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The Resetting Thread

I had a dedicated town for the first year (a couple of years ago) and have just been resetting because I haven't been getting what I really want for my town. I'm going to be doing the Jan 1st reset, though, for the new year. Hopefully this one stays, but I don't know.
 
bubble~tea said:
I had a dedicated town for the first year (a couple of years ago) and have just been resetting because I haven't been getting what I really want for my town. I'm going to be doing the Jan 1st reset, though, for the new year. Hopefully this one stays, but I don't know.
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You have to learn to live with your town. No town is going to be perfect, and you have to accept that and work with it. Most cases of resetting are about town maps. If you dislike your town map now, keep in mind that when you created this town you picked it for a reason. You liked the town map back then, but are slowly seeing the bad aspects of it. If you reset, this process is going to start all over again. The first few weeks you'll like your town, but then you'll slightly dislike it more and more and reset again. I've had the disliking of my town map with my current town as well, but I realised resetting wouldn't solve anything so I continued with my town as it was and worked around the things I didn't like. In order to have a 'perfect' town, you have to accept it's imperfections. ^^
 
Barbara said:
You have to learn to live with your town. No town is going to be perfect, and you have to accept that and work with it. Most cases of resetting are about town maps. If you dislike your town map now, keep in mind that when you created this town you picked it for a reason. You liked the town map back then, but are slowly seeing the bad aspects of it. If you reset, this process is going to start all over again. The first few weeks you'll like your town, but then you'll slightly dislike it more and more and reset again. I've had the disliking of my town map with my current town as well, but I realised resetting wouldn't solve anything so I continued with my town as it was and worked around the things I didn't like. In order to have a 'perfect' town, you have to accept it's imperfections. ^^
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This is the best piece of advice I've heard.
 
...Now I kind of wish I'd waited until January 1st to reset with all of you! I did it a couple days ago and I'm pretty happy with the way things are developing, though. The only issue is getting dreamies since the community (in general, not just this website in particular!) for ACNL seems to have cooled off a bit, probably because of Happy Home Designer - or maybe it's just holiday busy-ness and that's why I don't see the same amount of activity that I once did! Hmm.

I miss my old villagers and my town, but not so much that I feel like resetting was a mistake. I do have a dream address for my old one at least, so I can visit when I'm feeling nostalgic. But having a new map and a bunch of new villagers to cater to is giving me that push I needed to play again. Ultimately I'm happy I did it.
 
I reset just the other day after not playing for a very long time. I've been desperately trying to get a town up before Toy Day, purely because I thoroughly enjoy it. However, to build my town up enough for a good celebration, I've TTed a lot and will have messed up my town. I have reset wayy too much in my time, though, so I'm planning on just living with it. My sister has a copy of AC:NL which I can use to reset to my hearts content.

There's not a point to this post really; maybe just stick with your town no matter what? I'm a serial resetter but I'm determined to keep this town.
 
BeanBoy said:
This is the best piece of advice I've heard.
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Glad to hear that, I kind of speak from experience and all other advice is so general that it doesn't get you much further either - at least that's what I had when I asked others for advice a few months back.
I don't want to imply that resetting is bad though; I could imagine you want a new start, I've been there, but people need to realise that resetting doesn't automatically make their new town so much better. :p
 
I am thinking about resetting. I'm just a bit of a perfectionist and I dislike where my house and where the cafe etc are placed. I want to create a neat residential area for my villagers. I think I will wait until Jan 1st :)
 
How many of you guys cheat and reset your game?

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I have not reset yet, is it worth resetting your game? What are the benefits and downsides?
 
It really depends... Just keep in mind that after a while you will see imperfections in your new town as well. In order to keep a town, you will have to accept those. I suggest you read my comment a few posts up, it might help you. :)
 
Catsdance101 said:
How many of you guys cheat and reset your game?


I have not reset yet, is it worth resetting your game? What are the benefits and downsides?
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I don't think of resetting your game for a map as cheating.

Benefits are that you'll have landscapes you prefer like the town tree, retail and the town hall in certain locations. Or one long beach rather than split in two.

Downsides are that it can take a while especially if you are picky.
 
Ghibli

I erased my last town and took a few months off from Animal Crossing before deciding I was ready to dedicate time to a new town and work on making it a town I will love and enjoy having full time.

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I restarted my ACNL town on January 1, 2016 and I think I’m finally really happy with my new town, Ghibli, and won’t restart anymore.

