The Resetting Thread

Thank you guys for replying to my long post! I decided to restart in the end. Even though I miss my town, I don't necessarily regret it. I've already gotten ideas for my future one :)
I decided to reset after coming across other users with the same problem. I found a few Tumblr users that asked Nookling from Tumblr about what to do, and she replied that resetting might be a better choice, and that "you will earn everything back anyway." I gave my expensive items to my sisters instead of having someone hold onto them, because I honestly think beetle hunting for Bells and earning all that furniture is one of the best feelings the game can give you. It might be a pain for some people, but it makes me feel accomplished! c:
I'm also going to consider plot resetting. I've never done it before, but I know how. I'll just have to be aware of any new villagers so I don't forget and start up with my main character when I could plot reset.
Thanks again for the replies! I think I'm going to hang around this thread more to help people in return. *quickly subscribes to thread*
 
I'm starting to get that resetting itch again, and it sucks. I unlocked all the stores, have most of the art and fossils, am sitting on a ridiculous pile of bells and unorderables, a good map, some nice villagers, and a few gold medals. Most of my encyclopedias are near completion.

And I'm
so
b o r e d

I love my villagers too much to get rid of them, but at the same time I want to see some new faces.
My map is spacious and met most of my requirements back in May, but it's unremarkable.
Some of these rock placements are unforgivable.
I have no real theme or direction in my town, and it shows.

But I would say that my biggest mistake of all was bringing over the 10 million bells I had acquired in my old town, since half the game had already been played for me. There was little to strive for aside from getting to 100 mil for the gold badge. I got a lucky streak of Tier 1 villagers to sell off early on, which only inflated my bell count even more.

The most exciting thing I can think of right now is wiping the slate completely clean, aside from importing some clothes and old DLC. Hell, I don't even want to bring over my hybrids anymore. Trying to breed the damn things is half the fun.

Help.
 
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Hyasynth said:
I'm starting to get that resetting itch again, and it sucks. I unlocked all the stores, have most of the art and fossils, am sitting on a ridiculous pile of bells and unorderables, a good map, some nice villagers, and a few gold medals. Most of my encyclopedias are near completion.

And I'm
so
b o r e d

I love my villagers too much to get rid of them, but at the same time I want to see some new faces.
My map is spacious and met most of my requirements back in May, but it's unremarkable.
Some of these rock placements are unforgivable.
I have no real theme or direction in my town, and it shows.

But I would say that my biggest mistake of all was bringing over the 10 million bells I had acquired in my old town, since half the game had already been played for me. There was little to strive for aside from getting to 100 mil for the gold badge. I got a lucky streak of Tier 1 villagers to sell off early on, which only inflated my bell count even more.

The most exciting thing I can think of right now is wiping the slate completely clean, aside from importing some clothes and old DLC. Hell, I don't even want to bring over my hybrids anymore. Trying to breed the damn things is half the fun.

Help.
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I wouldn't reset if I were you, since it seems like you put some effort into it. You said you didn't have a theme in your town, so maybe you could try working towards a theme in your town?
 
Hyasynth said:
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Personally, I wouldn't reset. You don't need to have a theme but if you really want one, you could work towards it. If not having to work to get bells is boring you, you can use those bells to buy things from people here, trade them for TBT, or give them away. You can also use a side character to work or transfer those bells to a side character, so that your mayor has to work to pay off PWPs.

If you want new villagers, you can let go of a couple of them and use those empty spots to rotate between new move-ins. You could get rid of all your villagers, since you'd lose them if you reset, anyway. If you like your villagers and it's just your town that is a problem, make sure you ask someone to hold them for you while you reset.

There's probably other things to complete and unlock beyond what you've achieved so far. You can work on cataloguing all the items, finishing your collection of bugs and fish, and remodelling your town. Of course, maybe there's a better challenge in resetting if you like working for bells better.

Can you get a second copy of the game? You could always have a new town to start from scratch, give it a theme, get new villagers, and everything else that you don't have the space to do in your current town.
 
I hate picking posts apart, but I will just this once. Apologies in advance.

Hypno KK said:
You can also use a side character to work or transfer those bells to a side character, so that your mayor has to work to pay off PWPs.
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This is actually a good idea.

If you want new villagers, you can let go of a couple of them and use those empty spots to rotate between new move-ins.
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I've actually been doing this for a while now. The biggest problem is that despite my town's apparent roominess, there might be about 2-3 unobtrusive spots for new villagers to move in, tops. Every time I plot reset, the plots always end up in those spots no matter what. The only way to solve that would be to slowly move out everyone, but...ugh.

There's probably other things to complete and unlock beyond what you've achieved so far. You can work on cataloguing all the items, finishing your collection of bugs and fish, and remodelling your town. Of course, maybe there's a better challenge in resetting if you like working for bells better.
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The only thing that's stopped me from resetting so far is the dread of having to catch the bee and tarantula all over again.

