PSA: calling the update the 'summer update' does not make Northern hem players privileged

[daringred_]

it's also worth noting that we're still missing gyroids, brewster, town ordinances and perfect fruit off the top of my head. i can almost forgive the last two since they were only introduced in NL but, imo, every game in a series should build on the last one, not knock down half of it.

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Oh man, don't even get me started on the horrible gaming mechanics like what you just mentioned. Grinds my gears lol.

i was terraforming part of my island today and i cannot emphasise how much i hate the controls. it is ridiculous how many times i place water in the wrong place or remove part of the path.

 

[Corrie]

it's also worth noting that we're still missing gyroids, brewster, town ordinances and perfect fruit off the top of my head. i can almost forgive the last two since they were only introduced in NL but, imo, every game in a series should build on the last one, not knock down half of it.

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i was terraforming part of my island today and i cannot emphasise how much i hate the controls. it is ridiculous how many times i place water in the wrong place or remove part of the path.

I HATE the terraforming controls! I'm still not used to them yet and end up removing land, then putting the land back. Makes me wanna give up but I want my island to look pretty. So conflicting!

 

[John Wick]

I couldn't care less about gyroids.
It was a pain digging them up every day after it rained, and on my island it rains six days out of seven.
I kid you not.

It's a depressing, dismal nightmare.
Gyroids would be the catalyst.

 

[daringred_]

I couldn't care less about gyroids.
It was a pain digging them up every day after it rained, and on my island it rains six days out of seven.
I kid you not.

It's a depressing, dismal nightmare.

i didn't care for gyroids but they were a fun little quirk of the game and i already do a loop of my island to find the fossils so no harm, no foul, really.

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I HATE the terraforming controls! I'm still not used to them yet and end up removing land, then putting the land back. Makes me wanna give up but I want my island to look pretty. So conflicting!

It would help if they had, like, a grid that showed where you were about to dig or place. And if you could place cliffs/water/paths/fences/trees/flowers in the middle of two "squares" like you can with furniture because not being able to means so many things ultimately don't line up correctly.

I have a lot of gripes with some of this game's mechanics, ngl, the other one being a lack of bulk crafting.

 

[John Wick]

i didn't care for gyroids but they were a fun little quirk of the game and i already do a loop of my island to find the fossils so no harm, no foul, really.

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It would help if they had, like, a grid that showed where you were about to dig or place. And if you could place cliffs/water/paths/fences/trees/flowers in the middle of two "squares" like you can with furniture because not being able to means so many things ultimately don't line up correctly.

I have a lot of gripes with some of this game's mechanics, ngl, the other one being a lack of bulk crafting.

Gyroids plus a town where it rains most of the time, equals more digging, equals more tool crafting and/or customizing.

I truly despise crafting and don't want anymore breaking tools.
Sick to death of it.

 

[yoohamsta]

It feels like a lot of the SH players complaining are not actually from the SH so they don't understand how it is in real life SH, they usually experience things as per the "correct" season then suddenly they can't and are all up in arms. I'm from a SH country and I chose NH island because I want to experience things as per the "correct" season, if I had chosen a SH island I wouldn't be complaining because it is what it is living in the SH. The difference between NH and SH is not just catching different bugs/fish, more people should have realized it meant opposite seasons and what that logically meant for events/holidays.

 

[daringred_]

Gyroids plus a town where it rains most of the time, equals more digging, equals more tool crafting and/or customizing.

I truly despise crafting and don't want anymore breaking tools.
Sick to death of it.

i've had rain everyday for the past week or so but that's because it's june and the "rainy season". can't say for certain, obviously, but i doubt it'll continue raining that consistently for you for long. unless it's been non-stop for you since launch in which case rip.

 

[Corrie]

Gyroids plus a town where it rains most of the time, equals more digging, equals more tool crafting and/or customizing.

I truly despise crafting and don't want anymore breaking tools.
Sick to death of it.

i didn't care for gyroids but they were a fun little quirk of the game and i already do a loop of my island to find the fossils so no harm, no foul, really.

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It would help if they had, like, a grid that showed where you were about to dig or place. And if you could place cliffs/water/paths/fences/trees/flowers in the middle of two "squares" like you can with furniture because not being able to means so many things ultimately don't line up correctly.

I have a lot of gripes with some of this game's mechanics, ngl, the other one being a lack of bulk crafting.

I'd be game for a grid system! Otherwise you're just hitting into the abyss, hoping you angled your character right which you know you never do, at least I never do.

I feel like this game makes you do things the long way. Lack of bulk crafting, not being able to access your storage at the crafting table, not being able to buy two of the same clothing item from Ables. I was so excited about the changeroom and now I freaking despise it.

Edit: forgot to mention about the breaking tools. Even the gold ones break. What madman came up with that idea?! They need at least a life bar so you know how many hits you have left. It's silly they don't have that!

 

[daringred_]

I'd be game for a grid system! Otherwise you're just hitting into the abyss, hoping you angled your character right which you know you never do, at least I never do.

I feel like this game makes you do things the long way. Lack of bulk crafting, not being able to access your storage at the crafting table, not being able to buy two of the same clothing item from Ables. I was so excited about the changeroom and now I freaking despise it.

