Hey guys, so I haven't actually found a guide like this so I was thinking about writing one up.
Basically, I'd like to write a guide kinda thing debunking myths and misconceptions about villager move-ins/outs
A lot of the time when I click on a thread asking questions about move-ins/outs, the replies are full of incorrect information and misconceptions so I feel like this may be a little overdue.
So I'd like to ask you guys to list some questions or myths about the topic that you guys would like addressed.
For example, a few points could be:
- do friendship levels with a villager influence the likelihood of them moving out?
- what is the probability that the most recent move-in will ask to move?
- does ignoring a villager really force them to move?
Also if anyone has relevant information that can debunk popular myths it would be awesome for you to share!
Sorry if a guide about this has already been written up haha
- do friendship levels with a villager influence the likelihood of them moving out?
do we know the answer for this? last time i checked about this, many had theories, but we don't really know. all we know is that if you are not good friends with them and tell them to move, they will change their minds.
- what is the probability that the most recent move-in will ask to move?
0, in my humble opinion. many ppl say is really hard but you can, but i never saw it happening to anyone with proof. what does happens is, you get a plot, and they decide to move out in the same day the plot shows up.
- does ignoring a villager really force them to move?
again, not really sure we know the answer for that...
it would be nice to have a proper guide. there is a lot of misconception out there, because there is a lot we don't know yet, I believe
but then, I've been away from acnl for a while.
Once I had a villager (it was a green peppy mouse, i cant remember her name) move in from someone's void and after i recieved many requests to move out from other villagers, she requested it and no villager had moved out or in between her move in and her request to move out. So i think it's not impossible, but it's indeed very hard, it took her around two months to want to move.
On another topic, I do not know if friendship level influences how long a villager stays in your town. When I bought my second file, it already had an existing town in it, so i transformed that town in a cycle town. I had over 100 villagers move in and out but Lopez (that was Already in town when I bought the file, and seemed to have a high friendship level with the mayor) never left until i reset the game.
Hope this helps a little!
The three listed above are all myths actually.
1. Villagers requesting to move out are random as the game is not essentially designed for you to keep any of the villagers forever. The makers of the game intended for us to have many DIFFERENT villagers live in our town - of course, that's not something many of us want.
2. The most recent move-in can ask to move out before anyone else moves out. This has happened to me several times already. It's just that the most recent move-in will ask to move out after several other villagers ask to move out first (most likely because the makers of the game figured that the "freshest" villager should stick around longer as you won't be as bored of him/her as of your older ones). This is why (if you don't TT), this can take a long time and many people have falsely come to the conclusion that they'll never leave.
3. Nope, ignoring a villager will not make them move any faster. What can happen if you ignore a villager for a long time, is that they won't ping you when they're moving (because they won't ping you at all basically). If someone wants to move, you agree but then they change their mind, quit the game without saving. Then, when they ping you again, just ignore them and they will move on the set date.
Hope this helps.
Hrm, at least for me, the method of just introducing yourself to a villager and continue ignoring it until it pings for moving out actually worked for me a couple of times... Also, most of the move outs happened with villagers i had a really good relation with. Idk if it still is a myth or if it has already been debunked, but it is what has been working for me since i got the game.
Several guides that I saw that had that a villager you've never talked to has the same possibility to ask to move as your best friend. So to my best knowledge both the first and third are accurate.