By the by, I actually did remodel my town recently. Tore down all the trees and flowers and redid the whole place. I felt oddly limited while doing it though. I think my town layout and dumb rocks got in the way.

Can you get a second copy of the game? You could always have a new town to start from scratch, give it a theme, get new villagers, and everything else that you don't have the space to do in your current town.
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Nope. nope nope nope nope nope. I am not buying the same game twice. I get why people do this, but I'm too stingy.
 
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Having two copies of the same game imo is just silly and not even economically possible for me so nah.
Maybe I should just tear down everything in my town and relandscape and maybe that'd help???

I really don't want to reset again; there's nothing wrong with my town, I'm just bored. .-.
 
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After resetting my town I found the perfect new one with a map I've never had before, peaches as a native fruit, and 3 dreamies as starters (Maple, Joey, Francine) and I can also plot reset for Chrissy, Tammy, and Graham!
 
alright so i think i'm seriously contemplating this for the 5000000000th time

Pros:
- new layout
- new villagers (i really don't have any attachments to my current ones)
- just a new start in general
- can fix some things about my layout that i'm not too satisfied with (the split beach, station color, town hall placement. could probably do with a better name too)
- literally have nothing landscaped or pwps so there's no loss on effort put in

Cons:
- transferring all my bells and items
- refilling museum and encyclopedia (it's still nowhere near done (i only have 50% for each) but i've gotten it closer than i ever have before)
- town tree growth (i like being able to sit on it / having a big tree ;_; )
- waiting for stores to unlock (this is kind of insignificant for me though, the only thing that bugs me is waiting for male hairstyles)

I know transferring items shouldnt be as large of a con as it is but it's the main one for me because i don't have anyone to help me move things
(and also my brother hates when i dump stuff in his town and threatens to sell it all orz)

i really have no strong reasons on either side, i've just got the itch and in the end i usually just go with it anyway but
SOS
 
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ugh I really want to reset my game!!
I hate:

1) my town name
2) my permanent PWP placements
3) my landscaping
4) my town layout

but I already made a ton of progress with all the shop upgraded, all the hybrids, the rare furnitures that I collected, and I've got all my dreamies...

but with how my current town looks, it just doesn't interest me enough to play the game. The last time I played it seriously was almost 5 months ago, I really want to start fresh, especially now my 1 year mark with the game is also coming up. It just seems to be a good time to reset but I really wish there's a way to bring along my stuff in the old town and transfer it to the new town :((
should I maybe find someone to hold my stuff or sell them off? that seems to be a lot of work though and I don't know if I will have the time in RL to do all that....

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olivetree123 said:
alright so i think i'm seriously contemplating this for the 5000000000th time

Pros:
- new layout
- new villagers (i really don't have any attachments to my current ones)
- just a new start in general
- can fix some things about my layout that i'm not too satisfied with (the split beach, station color, town hall placement. could probably do with a better name too)
- literally have nothing landscaped or pwps so there's no loss on effort put in

Cons:
- transferring all my bells and items
- refilling museum and encyclopedia (it's still nowhere near done (i only have 50% for each) but i've gotten it closer than i ever have before)
- town tree growth (i like being able to sit on it / having a big tree ;_; )
- waiting for stores to unlock (this is kind of insignificant for me though, the only thing that bugs me is waiting for male hairstyles)

I know transferring items shouldnt be as large of a con as it is but it's the main one for me because i don't have anyone to help me move things
(and also my brother hates when i dump stuff in his town and threatens to sell it all orz)

i really have no strong reasons on either side, i've just got the itch and in the end i usually just go with it anyway but
SOS
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I'm in the same boat!! ah I can only wish that I have two copies of the game and an extra 3ds :(
 
Rika092 said:
ugh I really want to reset my game!!
I hate:

1) my town name
2) my permanent PWP placements
3) my landscaping
4) my town layout

but I already made a ton of progress with all the shop upgraded, all the hybrids, the rare furnitures that I collected, and I've got all my dreamies...

but with how my current town looks, it just doesn't interest me enough to play the game. The last time I played it seriously was almost 5 months ago, I really want to start fresh, especially now my 1 year mark with the game is also coming up. It just seems to be a good time to reset but I really wish there's a way to bring along my stuff in the old town and transfer it to the new town :((
should I maybe find someone to hold my stuff or sell them off? that seems to be a lot of work though and I don't know if I will have the time in RL to do all that....
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You could easily find someone to hold your items, I've held tons of items for people several times, it really doesn't take all that long. :) And it's worth it. You can always gain back your shops and hybrids and catalogs, but things like the layout and the names won't ever change.

Sometimes a fresh start is best. It got me back into the game after half a year of boredom with my old town. Just make sure you really wouldn't miss the map or anything.
 
