Making a decision: Do you TT in your main town?

[Rabirin]

I used to time travel a TON in my main town, but I don't do it anymore mainly because it made me bored really quickly of the game and my town and resulted in a lot of deleted towns. It also gives me the excitement of a new day and i'm always curious to see what's in my stores or who's visiting town, instead of having that already available to me. I prefer the slow pace of the game and it makes me feel a proper sense of achievement and like i'm actually making progress in game although slow - especially when it comes to building PWPs. Ontop of that I actually feel like i'm beginning to build my town from the ground up and i'm not rushing anything. Which I feel like is the key to building a developed town as ideas can change over time so that's why I give it a fair amount of time for me to develop these ideas by taking it slow. I honestly haven't time traveled in so long and I have no idea how I used to do it - I find it so tedious now.

With the subject of TTing rather than waiting it out to get certain villagers to move i've found as i've gotten older villagers I absolutely couldn't stand don't really affect me anymore..? like I really couldn't care all that much if they move in or not since I know the option to just ignore them and go about my business is there. So it doesn't really affect my gameplay that much if they reside in my town for me personally. However, when they move on my path that's when it gets personal. I'd still probably wait it out and not time travel but i'd probably be incredibly annoyed at them. Still I think it's better when you don't time travel for a villager to move and let the game take its course - cause you never know you could end up having them grow on you. But if not the feeling you get when they do finally decide to move out, is unbelievably rewarding.

 

[drowningfairies]

The only time I TT is for when I need to get items to sell, or to move out a villager. I've spent a bunch of tbt and bells for many things in my town, that I'd hate to lose.

 

[Svive]

I tt all the time but have payed the price more than once from careless tting so if you do, please be careful or you will regret that you tted at all!

 

[Sheando]

I do TT in my main town, but only one day at a time, and I play that day out completely before moving on. It's pretty minor TTing; I often only get to play early in the morning or late at night, so I'll move the clock to a time when my villagers will actually be awake. And if I have a huge chunk of free time, I might "finish" a day and want to move to the next one. But I never TT in chunks, or do it just for the purpose of getting dreamies. I always check all shops, speak to all my villagers, landscape a bit, etc.

I will also TT backwards if I don't play for a few weeks so that nobody moves and nothing in my town is lost.

 

[Buttonsy]

I've never done it and don't plan to. It has benefits but it just takes something away from me in the game.

 

[Requity]

I avoid TTing as much as I can. I always try to take things as they come in AC, with the exception of villager plots. TTing takes away some of the game's magic for me.

 

[Tueltown]

If you're comfortable to TT in one town there should be no reason not to do it with your main(1st) town. If you move gradually and talk to your favorite villagers as you go, there are no negatives about TT. I have several towns and totally enjoy keeping them in different seasons so I can collect for the museum and enjoy the holidays/events over and over again at different times do what you enjoy !! Go get them dreamies!!!

 

[namiieco]

Yeah, but usually only for getting dreamies. Things have gone wrong a lot but it was because I didn't know the game's time mechanics at that time or I was just forgetful.

 

[Wishii]

Yep. I don't tt in long periods of time though. I think I've found a nice balance of knowing when I should talk to villagers in case one is moving out or something (if its for longer spans of time) but I also tt a few hours so shops will be open & so I dont have to get the two useless ordinances; early bird & night owl.

 

[lostineverfreeforest]

Yes, largely so I can playing during 5PM for the sunset and hourly theme. Don't skip ahead any further than the current date.

 

[Lippysue]

I don't TT to move villagers as I enjoy getting a random selection of villagers, maybe when I have all of them in my town I might choose. I also like to play the correct season when it's the same season IRL. But whatever floats your boat.

 

[Lyraa]

I used to time travel to get to the normal date and time, took a while but I got there eventually and I currently have no plans to time travel anymore. In my opinion, I just got bored and tired of constantly changing the date so I'm not really a massive fan of time travelling anymore...

 

[GalacticGhost]

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[PrincessApple]

I time travel so I can move out villagers and move in my dreamies, it bugs me when i see one of my dreamies being traded while I have 10 villagers in my town ;-; Other than that I like the pace of the game I actually like waiting a few days until some shops open

 

[AccfSally]

Yes, I use to for my dreamies.
But now I do it to restore my grass.

 

[KaydeeKrunk]

I TT but not a TON I still try to do most days, sometimes I'll skip like event days because nothing ever really happens on those days besides them talking about the event =[ But I'll play through several days usually each time I play. I play each day usually around 12-4pm which I TT to, do my chores, talk to everyone, do a few things for my villagers, work at The Roost, build a PWP if I have one I want to do, maybe catch some bugs/fish if I see some I need or know there are some I need around. And then I'll TT to the next day. Also if I do get a ping and want to move someone out I will sometimes TT to their moving day, move them out, go to the next day, make sure nobody secretly early plotted anywhere, then move someone else in and plot reset, then TT to the NEXT day do they move in and I'm sure they're there. And then I return to my regular TT'ing.

For me this is just how I play the game, I don't usually go forward more than a day at a time though and doing multiple days when I play just keeps the game more interesting then just lulling around all day waiting for things to happen.

 

[A r i a n e]

only once every few months to regrow grass.

 

[AppleBitterCrumble]

I don't TT on my main town, I save that for my second town because my second town is like a "trash" town. Where I use it for breeding grounds and cycling mostly. My main town is super organized right now so I would hate to ruin that.

 

[jessicat_197]

I used to never time travel but now i do it all the time. Since i revently got it I kinda wanted to get my town started again. So ive been time traveling to get my dreamies and also to get pwps. After i do all of that I think i may stop and focus on spending time with my dreamies and doing things like devorating my house bc right now its a mess haha. But just go at whatever pace you fell is right for you and have fun with it! c:

 

[Invisible again]

I don't really like to time travel, 'cause I like to take my time and play through each day fully. Now, if I forget to meet with a villager or something small, then yeah, I'll time travel real quick to resolve it, but I always fix the time afterwards. So... I don't TT unless it's absolutely necessary.