everyone I felt I needed to reply to. I've gotten ill, so I barely played at all and am still collecting cherry blossom recipes, so not back into reset-land yet, but after looking at my tiny beach (image further down), I'm 99,9% sure I will reset. So I'll just enjoy this little break from resetting until I ge island designer and can test some west exit beach stuff!

To try and answer your questions: I think my fruit is important to me because I see it on almost every mystery island tour and I do lots of those. Also people who are colorblind might not like red or green fruits. Some people have planned out their towns and want RS in specific positions while others just want it in a central spot so that it's equally far away from every part of the island and less running has to be done. The peninsula is just for being annoying. I hate it in general because it cuts the beach into two parts and it's hard to really decorate it if you don't like the beach stuff like lighthouses. Some are big enough to put a villager house on, but a lot aren't.
I agree about the villager part, though, so I cannot speak for those who go to lengths to reset for those.

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I changed my date back to when I started my first island. Heck, I wish I could skip Easter day, the eggs are a nightmare, but I do love the cherry blossom stuff.

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Hey, I do generally see your point! I never played HHD, only the original AC, NL and now NH. And I was also one of the people who restarted in NL a lot if the villagers placed the houses in bad spots - that could be changed, after all, but it was trust in RNG and I do remember Lionel needing like 50 tries until I had his house in an okay spot. The thing is that for me, Nintendo giving me more choices would mean more fun for me. I think that they definitely shouldn't take out the randomness, but maybe offer both - things to pick for those who want to pick and also keep the current way for those who want random maps. And while it's definitely a Life Sim Game, I don't want my games as frustrating as real life, so if my real life already can't be perfect and I can make my island perfect, I'm willing to invest time in it, even resetting time.

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Yeah I'm 100% certain my tastes will not change, based on my NL experience. And I sadly really don't think Nintendo will add anything unless maybe the choice of airport color later on. Things like moving RS seem to difficult to add in.

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Good luck with getting your dream island! I'll also feel so, so much better once I find mine. It's really a bit of a struggle. I'll keep looking, I think; the map I'm trying right now is far from ideal, but I like testing out for good what river exits I want, so I'll keep playing for a few days.

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I actually kinda got used to my RS position already, though I'll have to see how it goes when paths happen. I'm a horizontal path person, too, so I hope I could get that to work. The peninsula, hoewver, turned into a disappointment again because it made the little beach I wanted to make into my own beach by making the peninsula a cliff rather...erm...tiny.
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So that's the reset waiting to happen. I'll still play until Island Designer to test a few river exit things and because the break from resetting is nice, though! But yeah, my OCD is not the biggest fan of the island. My old one was prettier when it came to the whole beach area and all. It's not too bad and I could live with this one, but if other people have bigger tinier beaches, I'll reset for sure. This one is just sad and I can't really put anything there and I already have no big, flat rocks on the beach to put furniture on, sooooo...that's too much disappointment, lol.

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Oh dear, these are all really small reasons for resetting! And it does sound worryingly like you might run into other reasons the next time. I won't judge since we all have different things which are important to us, but the villager dialogue at the beginning, for example, should be the same for all of them since the personality types are set. I know I always saw the same and I resetted a few times, after all. I really hope you will find your dream island and be able to love it constantly and for good!

I actually sort of like that in a way! Although I do understand why it would annoy you if you had an idea you really wanted for that part of the island. I've used the secret beach at the back as my own 'personal' beach - was worried with the update that Redd would ruin that for me but luckily the boat idea isn't too intrusive and it's cool that he visits my own private beach!! Anyway, good luck and I really hope you find the island of your dreams <3

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Hey guys, new here but am thoroughly interested in this resetting thingy as im guilty of it in some way and its come to the point where its rather frustrating and somewhat debilitating...

However unlike what I've read here. I've resetted a few times based on different reasons.