Edit: forgot to mention about the breaking tools. Even the gold ones break. What madman came up with that idea?! They need at least a life bar so you know how many hits you have left. It's silly they don't have that!

when i found out the gold tools can break i was just sat there like

 

[Corrie]

when i found out the gold tools can break i was just sat there like
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I know they want to make this game last as long as possible but geez, no need to torture us in the process.

 

[daringred_]

and like none of this is to say NH is inherently a bad game and that people didn't work hard on it because that's not true, but that doesn't mean we can't give fair criticize or point out the game's flaws -- because it has plenty, unfortunately. it just feels like they thought HD graphics and outdoor customization would make up for everything they cut but it doesn't.

especially when there was no need to cut 98% of it. (harriet i can understand, given the mirror, but there's no reason she couldn't appear a la kicks or mabel and offer you exclusive wigs like the aforementioned hair-bow or those from pocket camp. resetti i can understand to a degree, given the autosave, but there's no reason he couldn't have been optional like he was in NL. shrunk, too, but i personally preferred feeding him fruit and getting reactions at a more gradual, definitive pace with a special bonus at the end for filling the page.)

 

[Fey]

also maybe not at first and maybe not you specifically but from as much of it as i could stomach, it seemed like a thread largely dedicated to bashing NH players to me.

That was not the intention of the thread, nor the outcome. People were describing their position and putting in the work to explain it to those that didn’t understand. I find it pretty rich that you’re talking about others being “bashed” when you were the one calling people stupid.

If you actually felt like your personal struggles were undermined by my statement, I apologize. I’ll leave it at that now, because I feel like this is distorted to the point it can’t be talked out further.

 

[John Wick]

i've had rain everyday for the past week or so but that's because it's june and the "rainy season". can't say for certain, obviously, but i doubt it'll continue raining that consistently for you for long. unless it's been non-stop for you since launch in which case rip.

It's been that way since I started in april.

 

[daringred_]

That was not the intention of the thread, nor the outcome. People were describing their position and putting in the work to explain it to those that didn’t understand. I find it pretty rich that you’re talking about others being “bashed” when you were the one calling people stupid.

If you actually felt like your personal struggles were undermined by my statement, I apologize. I’ll leave it at that now, because I feel like this is distorted to the point it can’t be talked out further.

i didn't flat out call anyone stupid, thanks, but feel free to twist my words some more if you feel it proves your point. besides, i'm not the one making a mountain out of a molehill and saying people's feeling were hurt because they called it a summer update.

 

[John Wick]

when i found out the gold tools can break i was just sat there like
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The golden tools have always been the pot of gold at the end of the AC rainbow.

It's still a pot full of nuggets, but they aren't gold.

No reward for the critterpedia completion except "Have a DIY for yet another tool that breaks!"

 

[Corrie]

The golden tools have always been the pot of gold at the end of the AC rainbow.

It's still a pot full of nuggets, but they aren't gold.

No reward for the critterpedia completion except "Have a DIY for yet another tool that breaks!"

Maybe I just have bad luck but I struggle to find gold so to 'waste' it on tools that break is just not worth it to me.

 

[John Wick]

Maybe I just have bad luck but I struggle to find gold so to 'waste' it on tools that break is just not worth it to me.

Oh I've got a decent amount of gold from the islands.. but I haven't, and won't ever craft a golden tool.

 

[Corrie]

and like none of this is to say NH is inherently a bad game and that people didn't work hard on it because that's not true, but that doesn't mean we can't give fair criticize or point out the game's flaws -- because it has plenty, unfortunately. it just feels like they thought HD graphics and outdoor customization would make up for everything they cut but it doesn't.

especially when there was no need to cut 98% of it. (harriet i can understand, given the mirror, but there's no reason she couldn't appear a la kicks or mabel and offer you exclusive wigs like the aforementioned hair-bow or those from pocket camp. resetti i can understand to a degree, given the autosave, but there's no reason he couldn't have been optional like he was in NL. shrunk, too, but i personally preferred feeding him fruit and getting reactions at a more gradual, definitive pace with a special bonus at the end for filling the page.)

I agree! I rant because I'm upset that NH has this many flaws. I want it to be a better game!

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Oh I've got a decent amount of gold from the islands.. but I haven't, and won't ever craft a golden tool.

That's great! I don't even have the diys for them lol.

 

[John Wick]

I agree! I rant because I'm upset that NH has this many flaws. I want it to be a better game!

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That's great! I don't even have the diys for them lol.

I shot down the slingshot one, and got the golden axe about two weeks ago.
I just bought loads of flimsy axes and went on a NM island chopping spree!

 

[daringred_]

i haven't chopped down trees in ages so i still have the first golden axe i crafted. i craft the slingshot and watering can semi-regularly though but since they're the only things i use gold for, my supply hasn't been depleted yet.

but yeah, they really nerfed the golden tools. not only do they now break, but they've all had their buffs removed outside of the golden watering can. the golden axe one i kind of get but they could've just changed it so every hit gives you 2x the amount of wood or something.