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The Resetting Thread

I finally found a town I like and I'm hoping I can stick to it. It's not quite perfect but it's very close.

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I'm not sure about my house placement (but I wanted to build my house somewhere I could plant cedar trees around it) and I don't like that bulge in the river but other than that I quite like it. It has triangle grass and pears too which is an added bonus!

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The big thing that drew me to this town was the starting villagers! Erik, Wolfgang and Buck met me at the train station and Erik and Wolfgang are two of my dreamies! Their houses are in decent spots too which is good. I really like the other three as well but sadly I'll have to let them go at some point. Still, I'll enjoy having them until then.

I really, really hope I can stick with this town. I miss playing acnl so much!
 
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Just reset my town that I've had since I got the game back in Feb.
My reasons...
I messed up with my house. Made rooms too big and it aggravated me.
I wasn't having fun with the game anymore. Naturally that might be because of HHD...But I was just starting the game just to make an appearance and then quitting.
Hated my villagers. I had the same villagers since the time I moved in! Harry, Benjamin, Annabelle and there was one more...
I loved Bubbles...She moved out about two months ago. :/ I even put her picture on the end table in my house lol
Hated my map... & wasn't happy with anything I guess.

I've been thinking about it for about a month now and I finally went for it.
My new town however has peaches! & I picked a pretty decent map that just seems HUGE to me compared to my old one.

RIP Bangtan v1
Hello Bangtan v2
 
I reeeeeally want to reset. I don't like my map, or my villagers.
I have some good items, and I've upgraded two rooms in my house... but... I'm just not feeling it. Y'know?

I'm strongly considering it.
 
I think that resetting is just wasting your time and getting rid of all of the things you worked for. I think the only times you should reset are if your things are WAY too crazy messed up (like mine) and they have Raffelsia, weeds and angry villagers (I didn't have a 3DS charger) or if you cheated, like time traveling (if you are against cheating like me).
 
I admit I've cheated (time travelled) on my game and I think I want to start properly from fresh again. Only pain is getting bushes again and stuff. Every time I have reset before I've had someone hold my money and furniture but I think I want to start properly this time with nothing at all.
 
I got New Leaf close to when it came out, and after playing a lot for a few months, I just kind of dropped it. I played without using FAQs, online play, cheats, or outside help almost at all, wanting to first discover things blind, and that was fine for the first time... But after a while, there were lots of things I just never figured out how to unlock, or realized existed or how they worked, like how to unlock the police station or get Gracie. I didn't even realize the fortune teller could open her own shop until this week!

I came back periodically to check on my town and see if I got interest back, and this week it finally happened, but I realized while running around excited to remake my town, there was a lot I was unhappy with. The town name was stupid, my mayor's face was blah, and the map was the absolute worst part. Re-tail was far from the docks, the plaza was stuck in a dead-end pocket that I rarely bothered to check, the town hall was in a random corner, and for some reason I thought putting the cafe in the very back corner edge not close to anything was a great idea. I also never really checked the beach because I found it inconvenient to walk down what was essentially a dead-end beach.

So, I decided with difficulty to restart, despite my one favorite villager being in my old village. I spent hours thinking up my Mayor's name, town, name, looking up map variations, and deciding exactly what I wanted, so I wouldn't have this problem again.

Town Name: Ar?ma
Mayor: Charmiša
Native Fruit: Apples
Villagers (8): Chevre, Elvis, Pinky, Friga, Kevin, Erik, Pashmina, Ed.



Fulfilled Requirements:
  1. Small private beach next to the diving cliff.
  2. River contained to one side/area, front-facing, not splitting up any landmarks.
  3. One long beach with exit ramps on each end. + One ramp is front-facing.
  4. Town Hall, Plaza, and Re-Tail close together.
  5. Re-Tail close to the docks.
  6. Plaza in a high-traffic area, preferably centered somehow (NOT in a corner/pocket).
  7. Good, open spots for the cafe, campsite, and police station near the three landmarks.
  8. One pond!
  9. NATIVE APPLES.
  10. At least one neighbor I love. Chevre is so adorable!

Unfulfilled Requirements:
  1. I wanted a 'beach 'pocket', but my beach is pretty uniform.
  2. I wanted my river to start lower and have fewer turns, less squiggly.
  3. My train station is green and I prefer red, or maybe yellow.
  4. I don't like four of my neighbors: Kevin, Friga, Pinky, and Ed. Elvis is okay.
  5. No Coco.

The main iffy unfulfilled requirement was the river requirement, but after thinking of ideas in what to do for that side, I like it a lot now. I'll make the inside-river the 'natural, undeveloped' side of the town and outside the river the civilization-side. The neighbors are a work-in-progress, with Coco being my #1 priority.