Before I dwell on that and to provide some context; ive been a gamer for as long as I can remember and this is my second AC game. The previous one being New Leaf and no; I did not reset once playing that.

My first reset playing New Horizons occurred when I accumulated all those ceremonies to celebrate certain "milestones" like the opening of Nook's Cranny and the Museum thinking that I would want more villagers to move in before "celebrating". Little did I know that you could stall on any one of those ceremonies a week at most and would be gone after.
I know i wasn't missing much except a photo opportunity BUT that kinda irked me and i hence i did my first reset right after KK came by to perform and i received the Island Designer app.

My 2nd reset happened on my 3rd ingame day; morning to be precise when i received 3 packages in the mailbox -2 being items i redeemed through Nook Miles and a present which turned out to be a bag of 5000 bells . I certainly knew how i got the 2 items but i didnt know how the bag of bells came about and it irked the hella outta me... I tried looking back at the mailbox to identify/figure out through letters but i just couldn't figure out how that 5k of bells came about. Also, since i have never shared my island code with anyone , i know that wasnt a gift from any of my friends.

3rd reset happened even sooner than i thought. This time round it was me finding my very first DIY recipe in a bottle. In my previous games i never once thought to even read any of those random DIY recipes that came in bottles on the beach. I just clicked, learn the recipe and never gave it a second thought... However this time round i dont know what got into me and i suddenly developed this hairbrained idea of screenshoting each random DIY recipe I will find. So since this was the fiirst random one i found and did not screenshot it ; i decided to reset...

My 4th reset (the latest one) happened even way quicker than i expected... You know when you first land on your new island together with your initial 2 villagers? I did a reset all because i did not talk to them which i normally would; before i spoke to Tom Nook hence i didnt get to read the conversation...... (

Suffice to say and not comparing in any way, i am absolutely ok with any form of native fruits or layouts or the colour of my airport. What i am really trying to say is that reading what everyone else has been resetting about and your individual experience makes me feel slightly better but yet im still kinda dreading to boot up a new game as i have no clue as to what will trigger me next to reset however minor or major. All that concerns me is that i have no idea how it has "elapsed" to this with ACNH in particular for me when i know i was having a blast until those ceremonies did it for me. Since then it has gotten more trivial and im irked at how it has come to this.

Having said all of that, this is a wonderful community and to all those who are resetting/rerolling i hope you eventually find or am contented with what you're looking for.

Cheers

I feel for you as although it's different things I've reset for I can understand how frustrating that must be getting. The best advice I can offer here is essentially exposure therapy to get you out of this habit and into properly enjoying the game like you should be able to <3

Try to accept that you may miss certain things and that despite that you can still enjoy the game - to its fullest even - regardless! Find a town you like - or your current town - and PURPOSELY do something you don't agree with - miss a ceremony, miss them all! Don't screenshot something you usually would like a recipe (I understand the screenshot compulsion, I've filled more laptop memory than I care to remember in the past with screenshots that I barely ever actually looked at but they felt important!), maybe even do something that feels a bit 'cheaty' - don't have to go as far as TT-ing if you're not a time traveller, but maybe something smaller like connecting with someone in a different hemisphere or gaining services off someone in the forums, if you don't usually like to do that sort of stuff. The idea is that once you've done this, you won't feel like you have a certain standard you need to abide by in your game - or will be able to relax that standard at least - and even if you stress about it at first hopefully you'll gradually relax with the exposure and learn that the game is still just as fun

I really hope this helps in some way!!

 

[OceanTyrant]

Thank you so much for taking the time to read and understand what i wrote. Your reply certainly showed that you knew what i was frustrated about. Especially "The idea is that once you've done this, you won't feel like you have a certain standard you need to abide by in your game "
with emphasis on CERTAIN STANDARD. Indeed that's what i felt and that's what triggered me to reset!
And the most bizarre of it all was that i was thoroughly enjoying the game right until i got the Island Designer app and realised that all the ceremonies were no longer available. Even then i didnt screenshot a single thing... So im still trying to wrap my mind around this entire thing and how it all unfolded for me. Because i know i have never ever been like this with any other games i've played including RPGs where everyone knows there are like a million and one things going on!

