Has the campsite system changed?

[Loriii]

i'm not trying to imply anything. scratch it, i must have mistook you with someone else. i was using you (or that person) as a sample that it did happen to others before the update. so, i'm saying that person thought the same but did not resort to starting a thread to announce that the method is no longer working, and just saying that maybe because it happened to OP post-update that made them think it was patched.

Oh okay, you quoted and said "I remember you" so I felt like being singled out and people are doubting, you know? Anyway, I had that experience before the update but did not say or posted anything about it on here. Am I obligated to do that? No, of course. But as much as I want to share my experience for the community, there was an instance before I felt that I wasn't being credited at the very least, when I posted how I got Raymond in the campsite (the method isn't that known or popular yet). I've read some people talking about how their "friend" got him on the 27th try and after 43 campers. That was obviously my experience but I wouldn't say that I'm their friend lol so yeah, fast forward to yesterday. I saw people were kind of freaking out on this thread so I thought I should finally share my story to let the the community know that it still works the same way, based from my first-hand experience, but could not help mentioning that I got that "repeat" in one of my resets because it's true and it's nothing new to me. I would not want that repeat to happen, of course. Anyone wouldn't want that. It was really frustrating but I got who I wanted, so in the end, I did not mind. I've learned something new that time.

I never had repeats on my other reset like when I found Raymond and Poppy, so that was strange. It may or may not happen. At least, the method still works.

 

[KayDee]

I am doing the campsite trick right now and I can confirm that it still works. Before the update, I was searching for Kabuki but stopped when I got Octavian and decided to try him out for a while. So tonight because of this thread I decided to resume it to find out. I couldn’t resume right away since the personality I was missing was sisterly so I went for that first. Here are the villagers I encountered:

Ursala
Phil
Roald
Peggy
Flo
Paolo
Cherry

I invited Cherry to kick off Octavian to resume my search for Kabuki. I still haven’t encountered him and so far here are the ones I’ve met:

Pate
Camofrog
Eunice
Queenie
Bruce
Anabelle
Cesar
Alli
Wolfgang
Butch

So based on my search for a sisterly and cranky villager tonight it is obvious that the campsite still favors the personality you are missing. And to answer what the original poster said about the recent update allowing repeats, I have kept a list of all the villagers I have encountered ever since I started doing the campsite method when it became known and so far tonight I still haven’t encountered a repeat yet and that’s from a sample of about 100 plus villagers. That’s not to say that it isn’t possible since another poster said they had repeats but I think it is such a low chance that the campsite method is still the best way to find a specific villager.

 

[Whisper]

The campsite trick seems to be the same for me? I've been using it for the past few days now to get Diana and out of the 77 campsite villagers I've gotten so far 36 of them have been snooty villagers. I've also haven't encountered any repeats so far either, so like I don't think anything changed? If anything op is probably just having bad luck.

 

[Loriii]

Just in case someone thinks that I'm pushing any agenda here about the repeating villagers, well, I just came here to share my experience. That's all. If you believe me, good. Thank you. If not, it is fine. I'm not gonna gain anything from this or I will end up being richer haha. Meanwhile, I'm just gonna continue using the campsite method and I'm here chillin and feeling accomplished that I'm still getting the villagers that I want.

 

[Hirisa]

As many of you know, you can select your villagers via campsite. A lot of gamers already shared their experiences and how it works.
For those who don't know: There used to be a system considering the personalities of the villagers, ie if you don't have a smug villager on your island, animals with this personality are more likely to visit and an animal only visits once. It requires timetraveling though.


Since the update the same animals keep coming over and over again which makes it impossible now to get the villager you actually want.
I checked some japanese websites and they say that this might be because people started trading rare characters, which I kind of understand, but for players who really only want certain animals to live with them on their island I think it's not fair.

Anyway, fyi the campsite system doesn't work anymore.

Anybody had the same experience?

Can you link to those websites so the folks here who read Japanese can make sure this is accurate information?

I really don't understand why this as of now purely anecdotal post is causing so much agita but if anecdotal evidence is all it takes to be accepted as truth here, I can say that I have had two campers since the update, and both were villagers of a type I was missing.