The Resetting Thread

That map proves you will basically have no space, just reset, it's a pretty bad map imo.
 
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Everyone's idea of a "good" map is slightly different. It really depends on personal preference and what you need from it. Do a lot of beetle/fish catching on the island? Having Retail near the dock might be good. But if you do a lot of forum trading, having it near the Train Station is probably more advantageous. Some like the Plaza in the middle of the map, to be central to the town. Others like it tucked out of the way. This is all up to you.


Having more space essentially boils down to this:

Have a river without too many twists. The straighter it is, the better.
Have as few ponds as possible. One or two is best.
Have Retail/Town Hall/Plaza located towards the edges of the map, not in the middle.

Optional: plot resetting your villagers into a little "neighborhood" creates more space to landscape and build PWPs.


Here is one of my maps as an example of a town with a loooot of free space:

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if you're really unhappy with your map then yes! I reset because my first town map was really bad and I am in love with my new town! :3
 
I would reset.
The river is just way to crazy, but if your willing to put that aside and work through everything - then don't.
I reset once, and I don't regret it at all. I kinda wish I was a bit more picky when it came to fruits though,
 
When I reset my town for the first time, I picked a very specific map because I had a very specific idea for it. However, I scraped the idea and was left with a terrible map with little to no space for anything and it was horrible trying to lay paths. The map I had and the one you have now are incredibly similar, so all I can say is I've been in your position and I reset again because it was too stressful. Definitely go with a more spacious map where the river isn't too curvy and there aren't too many ponds. Having Re-Tail close to the train station is always good and as for my personal preference, it doesn't matter where the town ball is, but the plaza should be close by.
 
I reset my second copy and I really like the map I got, I even have a nice little pond in front of my house. :) I will never have to worry about villagers parking their houses there.

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I also got Sprinkles and she is so adorable, I love her. :D
 
I dunno, depends on how much effort you put in your town already...but really, the river is horrible lol.

My town map is far from perfect. I didn't care when I started the game and now I kinda wish I HAD cared, mainly because I have like, 5 stupid ponds. But other than that, I think you can become happy with any map. Sometimes it's even fun to figure out how to live with what you got :p I decided to not reset my town, but if the river really bugs you and you're not going to lose TOO much progress, go right ahead with yours.


Edit: Woops, missed the update x'D Well, have fun with your new town!
 
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should i reset guys? ;_;
i've been contemplating it for ages since i know i could do more if i had a more efficiently spaced out map; thinking of all the decorating i could have done just makes me want to cry. but there's also the fact that i'd have to get all my stuff back ;_; and i have vesta, walt, apples, and triangle grass ;_;
what do you guys think?
 
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Yggdrasil said:
I reset my second copy and I really like the map I got, I even have a nice little pond in front of my house. :) I will never have to worry about villagers parking their houses there.

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I also got Sprinkles and she is so adorable, I love her. :D
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Congrats, that looks like a pretty promising map already! : D Good luck with your new town~
 
Reasons why you should reset:
Top Right Corner, has the WORST thing in the game. A Narrow strip of land
Private Beach sucks.

Sorry. Did not see your new one. It's better. More room, the strip isn't as small. Same for the private beach.
 
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I've just got someone over to pull all the weeds in Edolas before I reset it again~

According to this thread, I started this town on 05-27-2014. So it only lasted a week. xD;

I'll miss the map a bit. For a temp map, it was pretty good. And I never did get around to building the Campsite and resetting for that 100% guaranteed villager.

But there's always next town. Which will be sometime today. I'm excited~

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Just started looking for a new map. In the first batch of maps, there was one promising one. River almost straight across with the plaza in the little dip in the middle. Retail and Town Hall up by the tracks. Only two ponds. Cherries as a native fruit, which I've ever had in New Leaf.

And

Fauna and Ankha as starters!

Gonna give this town a whirl and see how it goes~
 
I'm regretting resetting my town. I haven't been as happy with how things have turned out. Maybe it's because I had my town for a few weeks and these new towns for a few days, but I just haven't been as happy. Ignorance is bliss, I suppose. I didn't know there was so much to be unhappy about until I saw this forum =/
 
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I'm regretting resetting my town. I haven't been as happy with how things have turned out. Maybe it's because I had my town for a few weeks and these new towns for a few days, but I just haven't been as happy. Ignorance is bliss, I suppose. I didn't know there was so much to be unhappy about until I saw this forum =/
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Yeah, that's the 'risk' of this forum; it makes you think about things you may not have paid much attention to otherwise. But just stay true to yourself is all I can say, really. How would you enjoy playing the game the most and what do you appreciate in a map?

This is not specifically directed at you, but from what I've seen, some people on this forum tend to get sucked into and then take over popular opinions so easily. There almost seems to be a thing like a 'bad map' now, with it having too many ponds, or a Re-tail too far from the dock, or a Plaza too close to the train tracks and things like that.. But with all of those things, you have to ask yourself: do I really care about that?

Anyway, I hope you can either find a new map you're happy with, or become happy with the one you currently have! :)
 
I'm just debating that if I reset again if I'll go through the trouble of trying to save my bells and items, or if I should really just start fresh.
 
I have a second copy that I'm considering resetting (eh, more like finding a new map, since I deleted the town a while ago). I'm just so 'blah' about my main town, but I don't want to delete it. So I figure I might as well use this second copy.

Thing is... other than having to unlock everything again and also having to go through the whole tutorial stuff, I'm not looking forward to getting PWP's suggested again. I went through the list of unlocked PWP's I have and for all the time I've been playing (over 200 hours), there are still many PWP's that I haven't unlocked yet (and yes, I know; there's the whole diving trick, but you'd think that 200 hours of playing should have given some serious PWP suggestions, no?).

So, I'm curious; how do other people who reset often do this? They use the diving trick? They don't bother with PWP's? Something else? I mean; each time you reset you lose the PWP's you had unlocked, so doesn't it get annoying after a while that you have to get them suggested again? (And yes; I know that the same can be said of all the shops and what not that you have to unlock again, but you have more control over those (okay, GracieGrace doesn't count), than getting PWP's suggested because you never know why a villager pings you.)
 
I wish Rover could show you an unlimited amount of maps instead of just 4. I'm getting so tired of resetting the game = w =;
 
Nevermind my last post, here I am resetting again! I'm looking for a good map, hopefully with apples and triangle grass. We'll see...
 
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