I can't tell if this was at me or someone else? If you're saying this to me I just stated that I think people should be able to like what villager they want to like...
"Popular" and "Rare" villagers - A sort of rant.
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I can't tell if this was at me or someone else? If you're saying this to me I just stated that I think people should be able to like what villager they want to like...
Usually when someone does ^ it's because they agree with the post above (or if it's below a quote then they agree with the quote). Least that's how I see it used... so basically they're agreeing with you and adding onto your comment with their own thoughts.
Sometimes in the same post people talk to different people, in the second part of his post it seemed like he was directing it at the opening post of the thread or anyone else who may think in a similar way as the OP. Least that's how I saw it... I say don't worry about it, because the person who replied to you agreed with you. "You" is a bit tricky sometimes because it can be used to talk about/to a specific person but also a vague group of people.
The most popular villager in my town isn't even that popular.
Maple.
And I got her randomly..
:/
Villagers like Rosie and Marshal are considered rare because people who have them don't give them up that easily. They're popular because of their looks.
I think every personality has its popular villagers.
Maple.
And I got her randomly..
:/
Villagers like Rosie and Marshal are considered rare because people who have them don't give them up that easily. They're popular because of their looks.
I think every personality has its popular villagers.
kiwi34fruit
Senior Member
There are a lot of wannabe hipsters in this forum if they choose unpopular villagers just because they're unpopular. If you want Chow, Chops, or Hippeux in your town, go ahead. But it doesn't make your town special in anyway. It just looks like you never tried the reset trick.
I remember someone posted in a previous thread very similar to this, stating that defending you got a popular villager on accident, doesn't really exempt you from the fact that you have one and you choose to keep them because surprise-you actually like them. Popular villagers tend to be popular because they tend to look badass.
Egh these villager angst threads are popping up daily now.
I remember someone posted in a previous thread very similar to this, stating that defending you got a popular villager on accident, doesn't really exempt you from the fact that you have one and you choose to keep them because surprise-you actually like them. Popular villagers tend to be popular because they tend to look badass.
Egh these villager angst threads are popping up daily now.
..or it looks like someone wified with you and gave you an unwanted villager..
- is forcing Hippeux to leave-
autumnleavesxo
Secretly a cat
I've been fairy lucky with campers and random move ins and have Diana, Chrissy, Lolly, Punchy and Stitches in my town - all apparently popular. I liked Diana because I like her personality and colour scheme, same with Chrissy and Lolly. I've always loved Punchy and Stitches, so when I saw them both in my campsite I invited them to my town because it was nostalgic and I like them both. I couldn't care less whether they're popular or not, I just like them, and I most likely will be letting the majority of my villagers leave or possibly give some away when they leave because, from experience, I get bored of having some villagers forever, and I want to experience as many as I can. As people said earlier, too - if you're bored of seeing the same villagers in people's towns, don't visit other towns, although in my experience I rarely see any popular villagers when I go to other towns. If someone is happy with their villagers/dream villagers, for whatever reasons they may have, then surely that's all that matters? Everyone's playing the game their own way, it doesn't affect anyone else in any way.
Unidentified Floor Orange
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It's no one's responsibility to take in villagers they don't like as much so that you (OP) can have more variety when you use the Dream Suite.
Let them have the villagers they like in peace.
Let them have the villagers they like in peace.
I don't see why people have to stop wanting a popular villager just because you think it's annoying. I've wanted Merengue since the moment I saw her, and that may be true for lots of other people. I don't see why I shouldn't want her, or keep her, just because you think it's getting stale. :/
And you can't sell Katt for millions of bells BECAUSE she's hated by a lot of people. It's supply and demand. No one is going to spend millions of bells on a villager that is high in supply and low in demand.
And you can't sell Katt for millions of bells BECAUSE she's hated by a lot of people. It's supply and demand. No one is going to spend millions of bells on a villager that is high in supply and low in demand.
