The ACNH Rant Thread

[daringred_]

i really need to say this.

why does blathers have to tell me every damn day that the stamp rally is on? i got it the first time he told me when he literally specified the date. if you've already completed the rally, he should just shut up about it entirely until next year. sure, i can still have the option to repeat it, but he doesn't need to remind me every day when i go in there to get my fossils assessed. it's so unnecessary. it's like he thinks i'm some kind of idiot and yesterday's information just evacuated my brain overnight.

 

[-Blue-]

i really need to say this.

why does blathers have to tell me every damn day that the stamp rally is on? i got it the first time he told me when he literally specified the date. if you've already completed the rally, he should just shut up about it entirely until next year. sure, i can still have the option to repeat it, but he doesn't need to remind me every day when i go in there to get my fossils assessed. it's so unnecessary. it's like he thinks i'm some kind of idiot and yesterday's information just evacuated my brain overnight.

I legit forgot this event was going on right now. I remember when I am nowhere near the game, boot it up at later that day/night, and proceed to forget again. Even now that I am home, about to boot up NH, and that you reminded me this time I still have no desire to even attempt it.

 

[DragonAceSg7]

I don't know why they couldn't have added a 'do stamp rally again?' option to the text bubble or something. Cause you need to listen to him all over again and then he stops so you need to bug him again to do the thing you need to do.

 

[-Blue-]

I don't know why they couldn't have added a 'do stamp rally again?' option to the text bubble or something. Cause you need to listen to him all over again and then he stops so you need to bug him again to do the thing you need to do.

I forgot that was a thing, because I haven't bothered to go to the museum in a while. Now those vault memories are flooding and I remember how annoying it was when I was new to the game and just trying to get my fossils assessed or critters donated. It's like with how the villagers try to force junk diy on you if you already know it. Just let us skip that dialogue.

 

[watercolorwish]

Random thought: did ACNL have as many complaint threads taking up the main discussion board for the game when it released? even further down the line like a year later? I feel like I see this specific complaints thread on the main menu every time I hop on TBT. Maybe that says something about ACNH hey flop-

That being said; I really hate how we can’t decorate our villagers houses. Mott has clothes I gave him thrown everywhere. Plus I accidentally gave Hazel my Rovers Suitcase and I WANT IT BACK. If Lottie returns, please let us decorate our villagers houses through her somehow.

 

[Corrie]

Random thought: did ACNL have as many complaint threads taking up the main discussion board for the game when it released? even further down the line like a year later? I feel like I see this specific complaints thread on the main menu every time I hop on TBT. Maybe that says something about ACNH hey flop-

That being said; I really hate how we can’t decorate our villagers houses. Mott has clothes I gave him thrown everywhere. Plus I accidentally gave Hazel my Rovers Suitcase and I WANT IT BACK. If Lottie returns, please let us decorate our villagers houses through her somehow.

That's cause the game -coughsuckscough-

I wish we could decorate the villagers houses in general since some of their original homes are ugly.

 

[King koopa]

Random thought: did ACNL have as many complaint threads taking up the main discussion board for the game when it released? even further down the line like a year later? I feel like I see this specific complaints thread on the main menu every time I hop on TBT. Maybe that says something about ACNH hey flop-

That being said; I really hate how we can’t decorate our villagers houses. Mott has clothes I gave him thrown everywhere. Plus I accidentally gave Hazel my Rovers Suitcase and I WANT IT BACK. If Lottie returns, please let us decorate our villagers houses through her somehow.

I don't think so? I think the welcome amiibo update fixed most of the things the game got hate on, so i think it's just nh. But as long as Nintendo keeps updating the game, I'm sure the hate will die down

 

[Jaco]

Random thought: did ACNL have as many complaint threads taking up the main discussion board for the game when it released? even further down the line like a year later? I feel like I see this specific complaints thread on the main menu every time I hop on TBT. Maybe that says something about ACNH hey flop-

That being said; I really hate how we can’t decorate our villagers houses. Mott has clothes I gave him thrown everywhere. Plus I accidentally gave Hazel my Rovers Suitcase and I WANT IT BACK. If Lottie returns, please let us decorate our villagers houses through her somehow.

No, there weren't as many. There was this thread and some people had some gripes but most players were counting on updates to substantially add to the game. The first few updates (Leif/Red Art Museum, Wedding Season/Swimming/Diving/Gulivaaaarrr, Dream Suite/Fireworks, and Halloween) were all relatively substantial and I think that kept people content (even if you believe they should have been included in the base game). Of course, a lot of things have not reappeared that people are desperate for and most who have been playing the game for a year are looking for new things to do. I don't fully blame them.