I've never tried setting down paths before in AC, but after hearing other people talk about them so much, I decided to try it out, and what a difference it makes! It makes the town seem so much more organized and easy to understand. I'm so excited for my new town now; I've never really had a big vision to aim for with my town before, but now it's like one big creative project.

Ali
 
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Even though I just restarted I'm still unhappy. I don't know what else I can do... *sigh* I'm considering turning to cycling
 
almyki said:
I got New Leaf close to when it came out, and after playing a lot for a few months, I just kind of dropped it. I played without using FAQs, online play, cheats, or outside help almost at all, wanting to first discover things blind, and that was fine for the first time... But after a while, there were lots of things I just never figured out how to unlock, or realized existed or how they worked, like how to unlock the police station or get Gracie. I didn't even realize the fortune teller could open her own shop until this week!

I came back periodically to check on my town and see if I got interest back, and this week it finally happened, but I realized while running around excited to remake my town, there was a lot I was unhappy with. The town name was stupid, my mayor's face was blah, and the map was the absolute worst part. Re-tail was far from the docks, the plaza was stuck in a dead-end pocket that I rarely bothered to check, the town hall was in a random corner, and for some reason I thought putting the cafe in the very back corner edge not close to anything was a great idea. I also never really checked the beach because I found it inconvenient to walk down what was essentially a dead-end beach.

So, I decided with difficulty to restart, despite my one favorite villager being in my old village. I spent hours thinking up my Mayor's name, town, name, looking up map variations, and deciding exactly what I wanted, so I wouldn't have this problem again.

Town Name: Ar?ma
Mayor: Charmi?a
Native Fruit: Apples
Villagers (8): Chevre, Elvis, Pinky, Friga, Kevin, Erik, Pashmina, Ed.



Fulfilled Requirements:
  1. Small private beach next to the diving cliff.
  2. River contained to one side/area, front-facing, not splitting up any landmarks.
  3. One long beach with exit ramps on each end. + One ramp is front-facing.
  4. Town Hall, Plaza, and Re-Tail close together.
  5. Re-Tail close to the docks.
  6. Plaza in a high-traffic area, preferably centered somehow (NOT in a corner/pocket).
  7. Good, open spots for the cafe, campsite, and police station near the three landmarks.
  8. One pond!
  9. NATIVE APPLES.
  10. At least one neighbor I love. Chevre is so adorable!

Unfulfilled Requirements:
  1. I wanted a 'beach 'pocket', but my beach is pretty uniform.
  2. I wanted my river to start lower and have fewer turns, less squiggly.
  3. My train station is green and I prefer red, or maybe yellow.
  4. I don't like four of my neighbors: Kevin, Friga, Pinky, and Ed. Elvis is okay.
  5. No Coco.

The main iffy unfulfilled requirement was the river requirement, but after thinking of ideas in what to do for that side, I like it a lot now. I'll make the inside-river the 'natural, undeveloped' side of the town and outside the river the civilization-side. The neighbors are a work-in-progress, with Coco being my #1 priority.

I've never tried setting down paths before in AC, but after hearing other people talk about them so much, I decided to try it out, and what a difference it makes! It makes the town seem so much more organized and easy to understand. I'm so excited for my new town now; I've never really had a big vision to aim for with my town before, but now it's like one big creative project.

Ali
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I really like your new map! I like your choice of requirements. That ramp to the beach is my favorite, and the Town Tree centered is really cool. Re-Tail isn't that far away, which is nice.

Chevre is so nice. Hope you have fun in your new town!
 
almyki said:
I got New Leaf close to when it came out, and after playing a lot for a few months, I just kind of dropped it. I played without using FAQs, online play, cheats, or outside help almost at all, wanting to first discover things blind, and that was fine for the first time... But after a while, there were lots of things I just never figured out how to unlock, or realized existed or how they worked, like how to unlock the police station or get Gracie. I didn't even realize the fortune teller could open her own shop until this week!

I came back periodically to check on my town and see if I got interest back, and this week it finally happened, but I realized while running around excited to remake my town, there was a lot I was unhappy with. The town name was stupid, my mayor's face was blah, and the map was the absolute worst part. Re-tail was far from the docks, the plaza was stuck in a dead-end pocket that I rarely bothered to check, the town hall was in a random corner, and for some reason I thought putting the cafe in the very back corner edge not close to anything was a great idea. I also never really checked the beach because I found it inconvenient to walk down what was essentially a dead-end beach.