My "popular" villagers are Skye and Merengue. Merengue was a starter and Skye was given to me as one of my first 9. Oh, and Freya who was a camper. (honestly, i don't like her very much but I need her picture) But my most wanted villagers are my original GC villagers, Stitches (OK I'll give you that one but he's so CUTE), Ribbot, and Annalise.
I have some awesome non-popular villagers. I got Big Top, who was a favorite in WW and Cheri, who I have always wanted from giveaways on here. I think Cheri is actually staying forever. Another one who is staying forever is Blanche who was villager #9. My point, I like to take what the game throws at me more than anything because I don't know who I'm going to grow to love. But I'll gladly take awesome villagers from giveaways!
Might end up trading Zell to get Kyle back when I've cycled 16 villagers though
I have some awesome non-popular villagers. I got Big Top, who was a favorite in WW and Cheri, who I have always wanted from giveaways on here. I think Cheri is actually staying forever. Another one who is staying forever is Blanche who was villager #9. My point, I like to take what the game throws at me more than anything because I don't know who I'm going to grow to love. But I'll gladly take awesome villagers from giveaways!
Might end up trading Zell to get Kyle back when I've cycled 16 villagers though
Plus they're Smug villagers, of which there aren't that many so there's a higher probability when you get a Smug villager randomly, it will be one of them
I think most of my villagers are popular... but I wanted them because I love their designs--nothing more.
I'm sure everyone has their own villagers they like--although, it makes me sad when people's actual reason is because "they are rare"--something that often bothers me in MMOs as well X__x
I'm sure everyone has their own villagers they like--although, it makes me sad when people's actual reason is because "they are rare"--something that often bothers me in MMOs as well X__x
cannedcommunism
idk man
I have a few popular villagers in my town. But only because I like them. I don't care if there popular, and some of the popular ones are kinda overrated, like Julian or Merengue. My dreamies include some of the less popular villagers, like Mint or Olivia, with only 2 popular villagers.
This is only true if the game selects a personality first. If this happens, it will pick a random personality and then a villager under that personality, in which case this is correct.
However if it works how I think it does (which is just randomly pick 1 villager from the entire list) there is no 1 villager that is more likely to appear.
If you get down to 8 villagers, the game will have a chance to give you a villager each day for a week. On the 7th day, there is a 100% chance that villager will appear. The villager chosen is actually picked by whoever you have the lowest amount personality-wise. So if you have no smug but one or more of everything else, you will most likely only be looking at a smug villager. Have just 1 of a set few...it'll be of those, etc. So it does continue after the initial village getting phase.
Hound00med
Come join the dark side..
I did notice that, say for example, a Peppy villager, and you have one of every other personality, but now, no Peppies.. You will get a random personality villager move in next, and then, once you have another move out, that's when you'll get the new Peppy.. It's really frustrating sometimes
Yeah, this is what always crosses my mind when I read stuff like this. At the end of the day, it's a person's own town that they're logging into everyday, using as escapism or comfort or a source of fun, or whatever. And it's a person's own villagers that they will be seeing everyday and having to do errands for. So expecting town owners to make decisions about their towns and villagers based on what other people think, instead of what the owner themself thinks, seems pretty absurd. But I guess this is a discussion board after all, we gotta talk about something!
I have Robin, Curlos, Elmer, Frank, Opal, Melba, Charlise, Biskit, and Henry in my town. Not many uber-popular villagers there, and I certainly don't think this makes my dream town more interesting to visit.
In fact, it probably makes it less interesting, since these are just your run-of-the-mill, average neighbors, not ones that I worked hard to obtain or spent millions on. But to me, of course, I've learned to like some of them, and one of them is a sentimental favorite of mine from AC:WW (Melba 
). I do hope to get some new, different neighbors eventually. (It's a slow process)As for "rarity" of certain villagers, I think what's meant by that is you'll rarely see Julian or Marshal offered up for free, so they're harder to obtain.
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