I don't think of my map as my personal perfect/ideal map, but I do think it's quite nice. Especially the way the river curves. Here's Ghibli's day one map:
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I can't decide to reset or not. All my favorite villagers have moved away but I'm so far into my current town. I've had it since April 2014 but I don't find it fun anymore. All my favorites moved away when I was too busy to play. I've finished almost everything (all shops, and I have one more diving creature to catch and then I've caught everything) and my town doesn't feel complete design-wise, but I don't know what else to do with it. I feel like a new start would be fun because I just feel stuck with my town now. But I don't want to get rid of my town now...
 
Bulbadragon said:
I can't decide to reset or not. All my favorite villagers have moved away but I'm so far into my current town. I've had it since April 2014 but I don't find it fun anymore. All my favorites moved away when I was too busy to play. I've finished almost everything (all shops, and I have one more diving creature to catch and then I've caught everything) and my town doesn't feel complete design-wise, but I don't know what else to do with it. I feel like a new start would be fun because I just feel stuck with my town now. But I don't want to get rid of my town now...
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If you feel bored of your town and like the game isn't worth playing because it's not fun and you feel stuck in the same cycle, reset. The longer you've had your town, built it up and played on it, the harder it's going to be to reset and start over. But it's not impossible, and if you feel better after doing it then it's completely worth it. When looking for a map, just remember that there is no such thing as a perfect town, one or two things will often be off, but as long as your town isn't boring to you resetting is completely worth it, even if it's hard to do and get back to where you started from.

don't know if that made any sense but there you go :3
 
JellyBeans said:
If you feel bored of your town and like the game isn't worth playing because it's not fun and you feel stuck in the same cycle, reset. The longer you've had your town, built it up and played on it, the harder it's going to be to reset and start over. But it's not impossible, and if you feel better after doing it then it's completely worth it. When looking for a map, just remember that there is no such thing as a perfect town, one or two things will often be off, but as long as your town isn't boring to you resetting is completely worth it, even if it's hard to do and get back to where you started from.

don't know if that made any sense but there you go :3
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Yeah, I think I'm going to reset it. The perfect map thing doesn't really bother me, I think what made me bored is I made all my money from trading on the forums and stuff to where I didn't really play for anything, I just got all the expansions and PWPs and stuff like that when I wanted it. I think this time I'm going to try to get stuff on my own first so it won't be as boring. Thanks for replying :)
 
TuesdayE said:
I erased my last town and took a few months off from Animal Crossing before deciding I was ready to dedicate time to a new town and work on making it a town I will love and enjoy having full time.

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I restarted my ACNL town on December 1, 2015 and I think I’m finally really happy with my new town, Lunaria, and won’t restart anymore. ��

The map isn't my ideal/perfect idea of a map, but I think it's quite nice and I'm pleased with it. The only thing I really dislike is that my native fruit is the pear, but oh well.

Lunaria's Town Map on day one:
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I'll go ahead and stop here before I bore you all with info about my new town or why I decided to wait so long before trying for another town I really like. If you have any questions though, feel free to ask me.​
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thats what umbregal looked like when she started out O:
 
I'm thinking about resetting because I haven't played in months and I'm scared to see my town since I had a bunch of dreamies. Also, I really want to play again since I just got a new 3DS XL, but I'm probably going to be bored with it since I haven't played in so long. I was reconsidering my dreamies list too, making it larger and easier to achieve. What do you guys think? :cool:

(I also feel like I could use a bit more planning this time around, I'm just worried about losing my paths since I didn't get the QR machine yet.)
 
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Currently in the process of finding a 'perfect' town layout for my town (again). I swear this is like the fourth time I've restarted this year. Hopefully this will be the last.

Anyways, what's a 'perfect' town layout like? I've always just went for the one that looks right to me, but there has to be more to it.
 
Khaelis said:
Currently in the process of finding a 'perfect' town layout for my town (again). I swear this is like the fourth time I've restarted this year. Hopefully this will be the last.

Anyways, what's a 'perfect' town layout like? I've always just went for the one that looks right to me, but there has to be more to it.
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A "perfect" layout is completely up to your opinion. For most people it involves few rocks and all rocks not interfering with house placement/paths, one pond, a good/preferable river, whatever your preferred grass/fruit is and plot-resetting (if you do that) all of the villagers into the perfect places.
It's... very difficult to achieve...
 
A perfect layout does not exist, but you should just consider a few things and determine what you would like best. Do you want little ponds (1-2) or quite a bit? (3-5) What kind of river shape do you want? What kind of starting fruit/grass do you want (do you even bother about those things)? Are rocks really a thing to keep resetting when you've found a decent map? Where do you want your Re-Tail? Close to the dock is useful for beetle hunting, close to train station for trades/turnip sales. There are a lot of things you can think of to choose a right map. You will never get a map with all you preferred options, but you just go with the one that seems best to you. :) Don't look at what other people like/prefer, it won't help you. It's your town, after all.
 
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