New friendship system!!!!!!

[Blackreach]

I've always had this idea about having a friendship system in the new Animal Crossing and the chance of that one actually happening is 0% but here goes nothing:

You will start at Level 0 with all the villagers, once you start friending them and doing chores/helping them it goes up and once you reach the level 50 they hand you a picture as a token and if you reach the maximum level let's say 100? Then they can give you maybe their house key, Which means they trust you 100% and you get to go inside even if they're not in the house (in town or other shops) and the key also gives you the ability to decorate their homes as well (moving furniture around not adding any) and once a week you get to ask him/her if they'd like to trade a particular item.

Also If they brought the old personalities back (and i doubt they will), it will be much much harder to reach maximum level with crankies and snooties so it will be quite challenging

And most importantly, If they do move away from your town with lets say 70 Lvl friendship, if you ever meet them again in town or through a friend, then they will remember you very much and behave based on the level of the friendship.

The level doesn't just raise up, it can drop down to 0 as well, if a villager asks you to send this wrapped gift to a certain villager and you happened to open it then you will go from 50 to 49 and so on

What do you guys think?!

 

[CoffeeAndCaramel973]

I think it sounds like a nice concept idea, it will at the least improve the relations you can have with your villagers I do, however, want to note that it seems alright to give away the house key p) at 100% trust; However, it does sound strange to have the ability to decorate their home. I also like the trade idea, maybe better than the house key option: Villagers should, I think, have their own inventory, and with enough friendship you can ask them to trade an item they have

 

[Blackreach]

I think it sounds like a nice concept idea, it will at the least improve the relations you can have with your villagers I do, however, want to note that it seems alright to give away the house key p) at 100% trust; However, it does sound strange to have the ability to decorate their home. I also like the trade idea, maybe better than the house key option: Villagers should, I think, have their own inventory, and with enough friendship you can ask them to trade an item they have

Yup i forgot to edit my thread, i meant like moving stuff around and changing the layout in their homes, not adding items, otherwise it would be your home , Thanks for the feedback!

 

[Snowesque]

I like the idea of gaining access to their house with decent friendship; "maximum" might be a bit much given we wouldn't be able to see the friendship level (presumably). Do you think that relationship should decrease with inactivity? Anyhow, I'm all for being able to decorate their house Happy Home Designer style.

As for trading, I don't think that'd ever possibly be limited to once a week given we already do that all the time. There was quite a similar thing with the Flea Market and when we visit and they ask if we want anything I suppose.

I'm also for having them recognize us too, it's quite odd when we see them again and they basically act as if we're only acquaintances.
I'm assuming this is because you're not really suppose to have lengthy conversations with villagers in other peoples' towns, so they didn't really bother making special dialog for that.

 

[lunatepic]

I love the idea using a friendship system as a way to gain access to redecorating their homes!! it's definitely something i've always wanted in ac and sounds much better than... just being mayor and having complete control over the villagers/their homes lol

i'm a bit on the fence about the level 0-100 system though - i think i'd immediately aim to max out all the villagers' friendships, regardless of whether or not i like them that much? it'd just seem super artificial haha. i'd definitely want to be able to unlock different dialogue/events/requests with them the more i interact with them, and have that friendship be a lot more noticeable than it has been in previous installments (esp new leaf)

 

[Sweetley]

The idea sounds interesting, however I would maybe rethink about the level system. I would say
it could be quite hard to get level 100, especially when you give one villager more attention then
the other one or when a villager moves out and you had no chance to really build up the friendship
that much. Maybe another form of developing the friendship would work better instead of a level
system? Other then that, I would like it if you would get different dialogue or that a villager never
forget you, when he/she is moving to another town and you go visit them depending how your
friendship status is with said villager.

 

[watercolorwish]

so kind of like the friendship system in pocket camp? i think that'd be so cool tbh especially if they extended it like you mentioned with some of the things you'd be able to do

 

[Millefeui]

As long as you can't date villagers, sounds good to me. No dating sim garbage in AC please.