The ACNH Rant Thread

[Evelyn]

I'm irritated with how few buildings there are. I wish I could build things that I could make in earlier games. I really dislike that most of the NPCs are given random stands in the plaza on random days with incredibly limited inventory. I also HATE how small the nook store is. I miss old furniture sets as well. I'm worried that all those things will eventually be added back, but I'll have to buy them with real money.

I also REALLY hate the new bug spawn rates. I based my island design as a butterfly garden because there used to be so many. Almost every square of free space on my island is flowers, and now I'm lucky if I see 2 bugs at a time on my screen. The fishing rates feel terrible to me. I've been visiting a friend's island in the other hemisphere and can't seem to catch any rare fish after over 400 fish caught now. NONE of the ones to fill the museum. I've double and triple checked that I'm in the right spots at the right times but zero luck. I haven't failed to catch any of the shadows either so I know its not "one that got away." So frustrating.

 

[JKDOS]

My biggest gripe with this game is how it basically turned itself into a building sim instead of having the main focus on communicating with your villagers. The customization is nice, but I weirdly prefer when there was less freedom and it wasn't as overwhelming? New Leaf had the best balance of this imo and if it contained the dialogue of GC/WW it would easily be the best title in the series. Not saying they need to bully the player per say, but a little attitude would definitely be appreciated

I don't see how the villager communication is any different than previous games

I don't understand why people get so annoyed with other people going through or picking their flowers. They grow back. I could see being very annoyed if they were able to shovel them up and take them, but running through them doesn't damage them permanently. Does that mean that you dislike yourself when you have to pick your own flowers for a recipe you want? Anyone care to enlighten me? I'm willing to learn!

Because unless you picked them from a garden that is out of site, you have temporarily griefed the town's aesthetic appeal. I use flowers in certain areas to beautify them and make them look more lively. If someone came through and picked the flowers, it will look ugly until they grow back. This may not be a problem for a time traveler, but it is a major problem for those who don't and have to wait real life days to get them back. I don't understand why you think you have a right to pick them. If I pick them for a recipe, it is a sacrifice I have to make. It isn't selfish if it's my flower. It is selfish for someone else to take them for themselves.

 

[Lazaros]

after almost 400 hours, i cannot and really don't want to hear most of the soundtrack anymore. at first it was NICE, now it's just not good. the hourly music doesn't even sound like it's a new song each hour, it's like the same sound, slightly altered over and over again. the only music i can and want to hear at the moment is the past midnight (1-5am) music, but otherwise. WHO COMPOSED THIS. it's literally giving me headaches.

 

[Nooblord]

I neeeeeed a stone bench DIY, along with a mossy customization option.

Why is there no stone bench?

 

[starlightsong]

can tom nook please just recognize how much money i have in my bank or something? i'm so tired of trying to move a house only to realize i only had 45k or something in my pockets and then i have to go through the whole dialogue tree again omg, also when demolishing a bridge why does "well now i don't know" have to be the top option once again making me restart the dialogue tree if i accidentally pick it, and also WHY CAN'T I JUST MOVE A BRIDGE askjdhfskga

 

[skogkyst]

I'm hunting for a new villager using NMT, but I need an Uchi so now I've had to pass up Freya and I'm sure I'll pass up more great villagers along the journey

Edit - Just came across Bob, my favorite villager of all time, yikes, it's hard to pass him up.

 

[starlightsong]

I'm hunting for a new villager using NMT, but I need an Uchi so now I've had to pass up Freya and I'm sure I'll pass up more great villagers along the journey

Edit - Just came across Bob, my favorite villager of all time, yikes, it's hard to pass him up.

I feel you on this!! A few days ago I went to a couple of mystery islands to get some resources and I had an empty plot because my friend was holding Reneigh so I could get her real house (she was my starter uchi), and I ran into Pietro and Savannah who I really like It made me so sad to not be able to take them and I'm just imagining what if I ran into Dom, Judy, Sherb, or Static.

 

[skogkyst]

I feel you on this!! A few days ago I went to a couple of mystery islands to get some resources and I had an empty plot because my friend was holding Reneigh so I could get her real house (she was my starter uchi), and I ran into Pietro and Savannah who I really like It made me so sad to not be able to take them and I'm just imagining what if I ran into Dom, Judy, Sherb, or Static.