Anyways, do allow me to thank you again for your input and thoughts which definitely makes sense and Cheers!

Keep safe and healthy

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I actually sort of like that in a way! Although I do understand why it would annoy you if you had an idea you really wanted for that part of the island. I've used the secret beach at the back as my own 'personal' beach - was worried with the update that Redd would ruin that for me but luckily the boat idea isn't too intrusive and it's cool that he visits my own private beach!! Anyway, good luck and I really hope you find the island of your dreams <3

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I feel for you as although it's different things I've reset for I can understand how frustrating that must be getting. The best advice I can offer here is essentially exposure therapy to get you out of this habit and into properly enjoying the game like you should be able to <3

Try to accept that you may miss certain things and that despite that you can still enjoy the game - to its fullest even - regardless! Find a town you like - or your current town - and PURPOSELY do something you don't agree with - miss a ceremony, miss them all! Don't screenshot something you usually would like a recipe (I understand the screenshot compulsion, I've filled more laptop memory than I care to remember in the past with screenshots that I barely ever actually looked at but they felt important!), maybe even do something that feels a bit 'cheaty' - don't have to go as far as TT-ing if you're not a time traveller, but maybe something smaller like connecting with someone in a different hemisphere or gaining services off someone in the forums, if you don't usually like to do that sort of stuff. The idea is that once you've done this, you won't feel like you have a certain standard you need to abide by in your game - or will be able to relax that standard at least - and even if you stress about it at first hopefully you'll gradually relax with the exposure and learn that the game is still just as fun

I really hope this helps in some way!!

Sorry but due to me being new on this forum i actually misquoted and my reply is post #129. So as i wont come off as being unappreciative lol

 

[Mairen]

I'm not resetting, but I am emotionally invested in this thread now. I hope all of you remember this and come back here to post of your successes so I can celebrate with you all! Mairen is cheering for you!!

 

[Sheba]

Sorry I'm late with replies again, guys. I'm ill, but I played a lot the last few days while in bed, at least. I'm close to unlocking the island designer, just need the stupid 3* rating and since I haven't done anything but TT on this island I have to actually figure out what I'm missing because Isabelle is stupid and just keeps telling me I need more shops when I have everything available.

Thanks for the reply.
Not sure why AC does this to me because other games certainly dont. Maybe perhaps it's like there are plenty going on and I would like to know each and every bit of it ? Also when I first started on NH I just merely didnt bother about the trivial stuff that got me to reset in my other restarts ...

Anyways , hopefully I'll be able to get to that very first feeling of booting up NH for the very first time and playing like normal again

For me it's because I plan on playing AC for years. Like, in a normal videogame which I spend maybe a month or two on and am done with in 60 hours, I wouldn't bother. But with 3 years of updates queued in AC, I feel like when it comes to such a lengthy timespan with a videogame, I should get exactly what I want before really committing or I might quit halfway through.

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I think I'm going to the resetting hell. I've been playing for like two weeks and I got to the terraforming now and it kinda disappointed me where is my Resident Services, I have no idea what to do with it as it's not placed straight from the airport, I imagine being able to perfectly plan my island, choose a fruit, choose my villagers this time, generally being able to plan better, but I also feel that resetting wouldn't end and it hurts me to lost those days and nook miles, even if I had someone hold my items, that's still... I don't know, I'm in even worse hell - not being able to decide.

