The ACNH Rant Thread

[Livia]

why does the game have to constantly be linked to the internet? it makes saving and switching players at work take 3-5 minutes. then I also got a second switch to have a community island, figured i'd leave it open and then play on my other island, but found out it just crashes the connection on my second island. so the only way I can get it to work is open my gates on my 1st island in local network so it will turn off the internet, but having the gate open restricts certain play aspects and also prevents me from closing the game for a few minutes

That sounds really annoying. I thought it didn’t have to be connected if you’re not playing online though. I sometimes put my switch in airplane mode and I can still play. I also lose internet a lot and am still able to play, I just can’t open my gate or visit anyone. Maybe it’s different if you have 2 switches? That’s one of the reasons I’m worried about getting another one because I don’t want to lose my ability to play when I don’t have internet.

 

[Sheep Villager]

Just throwing it out there that according to the calculations I did, it takes 8 seconds during the tourney for you to reel in a fish after it bites and finish all the text boxes. I didn't count how long it takes if you take in to account the biting phase, but I'd add a generous 5 seconds more to that.

I think this is one of the major reasons I don't like this event. Fishing is such a slow activity and you're timed on it.

imo the timer should just stop when you're reeling it in and resume once you can move again.​

 

[meggiewes]

It is so hard to thin out my closet! There are too many clothing items that I really love in this game! I got rid of almost everything in my storage that wasn't creatures that I'm saving for Flick to make into models or unorderable things and I still only have about 20-40 free spaces in my storage.

I guess I am going to have to make a little capsule wardrobe for my Animal Crossing life! I know once the leaves change I won't want to wear anything that is shorts, short skirts, short sleeves, or summery, so that should free up a lot of space in my closet. I feel like the hoarder friend that is constantly giving away clothing to my villagers!

 

[Tinkeringbell]

Apparently, the counter for swag points in the fishing tourney only goes to 999.

I fished up over 1200 points today, and didn't even get a warning that I hit the limit! WHYYYYYY?!

 

[GnarlyGarden]

why does the game have to constantly be linked to the internet? it makes saving and switching players at work take 3-5 minutes. then I also got a second switch to have a community island, figured i'd leave it open and then play on my other island, but found out it just crashes the connection on my second island. so the only way I can get it to work is open my gates on my 1st island in local network so it will turn off the internet, but having the gate open restricts certain play aspects and also prevents me from closing the game for a few minutes

I’ve never had trouble playing when my switch wasn’t connected to the internet.

 

[Your Local Wild Child]

I’ve never had trouble playing when my switch wasn’t connected to the internet.

They MIGHT be talking about going online on both islands (which is a no-go as Nintendo won’t allow two switches linked to the same account to go online at once).

 

[Seelie]

This isn't really a rant about the game, exactly, but...

Yesterday I opened my island up and let people come by to buy books from Nook's Cranny, no entry fee, since I recently was in the position of wanting to craft a bunch of bookshelves, stacks of books, tiny libraries, etc. and was so tired of having to order them 5 at a time from Nook Shopping. I was mostly afk although periodically checking on chats and discord messages, but somebody ran to the opposite side of my island without asking for any kind of permission and shook a bunch of trees in my orchard.

I know they'll regrow and it's petty, but I'm just still kind of put out. I wanted to save my Dream Address with the full orchard, y'know? And if they'd asked, I could've just given them fruits from my storage.

Everybody else who came to visit was lovely and all, but I don't think I'll be opening my island up so indiscriminately after this. Probably just doing trades right at the entrance. :/

 

[maria110]

Those annoying items that look like 1 x 1 but are like 1.5 x 1.5 and you can't get them close to anything. Ditto for the buffer area around houses and cliffs etc. Ugh.

 

[Zane]

Why, after getting one of each prize from the fishing tourney, is there not simply the option to choose what you want with your points.. instead of having CJ give you five umbrellas when all you want is an anchor

 

[Your Local Wild Child]

Why, after getting one of each prize from the fishing tourney, is there not simply the option to choose what you want with your points.. instead of having CJ give you five umbrellas when all you want is an anchor

I got 3 fish tees in. A. Row. (-(ε )- )

At least I’ve gotten otherwise decent stuff from him so far.

 

[-Apples-]

While I agree that the game comes with many problems, I only have a few suggestions that will fix the game significantly. They are:

- Do not let non-palm beetles spawn on palm trees. This is why ACNL was more fun in bug hunting.
- Add an “opposite season island” for both the summer and the winter.
- Return the Café. Obviously.
- Return GracieGrace furniture. I liked how we got a furniture overhaul after using the same items for four straight games, but I want Gracie Items.
- Add Pokémon-themed items.