 

[Starboard]

I'm not sure if it really matters if I put this in the petty complaint thread or this thread but, the lights outside don't cast a glow on the ground and objects around them like they would in real life. In the grand scheme of things it's not a big deal but it's a bit funny to have a giant bonfire on the beach at night and see just darkness around it. I think it only bothers me because the game is so pretty and realistically lit that it's a missed opportunity? The buildings and their lights cast a glow, and most furniture items cast a glow indoors, so it seems possible? I don't know but I think it would add so much to the night-time aesthetics.

 

[Cloudandshade]

I'm not sure if it really matters if I put this in the petty complaint thread or this thread but, the lights outside don't cast a glow on the ground and objects around them like they would in real life. In the grand scheme of things it's not a big deal but it's a bit funny to have a giant bonfire on the beach at night and see just darkness around it. I think it only bothers me because the game is so pretty and realistically lit that it's a missed opportunity? The buildings and their lights cast a glow, and most furniture items cast a glow indoors, so it seems possible? I don't know but I think it would add so much to the night-time aesthetics.

I agree. I spent ages ordering a million streetlamps and setting up outdoor lighting along all my paths, only to discover that it made literally no difference to the way my island lit up at night. Kind of a shame!

 

[Starboard]

I agree. I spent ages ordering a million streetlamps and setting up outdoor lighting along all my paths, only to discover that it made literally no difference to the way my island lit up at night. Kind of a shame!

Reminds me of the million wall lamps I put up in my rooms because I don't want it normal brightness but I don't want it black either. I have no idea why the indoor lamps are so dim. A real-life lamp can light up an entire room but a lamp in this game lights up only a small area around it. It's frustrating.

 

[MooMiMoo]

Reminds me of the million wall lamps I put up in my rooms because I don't want it normal brightness but I don't want it black either. I have no idea why the indoor lamps are so dim. A real-life lamp can light up an entire room but a lamp in this game lights up only a small area around it. It's frustrating.

That’s one of the shortcuts the devs took to have the game running on the Switch’s processing power. Dynamic lighting is actually very resource intensive and would cause massive lag if implemented outdoors.

 

[Starboard]

That’s one of the shortcuts the devs took to have the game running on the Switch’s processing power. Dynamic lighting is actually very resource intensive and would cause massive lag if implemented outdoors.

Yeah I figured it was something to do with processing power. I wish there was a way around it but I guess I can't blame them for that.

I do wonder though, if things can have dynamic lighting indoors with no lag, can't they also have it outdoors if it's only when they come into frame? (I know there'd have to be a limit to how many things can be lit up at once)

Anyway, for indoors I wish they had implemented more room brightness settings if you can't rely on the lamps to do very much. Even just an inbetween level.

 

[Corrie]

That’s one of the shortcuts the devs took to have the game running on the Switch’s processing power. Dynamic lighting is actually very resource intensive and would cause massive lag if implemented outdoors.

Ah that's 100% fair. I'd rather have what we got than massive lag.

 

[King koopa]

Ah that's 100% fair. I'd rather have what we got than massive lag.

Me too, because then the game would get even more hate then it already gets

 

[Corrie]

Me too, because then the game would get even more hate then it already gets

Its insanely slow load up time is bad enough as it is.

 

[smug villager]

Even though it is much easier than in past games, it is still a little annoying trying to get villagers you don't want to move out. I really don't like Patty and she's been with me from the beginning and the move out bubble just will not transfer to her. ;;

And then actually getting the villager you want is another challenge. Nothing new, I guess.

 

[-Blue-]

I used to have a arcade room in one of my houses in NL, but I haven't bothered to recreate it in NH. The furniture is there, but I don't like how you can't 'turn' off the games. They're always on and so loud. So if you add more then one arcade game (which is what an arcade would look like) you're looking at having a room that is annoyingly loud that no one would want to stay in for long.

Why was something that was such a simple fix not added? You could toggled the arcade piece, space invader, prize catcher ect and turn their music on or off, but nope let's just have it go full blast because who needs ear drums.

 

[Starboard]

I still find it weird how our main tools break but nothing else we use does. You'd expect the landscaping tools to break faster then a net or watering can right!?

Bring back unbreakable tools already pleaseee

 

[King koopa]

I still find it weird how our main tools break but nothing else we use does. You'd expect the landscaping tools to break faster then a net or watering can right!?

Bring back unbreakable tools already pleaseee

Yeah it's pretty annoying when a tool breaks out of the blue. There should be some indication that your tool is about to break, so you can refurbished it if you can.
Also, someone tell me how the heck can a watering can break when you water your flowers too much? A shovel or an axe and even a fishing rod and a net kinda make sense but a watering can?