Is buying turnips on other people's islands for higher considered cheating?

[Figo]

I know a lot of people do this, and I'm sure Nintendo is fine with it. But is this cheating on the same level that time traveling is cheating? I never time travel by the way.
I want to play this game in the most legitimate way, and don't want to ruin my experience.

So what do you think?

P.S - I have no problems with how you play your game. The game is yours, so you can play it however you want

 

[Arrei]

It isn't. I'm pretty sure this was a mechanic that's been encouraged all the way back in the GCN days when visiting other towns meant taking their entire memory card - like official material would outright recommend cooperating with friends and family to make a profit. It's just become much easier to do than initially envisioned with the advent of internet connections in video games since Wild World.

 

[lucitine]

I think it depends on what you view as the "correct" way to play the game. Technically, this game can be played completely solo without trading, which means that you could view anything thats to do with trading as cheating.

I don't personally seek people out online with high turnip prices, but I do ask my friends what their prices are. Its not that I view that as cheating, but I personally want to take a risk with the stalk market and knowing that you'll have a 100% chance of making profit isnt really a risk.

 

[allainah]

its hard to say because visiting someones town and selling turnips is not cheating, but when it's mixed with hella time traveling for the purpose of buying at a low price + selling at a high every single time then yeah. it's a form of cheating.

i mean i do it too, so don't scream at me lmao

 

[Underneath The Stars]

wait isn't trading and playing the game with friends part of the game/game mechanics? i mean just look at the fishing tourney, you can join your friends & get the points. friend did it on my island because it's already over for them.

this is no different than going to your friends to catch a certain fish, buy a certain furniture, trade, or really, anything. it would feel cheating when they're time traveling, but other than that, it's part of the game. we even had petitions before that you should visit your friends to accomplish them.

 

[Dormire]

I'm sorry, pardon the French but...REALLY? I mean, okay, time travelling bad, stinky sure BUT, the stalk market revolves around multiplayer aspects >BECAUSE< of the nip patterns. You could have a descending pattern (Small Spike in New Leaf) than ascending (Big Spike in New Leaf) or random (Random Spike in New Leaf). You have no choice than to fly to other islands to save the bells you wasted if you were having the worst streak within the whole week. Stalk market is a form of gambling because of that but you can prevent losses by going to other players. It is completely fair and is a part of the game's core mechanic. If people even considered the thought of selling the nips to other players as cheating then they can opt out of it. It's 1000% optional.

Edit: Didn't consider TTing for the prices then I guess that's cheating but if it's natural then I guess it's ok.

 

[Chris]

I personally consider it cheating if people time travelled to get those prices.

 

[Garrett]

No, travelling to other towns to sell turnips has always been encouraged, like shopping and trading fruit.

 

[Lady Timpani]

I mean... no, but I will point out that the game didn't give me the Nook Miles reward for buying my first turnips because they were bought in another town. It was only this past week, when prices were low in my town and I bought there, that I got that reward.

edit: that’s not to say I think the game thinks traveling to other towns for stalk market activities is cheating. It’s just a weird quirks of the NM program. It doesn’t do this with making a profit by selling in another town, so I’m not sure why that’s the case with buying.

 

[thelonewanderer]

I know a lot of people do this, and I'm sure Nintendo is fine with it. But is this cheating on the same level that time traveling is cheating? I never time travel by the way.
I want to play this game in the most legitimate way, and don't want to ruin my experience.

So what do you think?

P.S - I have no problems with how you play your game. The game is yours, so you can play it however you want

Oh another topic about "cheating". I always seem to get in trouble when I post my voice about it. Its not "cheating". I just don't do it. Because you will never lose at Turnip ever since someone or multiple of people will have over 500+ and you will never run out of money ever again. For example when I sold both my turnips at 215 and 123, I made around 300K for 2 weeks (which is very little) but I was offer by someone with a 634 sell rate but I decline because if I had accepted, I would make around 3 millions+. At that point might as well get rid of most of my fruit trees or save those for decoration purposes. I want to play this game until the next AC come out, it all about taking it slow. But its not cheating but at the same time you will never lose at the turnips market.

 

[Khaelis]

My honest opinion? Yes, it is a bit cheaty to me. To me, it feels like an undeserved 'second chance'. You waited it out on your own island only to be greeted with a fairly undesirable turnip pattern, followed by some not to savoury prices... but hey, at least like six of your buddies have prices over 400!

Just doesn't seem right to me.

 

[coderp]

My brother and I both TT, but we made a rule not to sell Turnips in each other's towns. It's too easy for one of us to sit on a sunday, and for the other to hop days until they get a great profit margin. We've both engaged in the Stalk Market, but we only sell in other people's towns, and always leave a nicely sized tip!

That said... I don't consider it cheating to sell turnips in another town, but I do consider it cheating if you TT to get good prices.

 

[Paperboy012305]

I only consider hacking and using exploits as cheating, and time travelling/going to someone else's town to get stuff that you don't have neither counts as cheating or exploits.

And believe me, getting bells is slightly hard. So getting a lower turnip price to buy turnips at isn't cheating in my eyes.

 

[Fuzzysaurus Rex]

Neither this nor TT is cheating. Some people just can't handle someone not playing their way and being as it's not summer yet (where the real money is), grinding Bells is being pretty difficult if you're not running an online shop of some kind so absolutely go for it if you find one.

 

[Mairen]

I don't think it's cheating at all! Nintendo has always encouraged us to "play together" afterall.

 

[Red Cat]

If Nintendo considered it cheating, they wouldn't let you TT or buy/sell turnips in other towns.

 

[Larimar]

If it was cheating then Nintendo wouldnt allow it, but they actually actively encourage it, thus why you can do so in the first place. If you feel like it might be too easy for you then you can always opt out :O I'm constantly spending my bells on projects for my town so I'm always looking for other towns with good prices when mine arent.

I actually ended up with a massive spike of 557 bells just 2 days ago, but I had already sold my turnips earlier in the week for less in another town (at least 400 tho) because my prices were constantly declining and were at 65 the last I had checked, so I didnt think they'd improve xD So just know that even if you find a good deal in another town, you'll still have that small chance of the prices hitting it big in your town and then end up facepalming

 

[thelonewanderer]

If it was cheating then Nintendo wouldnt allow it, but they actually actively encourage it, thus why you can do so in the first place. If you feel like it might be too easy for you then you can always opt out :O I'm constantly spending my bells on projects for my town so I'm always looking for other towns with good prices when mine arent.

I actually ended up with a massive spike of 557 bells just 2 days ago, but I had already sold my turnips earlier in the week for less in another town (at least 400 tho) because my prices were constantly declining and were at 65 the last I had checked, so I didnt think they'd improve xD So just know that even if you find a good deal in another town, you'll still have that small chance of the prices hitting it big in your town and then end up facepalming

Do you know what day you have the 557 price and if it was morning or evening?

I'm trying to figure out the stalk market.

 

[Mink777]

If anyone thinks this is cheating, please leave and don’t come back. Stop telling other people how to play a game they payed $60 for.

 

[allainah]

If anyone thinks this is cheating, please leave and don’t come back. Stop telling other people how to play a game they payed $60 for.

no ones telling you how to play. its called an opinion. maybe you should leave lol