Foolproof Cycling Method

[Bulbadragon]

I was cycling really quickly with this, but when I went from December 23 to 28 after cycling out a bunch of villagers, no one was in boxes, and nobody had moved. Does anybody know why or was it just a freak thing?

 

[HoennMaster]

Would it be wise to try this in a non-cycling town? I want to get a villager back, but I don't want to really mess up my town history.

 

[Lio Fotia]

I use this method for my cycling thread and it has never failed me.​

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Would it be wise to try this in a non-cycling town? I want to get a villager back, but I don't want to really mess up my town history.

No. This method is to move villagers out as quickly as possible without caring who is leaving.​

 

[momayo]

I use a variant of this method; instead of 1-yr intervals, I find that just 2 weeks can work fine most of the time! (e.g. TT January 1 >> January 15 >> check who moves out and respond appropriately; then travel two weeks forward again to Feb 1 and start over)

I use this in my main (non-cycling) town and so far I've been able to keep everyone I wanted to keep.

 

[Jinglefruit]

Thanks for this! Any good methods like this to get a villager to ping you? (For giveaways, etc.)​

To get them to ping you have to load less than 5 days on step 3, and talk to every villager. Save and quit and reload on the same day without TTing and someone should ping you as soon as they see you. Rarely this fails due to a holiday, villager illness or anything happening to disturb the ping process ~ such as a villager that regards you highly as a friend will regularly ping you before the person moving and cause you to have to reload again and avoid them or wait in game somewhere so that another village can ping.

Also I hope everyone here is aware that moving the date back to 2012 will count as a day passing. Not sure if that will affect anything cause I only TT forwards. My usual cycling method of TTing sees me starting new towns long before my date gets too far, and I skip ahead a month at a time instead of a year.

EDIT: Totally missed that there was still more pages to this thread. My bad. =.=;

 

[Zulehan]

Would it be wise to try this in a non-cycling town? I want to get a villager back, but I don't want to really mess up my town history.

http://www.belltreeforums.com/showt...cling-Method&p=3372421&viewfull=1#post3372421

Haven't had any problem keeping the seven villagers I want and have so far.

 

[zackiecrossing]

Does anyone know what you do when you get to 2050? I know it's explained in the original post but I tried that and it didn't work for me and a friend of mine?

 

[Skyfall]

I use this method, its very reliable. The thing is, when you reach 2050, you need to go back to 2012 and that counts as one day. What i have been doing is, going day by day until i get a move out, that is, someone is in boxes. Then I get back into it.

If anyone else has figured out a different way, please post? Going back to 2012 then day by day is a pain in the butt, but its the only way i know of to ensure that you dont lose a villager.

 

[xiaonu]

Thanks for this helpful guide!! I'm resetting so a kind friend of mine is holding my villagers before I reset. (9 villagers). I managed to get 8 of them out and cycle quickly. But I'm stuck!!! I've been doing this all day and night trying to get Zell to move out. I've cycled through a lot of villagers but he just won't move out!! I need help. Does it have something to do with the friendship levels? I'm at my wits end trying to get him in boxes.

 

[VioletPrincess]

This method also works if you go ahead in month instead of years

 

[KermitTea]

Bump, and I'm going to update the OP with other suggested methods and testers Thanks everyone!

 

[SoSu]

Love this method and never lost a villager, but couldn't get the hang of 2050 If my first jump was into 2050, and my second jump was back to 2012, I would not have someone in boxes 5 days later. My solution was to avoid 2050! If I had someone in boxes in 2048 or 2049, I would make my FIRST jump back to 2012, second jump to 2013 and then 5 days later have someone in boxes. It's just magic! Thanks again!

 

[KermitTea]

Love this method and never lost a villager, but couldn't get the hang of 2050 If my first jump was into 2050, and my second jump was back to 2012, I would not have someone in boxes 5 days later. My solution was to avoid 2050! If I had someone in boxes in 2048 or 2049, I would make my FIRST jump back to 2012, second jump to 2013 and then 5 days later have someone in boxes. It's just magic! Thanks again!

Thanks for sharing, adding to op

 

[HoennMaster]

Love this method and never lost a villager, but couldn't get the hang of 2050 If my first jump was into 2050, and my second jump was back to 2012, I would not have someone in boxes 5 days later. My solution was to avoid 2050! If I had someone in boxes in 2048 or 2049, I would make my FIRST jump back to 2012, second jump to 2013 and then 5 days later have someone in boxes. It's just magic! Thanks again!

I love this method. So quick and effective! Thanks for sharing Karen!


As for what they other user posted, I just encountered this myself. It seems that if 2050-2012 is your second year jump it breaks the streak.

 

[Sholee]

bump~

 

[Sholee]

bump

 

[SoSu]

bump

 

[Lauren]

I have been doing this for hours and Julian won't leave, it's killing me !

 

[Zulehan]

I have been doing this for hours and Julian won't leave, it's killing me !

Heh, Julian was similarly stubborn the first time he showed up to my cycling town. Believe I spoke to him that time, though. He has shown up a second time, and shortly after was 'in boxes.' May have nothing to do with talking to him, but never speaking to him once was one difference that comes readily to mind.

 

[Lauren]

I'm holding him for a friend and he just won't shift, I can reset when he moves!