It took me over two weeks to decide, so I really get it. One thing was off with my island and I decided to ditch everything for it - my dreamies, my custom designs I put a LOT of work in, my whole island... I spent my Nook Miles on some of the items and gave them to my friend for safekeeping, but in the end, I would have rather had them for other things, soooo...yeah. :/ I totally can understand the indecisiveness. My advice would be to not rush it. If something really annoys you on your island, it's bound to get worse with time (at least for me it was) and the reset becomes more and more likely. If you feel you keep pushing the reset away, that might indicate that you can live without it in the end. Whatever you decide on, I hope it'll work out for you! Remember that you can reset anytime, but you can't undo, so I'd only reset once you are sure you want to.

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U should save your diys and put them in someone's town unless u dont mind doing it again I love the cherry blossom event

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Another thing I wish I never did was have people come give me flowers I thought I wouldnt be able to obtain now my villagers keep talking about them... I wann keep my first island mainly because I have such a great plan nd bob was my starter.. but I'm afraid the path to residential services isn't gonna ever work for me

I tried that on this island and sadly it just resulted in a mess - if you don't learn the DIYs, the game keeps giving you the same ones over and over. Of course I then learned those I got doubles of, but in the end, I gave up after three days. It was just too annoying, especially since I started my island on the 9th and had only one day of recipe collecting and with nothing unlocked yet, it was really boring to just wait for balloons which mostly only had eggs (I hate bunny day) or clay or 1k bells.

I hate it, too, that villagers chat soooo much about people I had over. It's really annoying because of the amount it's happening, but since I always traded a lot of DIYs on my old island, it was unavoidable. But yeah, if the people don't even talk to the animals, they shouldn't just keep talking on and on about visitors I had.

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I actually sort of like that in a way! Although I do understand why it would annoy you if you had an idea you really wanted for that part of the island. I've used the secret beach at the back as my own 'personal' beach - was worried with the update that Redd would ruin that for me but luckily the boat idea isn't too intrusive and it's cool that he visits my own private beach!! Anyway, good luck and I really hope you find the island of your dreams <3

I really dislike Redd's boat, but I feel like the actual hidden beach is in a bad spot anyway as it's behind all the cliffs and I like my cliffs where they are, so I never ever use my hidden beach for anything. It's just really inconvenient to get to and I don't want to wreck my cliffs to make a ramp, soooo...I want a side-beach, so to speak.

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I'm not resetting, but I am emotionally invested in this thread now. I hope all of you remember this and come back here to post of your successes so I can celebrate with you all! Mairen is cheering for you!!

Thank you so much! Honestly, just people supporting me or checking in whenever keeps me going because it makes me feel like I can't quit before I finally got an island I want to keep.
I'm not sure when I'll reset my current testing island (depends on how quickly I can get the 3* rating) but it'll definitely be next week and then it's back to the check-in counter of doom for me, too.

 

[Sheba]

Yooo guys, it's a new day for me, so I'm just posting again to let you know I reset my testing island now and am back at the dreaded check-in counter once more for who knows how long.
Things I learned on my testing island:
- The peninsula in the top right corner is good, I can definitely work with that, so I'll keep that requirement up and hope for a slightly bigger beach the next time.
- The west river exit is nice and better than two south exits, but if worst comes to worst, I can live with two south exits. I'm not going to go for just any south map, though, but if I find my old map from my first island with everything else working in my favor, I'd be willing to take it. This brings the total of maps I'm willing to take for sure up to three, with one or two others still also in the mix though I'd prefer not to take them. But we'll see how desperate I get.
- I'm not going to make it a requirement, but I did miss the huge rocks on the beach I had on my first island. I can live with tiny ones, though, if I find an island where everything else fits. Still, big rocks are nice rocks.
- I'll likely change my birthday month because not having Cosmos as starting flowers was nice and I would really prefer having no chance to get them as native flowers, so I might drop my birthday into January or something, just to make sure I won't be bothered by them. I had Lilies on my test island and Hyacinths as sister flowers and that was really nice as Hyacinths are my favourites, but honestly, anything non-Cosmos goes.

