I'm mostly asking to people that have finished the terraforming process and have everything settled in.
At the beginning I was planning to get a map that allowed me to don't use the ladder or the vaulting pole, but even if I built a bunch of bridges and inclines, I still use them as shortcuts.
Was wondering if someone built a map that can be completely visited quickly and don't use these items anymore?
i do! i’ll use them if i’m far away from a bridge/incline and i’m feeling too lazy to walk to one lol - i also still have to use the ladder to access my secret beach lol
I do all the time, because I've only built one bridge and one incline (and it's to go to my Nooks Cranny as I have it up on a cliff, lol). I didn't want to start seriously building bridges and inclines until I'd figured out my layout, so it's pole vault/ladder time for me for a while.
I only have one little area that isn't reachable without a ladder so I keep one on me just in case a fossil spawns there. Otherwise my vaulting pole is retired until I go to Nook Islands!
I keep the ladder on me almost all the time. I have not held a pole vault in forever. Reason being, there are certain mountainous areas that are purely aesthetic and there’s no incline whatsoever. I wanna go up there sometimes for the cedar trees and stuff. Pole vault? I have every river covered in bridges where they’re convenient. No point.
My secret beach and one of my (third level) cliff tops are by choice inaccessible without a ladder. I also have a second level cliff area that’s inaccessible without either a ladder or pole vault. This area is decorated all spooky.
But I also frequently use them if I’m not that close to a ladder or incline and don’t want to run over and double back.
I agree with the poster who said using them is fun so I didn’t place inclines or bridges in a way that minimizes the need to use them. More what looks like a natural placement given the flow of buildings etc
definitely, I’m super lazy lol. But I think once my island plan is 100% complete (still waiting on a small handful of inclines), I might take the ladder off my tool ring in favor of the watering can.
Nowhere near finished terraforming, but I'm trying to use them as little as possible. I raised areas in the river where I don't have bridges to cross. I have four finished inclines and and have a fifth being built today in the area I use the ladder most.