So, I decided with difficulty to restart, despite my one favorite villager being in my old village. I spent hours thinking up my Mayor's name, town, name, looking up map variations, and deciding exactly what I wanted, so I wouldn't have this problem again.

Town Name: Ar?ma
Mayor: Charmi?a
Native Fruit: Apples
Villagers (8): Chevre, Elvis, Pinky, Friga, Kevin, Erik, Pashmina, Ed.



Fulfilled Requirements:
  1. Small private beach next to the diving cliff.
  2. River contained to one side/area, front-facing, not splitting up any landmarks.
  3. One long beach with exit ramps on each end. + One ramp is front-facing.
  4. Town Hall, Plaza, and Re-Tail close together.
  5. Re-Tail close to the docks.
  6. Plaza in a high-traffic area, preferably centered somehow (NOT in a corner/pocket).
  7. Good, open spots for the cafe, campsite, and police station near the three landmarks.
  8. One pond!
  9. NATIVE APPLES.
  10. At least one neighbor I love. Chevre is so adorable!

Unfulfilled Requirements:
  1. I wanted a 'beach 'pocket', but my beach is pretty uniform.
  2. I wanted my river to start lower and have fewer turns, less squiggly.
  3. My train station is green and I prefer red, or maybe yellow.
  4. I don't like four of my neighbors: Kevin, Friga, Pinky, and Ed. Elvis is okay.
  5. No Coco.

The main iffy unfulfilled requirement was the river requirement, but after thinking of ideas in what to do for that side, I like it a lot now. I'll make the inside-river the 'natural, undeveloped' side of the town and outside the river the civilization-side. The neighbors are a work-in-progress, with Coco being my #1 priority.

I've never tried setting down paths before in AC, but after hearing other people talk about them so much, I decided to try it out, and what a difference it makes! It makes the town seem so much more organized and easy to understand. I'm so excited for my new town now; I've never really had a big vision to aim for with my town before, but now it's like one big creative project.

Ali
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You're lucky. Take good care of that map. I believe that is one of the most wanted maps in ACNL. I know when I reset, I spent about 3 days plot resetting and couldn't get that map with apples as a native fruit. To be honest, I would've taken oranges if they had given it me. That is a beautiful map.
Though, since having an "S" shaped river like that, I've grown to dislike it. The river being so small leaves more space for building, too much space for me. I ran into a "motivation" issue and just couldn't think of anymore areas to build. I also found that the more ground you've got, the more rocks you've got. There were too many rocks about for my liking.
 
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HHoney said:
I really like your new map! I like your choice of requirements. That ramp to the beach is my favorite, and the Town Tree centered is really cool. Re-Tail isn't that far away, which is nice.

Chevre is so nice. Hope you have fun in your new town!
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Thank you very much! It took a long time to finally choose a map and have it have apples, but it was worth it in the end.

I love Chevre so much, and after doing some more research on all the villagers, I realized that she's one of my favorites! There are only six goats in this game, and since I'm born in the year of the goat/sheep, I have a big soft spot for them. She's definitely the cutest goat!

RiceBunny said:
You're lucky. Take good care of that map. I believe that is one of the most wanted maps in ACNL. I know when I reset, I spent about 3 days plot resetting and couldn't get that map with apples as a native fruit. To be honest, I would've taken oranges if they had given it me. That is a beautiful map.
Though, since having an "S" shaped river like that, I've grown to dislike it. The river being so small leaves more space for building, too much space for me. I ran into a "motivation" issue and just couldn't think of anymore areas to build. I also found that the more ground you've got, the more rocks you've got. There were too many rocks about for my liking.
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LUCK? Or is it SWEAT you smell??? Hahahaha, I did quite a bit of resetting myself to get this map, so I'm really proud of it. I'm really happy to here that it's a popular map type though. I had to pass up a couple other nice maps because of my apple requirement, and it was getting close to where I had to give up for the day...

I don't think I'll have problems with too much space! I really like how the river cuts the map into two sides, and all the buildings are outside the river. I figure I can focus on making the town-side organized and pretty and I can let loose on the forest side with whatever trees and plants I feel like without worrying.

The rocks is a real problem though, you're right! I really hate them and they're all over my developing part of the town, in the way of the paths I want, plus one evil rock right on the perfect spot for the police station! Grr, I wish there was an option to demolish even just one rock in the whole town.

Thanks guys, I'll do my best with it =3 .
 