Yep, this is me. Knowing my luck when I continue island hopping today I'll have to skip over villagers like Raymond or Marshal and still not find an Uchi before a random villager moves in.

 

[Spongebob]

The music in this game is obnoxious, every other AC had great music, what happened here lol

 

[milraen]

Walk more than 2 feet away from a music player outside and you can no longer hear it, the game's background music is too obnoxiously loud. The radius needs to be increased by 3x

Nintendo could also just include settings for background music/sound effects etc like every other game in this day and age.

 

[Alolan_Apples]

Getting annoyed with the repeated DIY Recipes I'm getting. I know for a fact I'm missing a ton of DIY recipes, including the fancier outdoor benches, but I keep on getting repeats. I have like 28 repeats on my island right now. =/

I’m getting annoyed by this too. But I would expect something like this to happen when there aren’t many DIY recipes left to unlock. This is exactly what’s going to happen with fossils and art when you are almost complete.

 

[JKDOS]

Nintendo could also just include settings for background music/sound effects etc like every other game in this day and age.

A volume control for BGM is definitely needed, even if it is unorthodox for an AC game.

 

[voltairenism]

Ok, I never thought I would post here, but I need to get this out of my chest. I am VERY upset.
I gave Lucky a mummy outfit, bc that pink shirt wasn't fitting him at all. But here is the thing: the mummy outfit doesnt match his bandages! Lucky's are white and the outfit's are cream! What?! My disappointment is immensurable and my day is ruined.

 

[DaviddivaD]

Carp, loach, pale chub, carp, loach, pale chub and 8 fishing rods later...

 

[meggiewes]

Because unless you picked them from a garden that is out of site, you have temporarily griefed the town's aesthetic appeal. I use flowers in certain areas to beautify them and make them look more lively. If someone came through and picked the flowers, it will look ugly until they grow back. This may not be a problem for a time traveler, but it is a major problem for those who don't and have to wait real life days to get them back. I don't understand why you think you have a right to pick them. If I pick them for a recipe, it is a sacrifice I have to make. It isn't selfish if it's my flower. It is selfish for someone else to take them for themselves.

Ok. I can see why outright picking is considered majorly rude and annoying. But it isn't like the flowers disappear like they did in past games. I still think you shouldn't run through fields of flowers for giggles, but getting mad over a bloom falling off and the flower surviving is just something I don't get. Flowers are basically protected from strangers because they don't die and only your friends on your best friends list can use shovels to dig them up.

 

[Blueskyy]

I'm kinda bummed that your starting villagers can only be a Jock and an Uchi. Kind of a strange combo imo. Why couldn't it be any of the other personalities?

I thought it kinda made sense. Jock and uchi seem to be more adventurous or bold, which you need to be when charting a deserted isle!

 

[Saah]

I hate that I can't change villagers' wallpapers. I don't want to pass up on my dreamies for this, but... Not only do some new dreamies have wallpapers that don't fit my island, but my old dreamies from ACNL who did fit, and whom I love exactly because of their style... changed their damn wallpapers! I'm looking at you, Pashmina. She'll always be my favorite villager and I'm still gonna get her, but how do you go from a perfectly gothic house to a freaking diner? And I love Chief, but his grafitti wallpaper is hideous! I know it wasn't an option in former games, but it's a basic improvement that should have been added way before terraforming.

Ok. I can see why outright picking is considered majorly rude and annoying. But it isn't like the flowers disappear like they did in past games. I still think you shouldn't run through fields of flowers for giggles, but getting mad over a bloom falling off and the flower surviving is just something I don't get. Flowers are basically protected from strangers because they don't die and only your friends on your best friends list can use shovels to dig them up.

There's two more things, though. Some bugs only show up in specific kinds of flower, and picking one is dropping that bug's spawn rate. And the host might be breeding these flowers, and picking them just set them back a few days. I think the last reason is the most common; I doubt everyone has every flower - not in variety, in number - they want.

 

[HungryForCereal]

why cant we put flowers in storage anymore?

 

[shayminskyforme88]

One thing that annoys me while designing the island is that when putting down paths, you can curve them, but you can’t put curved paths on a half cliff. Really ruins the Aesthetic.

 

[Clock]

Im tired of throwing away full grown trees that was dug up, especially fruit trees, I wish we can store them so we can replant them anytime. But I'm glad they implemented the feature of digging trees.