avrilcrossing
- rudy the red nose kitty cat -
Eep. I feel your pain. Which is probably worse than mine. I can't imagine going through 1000 NMTs. After about 15, I would feel exhausted.
I did give up 3 days of my life to use the campsite method. Finally Raymond showed up as camper #72. I had seen every single smug villager then. He was the last. It was a soul-crushing experience I would not repeat.
I join you on the giving up days of my life to find Raymond. I started my hunt on a Friday, and had to kick out both Marshal and Zell (my favorite villager in the game) to start it. Although I do have their amiibos, it broke my heart because I loved them both so much.
I was pretty unlucky as well. I went through 52 villagers, Raymond being the 52nd, and when I found them, the only smug villagers left to bump into were Maelle and Keaton. I did a total of 12 hours and 11 minutes of searching (yes I counted), and my brother and I would alternate while hunting. I would do one hour, then he would do the next one etc...
At one point, the game gave me 5 villagers that were not smug, one after the other, which really unmotivated me. I even passed up Tangy to get Raymond (still wondering how she came to my campsite in the first place.).
On the first day, Friday, I hunted from 2pm to 9pm, and was unsuccessful. The second day, I started at 9am and finally, at 2:11 pm (yes, I remember the time because I was exhausted by then) he showed up in the campsite. He asked to replace Beau, and since I did not have the strength to make him kick out somebody else + I have Beau's amiibo, I decided to let him go.
I also made a spreadsheet, with some stats and more, if anybody else is interested. It should be noted, that since Zell, Marshall and Julian have lived on my island, they were not some of the villagers that I could have encountered in the campsite, which I think helped a bit. I wanted to attach the original excel file, but for some reason it will only allow me to attach pictures. Oh well.
Anyway, to anybody planning to Raymond hunt out there, you can either be super lucky and find him really soon, or be like me, and find him at the last brink of your sanity.
Yes, yes, that's what I lost during those 12 painful hours. My sanity (but hey, it was worth it!)