Rika092 said:
ugh I really want to reset my game!!
I hate:

1) my town name
2) my permanent PWP placements
3) my landscaping
4) my town layout

but I already made a ton of progress with all the shop upgraded, all the hybrids, the rare furnitures that I collected, and I've got all my dreamies...

but with how my current town looks, it just doesn't interest me enough to play the game. The last time I played it seriously was almost 5 months ago, I really want to start fresh, especially now my 1 year mark with the game is also coming up. It just seems to be a good time to reset but I really wish there's a way to bring along my stuff in the old town and transfer it to the new town :((
should I maybe find someone to hold my stuff or sell them off? that seems to be a lot of work though and I don't know if I will have the time in RL to do all that....
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I feel similar to you, especially with the part about not having time to have someone hold items. I already restarted, but even if I hadn't, I don't think it would have been possible for me to have someone hold my things. I had almost my entire house and lockers full, and the only days I would be free would be a possible weekend or Christmas break. But even then I'm going to be up to a lot, so it would have been close to impossible for me. :(
 
Wyndfyre said:
You could easily find someone to hold your items, I've held tons of items for people several times, it really doesn't take all that long. :) And it's worth it. You can always gain back your shops and hybrids and catalogs, but things like the layout and the names won't ever change.

Sometimes a fresh start is best. It got me back into the game after half a year of boredom with my old town. Just make sure you really wouldn't miss the map or anything.
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Really??? And where do people typically posts in TBT for favors like this? I'm really really tempting to restart and would honestly be willing to tip handsomely for someone to hold my stuff lol... and No I would never regret the decision of resetting. But the thought that I may have to reset losing all of my rare items is a little depressing ...

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MadisonCrossing said:
I feel similar to you, especially with the part about not having time to have someone hold items. I already restarted, but even if I hadn't, I don't think it would have been possible for me to have someone hold my things. I had almost my entire house and lockers full, and the only days I would be free would be a possible weekend or Christmas break. But even then I'm going to be up to a lot, so it would have been close to impossible for me. :(
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so you restarted everything from scratch? did you ever regret that decision later? I'm seriously considering doing this same thing because I'm so busy all the time in real life I barely even have time to play video games anymore :( even though carrying all of my stuff over to the new game would be nice, if it takes a lot of effort and time then I would not be able to afford doing that...
 
Rika092 said:
so you restarted everything from scratch? did you ever regret that decision later? I'm seriously considering doing this same thing because I'm so busy all the time in real life I barely even have time to play video games anymore :( even though carrying all of my stuff over to the new game would be nice, if it takes a lot of effort and time then I would not be able to afford doing that...
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Yup, I started completely over. I've never transferred any old items to my new towns, and I've never regretted it either. I think the best part of playing is striving to earn everything. In my opinion, what's the point of transferring furniture and Bells? You won't have anything to work for, or not much at all. I love the feeling of knowing that I accomplished something myself. :)
It's really up to you though! Like I said, I've never transferred old items, so I can't give my real opinion on that.
 
Rika092 said:
Really??? And where do people typically posts in TBT for favors like this? I'm really really tempting to restart and would honestly be willing to tip handsomely for someone to hold my stuff lol... and No I would never regret the decision of resetting. But the thought that I may have to reset losing all of my rare items is a little depressing ...
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The Train Station! People are generally trustworthy here, but those with higher wifi ratings are best of course. There'll definitely be someone to help.

Go for it. :)
 
MadisonCrossing said:
Yup, I started completely over. I've never transferred any old items to my new towns, and I've never regretted it either. I think the best part of playing is striving to earn everything. In my opinion, what's the point of transferring furniture and Bells? You won't have anything to work for, or not much at all. I love the feeling of knowing that I accomplished something myself. :)
It's really up to you though! Like I said, I've never transferred old items, so I can't give my real opinion on that.
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so braveT-T! I'm feeling a bit anxious to let everything go so I think I'm gonna have someone hold my DLCs but I'm willing to start everything else new! (my hybrids ;-; oh dear Imma cry ) I have my heart set on restarting though ><

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Wyndfyre said:
The Train Station! People are generally trustworthy here, but those with higher wifi ratings are best of course. There'll definitely be someone to help.

Go for it. :)
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Hehe, you and MadisonCrossing basically convinced me to reset! I was almost certain that I would do so, but I guess I just needed a little extra push :3

I'm already starting to think about my dream map ^~^ so excited!!
 
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I think I'm definitely going to reset at some point, I just need to be sneaky in stashing items in my brother's town. x_x

I think resetting every few months is just how I play the game tbh; I like getting new starts.
 
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Yesterday the thought of resetting my town creeped up when I was having
issues placing some projects and I got so frustrated I was almost certain
that I was going to have to reset because the map wasn't working for me.

While I did not end up resetting and managed to find a spot for my new
project, I am guessing that I might have to end up resetting at some point
because of my map and the placing of projects. I wish we could preview
the maps (like real-time view) before jumping into it. -_- *sigh*
 
These urges creep up for me too, the only thing that puts me off resetting sometimes is the thought that I will have to catch a Mole Cricket again.
 
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