So yeah, I don't have much time to reset until Tuesday again because life is hectic and we have no more strict quarantine here in Germany, but I'll keep at it and hopefully, the third time will be the charm and I'll find a new island and keep it forever. I'll keep you guys updated! Thank you for checking this thread out for, by now, seven pages!

 

[Chris]

Starting my second island today. I picked the very first map (literally) that I was offered last time. This time I'll be a little more picky. So far reset 4-5 times and yet to be impressed.

 

[Sheba]

I resetted for two hours while half asleep yesterday. Got to check out two maps - both not on my list, but I wondered if they would work. They both had pears, so it was a no-no anyway, but I then found out that the RS was up too high in both of them and terraforming wouldn't have worked out, so at least I got to rule them permanently out.

Also resetting is now MUCH worse because 90 hours of muscle memory need to be re-trained. I had been able to basically blindly reset and not even notice I was doing it before, but now that I decided to change my birthday date for different native flowers, I have to pay attention again and it makes everything soooo much more frustrating. Hope I'll get the new birthday down soon - at least it's less button pushes now since I moved it to January instead of September.

But yeah, resetting hell. I'm in it again. Here's to hoping the RNG will have mercy with me soon.

Starting my second island today. I picked the very first map (literally) that I was offered last time. This time I'll be a little more picky. So far reset 4-5 times and yet to be impressed.

I wish you the best of luck, though it doesn't sound like you have so many requirements that you will be stuck in resetting hell for hours upon hours.

 

[lila]

I resetted for two hours while half asleep yesterday. Got to check out two maps - both not on my list, but I wondered if they would work. They both had pears, so it was a no-no anyway, but I then found out that the RS was up too high in both of them and terraforming wouldn't have worked out, so at least I got to rule them permanently out.

Also resetting is now MUCH worse because 90 hours of muscle memory need to be re-trained. I had been able to basically blindly reset and not even notice I was doing it before, but now that I decided to change my birthday date for different native flowers, I have to pay attention again and it makes everything soooo much more frustrating. Hope I'll get the new birthday down soon - at least it's less button pushes now since I moved it to January instead of September.

But yeah, resetting hell. I'm in it again. Here's to hoping the RNG will have mercy with me soon.

I wish you the best of luck, though it doesn't sound like you have so many requirements that you will be stuck in resetting hell for hours upon hours.

What flower are you trying to get? I know a lot of people like roses, my birthday is June 21st and I literally only get roses.

To add to this thread, I’m lucky enough to have a second switch for a second island, so I decided to seek perfection in a specific map (of which there was only one river placement out of the 96) with oranges and orange airport. The map was the one with RS as far away as possible from the airport, right in the very top right. Also wanted the peninsula to be in the top right. I got it after a few hours of resetting! My fiancé who is a trader and works in probability was dumbfounded at my luck haha.

This new island already feels infinitely more spacious!

 

[Mu~]

I want to reset because I want my airport entrance aligned with my resident services.
Ideally would like peaches or apples, blue airport, big peninsula, small island in the river (I could artificially make 1 later with terraforming so no big deal).

 

[RiceBunny]

This is why I’m never going to reset, ever. The likelihood of me finding a good map again is going to drive me insane to the point where I might just quit playing altogether. The game is already stressful with how limited terraforming can be, I’m not about to add even more stress by wanting a perfect island...I can’t. If there’s anything I hate more, is to waste money and time, which I will if I let something like this bother me to the point I stop playing the game. Every time I see someone complain about this issue, I can’t help but think this could be an opportunity to learn to be more flexible. It’s an opportunity to learn to work around a problem, instead of trying to get rid of the problem altogether; therefore possibly creating another problem

 

[Cyku]

Okay, so I'm better now, I feel almost no urge to reset, I have a lot of plans for my island and I accepted a lot, the only thing I am unhappy with is my island's name. I mean, Podlasie is a region in my country where I'm from and it's pretty funny to have that name as there's a lot of memes about it, like no civilization or sth, so friends from Poland that I visit always laugh when they hear that their villagers are amazed with me coming such a long way... But I wish I could make up some beautiful name for my island to be that icing on the cake. Welp, O can't change it so I'll try to get over it, but well.