 

[Starboard]

The music players outside need a bigger radius of sound, or an option to choose it. It's super annoying trying to create a mood in an area then taking 3 steps away from the player and the background music suddenly comes blaring on again. It shouldn't have to take a row of music players just to have specific music in an area.

K.K. Dirge in particular is so quiet compared to the background music it's almost pointless to even have it playing outside

 

[-Blue-]

How hard would it had been for them to let us rotate furniture that is on top of other furniture when outside? This should not had been a feature they skipped out on. People can say the game isn't complete yet and so we have to be patient for all the content to come back, but this is a feature that should had been implemented from the get-go. It's most likely not going to be added.

This just proves to me how short-sighted and lazy this game is/was. (Remember Bunny Day during the Fishing Tourney? They could had made it so water eggs didn't spawn for the hours of the event)

'No one cares about the villagers. Let's just make this entirely a landscaping simulation and make the most barebone villagers in the series. Oh and cut the furniture content so that everyone is making the same designs.'

I wanted to rotate some pieces outside and realized I couldn't. It makes the stuff outside not as great as I hoped it would had been. Most of the current furniture would clash with the ideas I have. So I go online to see how people worked around that and literally the theme I considered had been done by everyone else and they all used the same furniture pieces. Sure they might had placed it differently, but it's a bit disheartening to see that the furniture list is so lacking that everything is pretty similar.

 

[Watchingthetreetops]

I'm getting really frustrated with selling items anywhere. I have tons to sell ranging from art to stacks of resources. I have an entire hybrid farm but people just don't want to buy and I don't know what I'm doing wrong. I can even make clothes like you wouldn't believe (pixel art is something I really have fun with).

 

[-Blue-]

I'm getting really frustrated with selling items anywhere. I have tons to sell ranging from art to stacks of resources. I have an entire hybrid farm but people just don't want to buy and I don't know what I'm doing wrong. I can even make clothes like you wouldn't believe (pixel art is something I really have fun with).

I just ended up selling all the bulk stuff I didn't need and thought about saving for trades. It just wasn't worth the hassle or storage. I think part of it is because the game is so new and so everyone is also hoarding the same stuff that you were able to get in bulk. If this game had more content at launch (or now) or later in its life when it does, then there will be a bigger market for trades.

Right now when something new is updated, everyone is scrambling for the same prize. So it's not a surprise the resell value is so low.

 

[meggiewes]

I just looked up the fake statues and I am super sad the fake Valiant Statue doesn't have bat wings in this game. I'm going to have to put a different one on my wishlist to put in my museum courtyard now.

Oh well, it is too big to go where I want to put it anyway.

 

[Jassiii]

I wish the bushes had black flower variants...like really badly. Also wish the mums had a black variant.

Also really wishing the fences had customization options as well >< what'd I'd kill for silver spooky fencing man...

 

[maria110]

While I agree that the game comes with many problems, I only have a few suggestions that will fix the game significantly. They are:

- Do not let non-palm beetles spawn on palm trees. This is why ACNL was more fun in bug hunting.
- Add an “opposite season island” for both the summer and the winter.
- Return the Café. Obviously.
- Return GracieGrace furniture. I liked how we got a furniture overhaul after using the same items for four straight games, but I want Gracie Items.
- Add Pokémon-themed items.

When I first started doing mystery island tours, I was expecting to be able to sometimes get to go to ones in the other hemisphere. It would be great if mystery islands could be either hemisphere and if they could have any fruit or flower.

 

[maria110]

I had a glitch while time traveling. I shook a money tree and the bags dropped and I picked them up but they never added to my bell total. So weird.

Another thing is that K. K. Slider asks for requests and then doesn't let you know until after he plays a random song that he didn't know the song you wanted. And he doesn't give a bootleg of the song he chose. In real life, any musician tells you up front if they don't remember how to play their own song or don't want to play a particular request.

My other rant is that I will be playing and think of rants but then forget them by the time I get to this thread (distracted by new posts on the home page). Lol.

EDIT: I remembered the rant that I'm always forgetting. The birds and owls on the bulletin board! I never check the bulletin board anymore because the birds or owls go away when you check it. Since I like the look of the cute birds and owls, I try to never check it. One time there were 4 of them sitting on it.

 

[Dunquixote]

I just found out I never had my dom at harv’s studio and assumed i could order his poster already since i got one from trading. oof. well, I was considering having him maybe replace sherb eventually if I find him again.

Also am annoyed with harv’s studio not matching my house proportions (more angry about the house room size than harv’s studio) to make it easier to plan out designs.