Ehhhh I don't know if I want to reset or not. Before I do I will probably cycle out my villagers because a couple I could get some goooooood bells for ;3
Anyway, here it goes:
Why I want to reset:
I haven't been on in a really long time for that game. I have tons of Perf. Pears and such and a bit of bells but I'm very bored with it. I didn't get too far. T&T Mart is the highest shop, only one emotion from Dr. Shrunk, and no Dream place thing. Not even a Museum shop!! I hate the layout of it and my house is in a weird spot (gg younger me). I also spent a LOT of bells on useless stuff so that's disappointing ;-;

If you think I should reset, tell me!! I can't decide and I need some opinions ;-;
 
Dinosaur~Wolf said:
Ehhhh I don't know if I want to reset or not. Before I do I will probably cycle out my villagers because a couple I could get some goooooood bells for ;3
Anyway, here it goes:
Why I want to reset:
I haven't been on in a really long time for that game. I have tons of Perf. Pears and such and a bit of bells but I'm very bored with it. I didn't get too far. T&T Mart is the highest shop, only one emotion from Dr. Shrunk, and no Dream place thing. Not even a Museum shop!! I hate the layout of it and my house is in a weird spot (gg younger me). I also spent a LOT of bells on useless stuff so that's disappointing ;-;

If you think I should reset, tell me!! I can't decide and I need some opinions ;-;
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Resetting can be fun! If you're really unhappy with the layout etc then I would reset before making any more progress in the game!
 
If you're having any kind of thought of resetting then just reset. You're only going to find more to hate about your town until you do reset and sometimes it can be fun. Make sure you know what you want out of your new town like grass shape, train station colour, fruit, layout and town name.
 
I think I'm going to reset again. I'm not happy with my house placement or my map. Plus Cole and Fusicha decided to plop their houses in front of mine -.-
 
I want to reset, BUT:
I have achieved the perfect town status (i have the golden can), all fossils in museum, qr machine (and patterns in town), expanded to all rooms except for basement, townhall renovation, 2nd floor in museum, flowerclock, the cafe, a lot of hybrids, T&T emporium, shampoodle & kicks, 2million bells in bank and a lot of furniture which I like..

The reason why I want to reset is because of my town map and because of my villagers (they are so ugly lmao)


WHAT SHOULD I DO HELP
 
Leoniex said:
I want to reset, BUT:
I have achieved the perfect town status (i have the golden can), all fossils in museum, qr machine (and patterns in town), expanded to all rooms except for basement, townhall renovation, 2nd floor in museum, flowerclock, the cafe, a lot of hybrids, T&T emporium, shampoodle & kicks, 2million bells in bank and a lot of furniture which I like..

The reason why I want to reset is because of my town map and because of my villagers (they are so ugly lmao)


WHAT SHOULD I DO HELP
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you can get someone to hold your bells, furniture, golden can and flowers while you reset. I've had my town for two weeks and with a bit of time travelling, I managed to already get the caf? and second floor museum as well as the qr machine. everything else will take time, but if your town bothers you that much then a fresh start is all you need.
I wouldn't reset all that just because of villagers; after all, they're not permanent. however since your town map is annoying you too, evaluate what you want in a map and the pros/cons of your current one.
 
i have a bad habit of wanting to reset everytime i get close to actually sculpting my town the way i want it to. like, i'll have really good villagers, a lot of bells, a lot of pwps unlocked, emporium, everything--and yet......it's just...sorta lacking? i think it's just my self-destructive tendencies coming into play because i feel bad that i've had this town for two years and yet i still feel the urge to reset :/ advice?
 
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Resetting again.
I love my map. Was in love with everything.
I could have worked on the tree placement. Would have taken a while to get the trees where I wanted, but that was workable.

But someone, Pudge, HAD TO MOVE RIGHT IN FRONT OF MY FLIPPING BRIDGE. WHY. WHY WOULD YOU DO THAT.
I TT'ed. I tried. HE WOULDN'T MOVE OUT.
So I resetted. I'm so mad.

Ugh.
At least I can make myself a little farm again like in my first map. I didn't have anywhere to place my trees where I knew no one would move ontop of them.
 
I've been looking for maps for weeks now. I'm getting really tired. I have this perfect image of this map, but it rarely shows up at the maps Rover gives me and sometimes when I do find it, it has too many rocks or it has oranges/pears.

I just found a town where all the villagers were in the bottom of the map in a line and it looked very cute, and the villagers were amazing, Filbert my favourite was one of them. Plus it had peaches. I just couldn't keep the map since I didn't like the layout. It was hard to leave Filbert but okay. I just want a town with a blue or red station, apples/cherries/peaches, some decent villagers, not more than 3 ponds and now small areas. I know it's possible, I'm just very unlucky.
 
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