 

[Sheba]

My resetting luck was abysmal today so far, so I'm taking a break. Can't win them all (or...at all, lol) and today it was like peninsulas weren't even able to be in the top right at all, sooo...tomorrow is a new day, then.

What flower are you trying to get? I know a lot of people like roses, my birthday is June 21st and I literally only get roses.

To add to this thread, I’m lucky enough to have a second switch for a second island, so I decided to seek perfection in a specific map (of which there was only one river placement out of the 96) with oranges and orange airport. The map was the one with RS as far away as possible from the airport, right in the very top right. Also wanted the peninsula to be in the top right. I got it after a few hours of resetting! My fiancé who is a trader and works in probability was dumbfounded at my luck haha.

This new island already feels infinitely more spacious!

Honestly anything non-Cosmos goes. I like Hyacinths and Mums the most, followed by Windflowers. I chose January as new birthday month because I have a chance of Mums or Windflowers there while keeping the chance to get Hyacinths as sister flower from the starting month. If I would have placed my birthday into February, I wouldn't have had the chance of Mums while having had a Hyacinth chance, but that would have made the sister flower chance obsolete...so I think January is better. At any rate, while Pansies would make me sad, they're still better than Cosmos, so I can only win.

And WOOOOW, congrats on your luck of finding that elusive island! That is a really, really huge RNG miracle! And I actually know exactly which map you mean (east river exit, with RS directly next to the exit, correct?). To get that plus peninsula plus fruit and airport color...wow. Give me some of that luck, lol.

I want to reset because I want my airport entrance aligned with my resident services.
Ideally would like peaches or apples, blue airport, big peninsula, small island in the river (I could artificially make 1 later with terraforming so no big deal).

It's definitely possible, from what I heard there's several maps where it can happen! But yeah, the more specific your wishes, the lower the chances. I know what I am talking about, lol. Good luck with the resetting, at least you know exactly what you want before starting!

This is why I’m never going to reset, ever. The likelihood of me finding a good map again is going to drive me insane to the point where I might just quit playing altogether. The game is already stressful with how limited terraforming can be, I’m not about to add even more stress by wanting a perfect island...I can’t. If there’s anything I hate more, is to waste money and time, which I will if I let something like this bother me to the point I stop playing the game. Every time I see someone complain about this issue, I can’t help but think this could be an opportunity to learn to be more flexible. It’s an opportunity to learn to work around a problem, instead of trying to get rid of the problem altogether; therefore possibly creating another problem

That implies that you are happy with your map in the first place since you said "finding a good map AGAIN". But at least for me it's not about finding a good map again, it feels like finding a good map for the first time since I only learned through playing what I am looking for and what I want to do with my island.

Okay, so I'm better now, I feel almost no urge to reset, I have a lot of plans for my island and I accepted a lot, the only thing I am unhappy with is my island's name. I mean, Podlasie is a region in my country where I'm from and it's pretty funny to have that name as there's a lot of memes about it, like no civilization or sth, so friends from Poland that I visit always laugh when they hear that their villagers are amazed with me coming such a long way... But I wish I could make up some beautiful name for my island to be that icing on the cake. Welp, O can't change it so I'll try to get over it, but well.

Island names are really a thing, I wish so much we could change the name or our name. It's possible in so many other games, not sure why AC has to be difficult there. I had to pick between two names as well and while I'm still not sure I went with the better one, I'll stick with it even through resets now because if I find another thing to bother me, it'll never end. But I totally understand how something like the island name, which comes up in so much dialogue, can become a bother to someone. I hope you can learn to live with it, especially if you compromised on other things as well already.

 

[Ace Marvel]

Still rooting for you! You will get it!