Question from a Cycler

[Oblivia]

Hey everyone. I run a cycling thread here on TBT, and I've cycled many villagers at this point. My next move in is set to be a smug, so I figured I'd do some resetting and try for Marshal since many people have expressed interest in adopting him. The trouble is, I've had Marshal in this town previously, and despite the fact that I've had 16 villagers move out after Marshal (the actual number of move outs is 31) it simply will NOT plot Marshal no matter how long I reset. I also noticed something a bit odd: it also won't plot Julian, Zell, or Pietro, who happen to be the other smug villagers I've had previously. I've had at least 16 move outs since they were all adopted (you can see my list of adopted villagers here, in order) yet it's given me EVERY smug villager at this point barring the aforementioned four. Does anyone who's successfully completed the 16 villager cycle have any advice they could give, or perhaps clue me in on why the game seems to be skipping these villagers? Could it possibly have something to do with the fact that I tend to always cycle in the same month? Any advice/tips would be greatly appreciated, and I thank you all in advance.

 

[Xanarcah]

I heard you can't get the plot of a villager set to move in until you've had all the villagers in the game at least once. Even if you've cycled 16 for them, only villagers you haven't had yet will appear.

Not sure if this applies to the campsite as well.

 

[Capella]

I was wondering this as well
I wish I knew the answer but I think that they can't plot ever again but that's probably wrong since what if you get every villager who will plot?? Or will it just reset?

 

[lenoreluna]

I heard you can't get the plot of a villager set to move in until you've had all the villagers in the game at least once. Even if you've cycled 16 for them, only villagers you haven't had yet will appear.

Not sure if this applies to the campsite as well.

But you can ask them (or a different version of them if they got voided) to move back after 16 villagers have moved back right? (Like if they are in a friend's town).

 

[Xanarcah]

But you can ask them (or a different version of them if they got voided) to move back after 16 villagers have moved back right? (Like if they are in a friend's town).

Oh, definitely. I've gotten back villagers I've passed the 16 cycle for.

Villagers that are the random 9th villager move-in are the ones we're specifically referring to. They seem to be more complicated.



Speaking of which, I was looking back through my post history and trying to search the forums, but I can't find the thread where someone told me you have to pass all 333 villagers before you can get ones you've had as a random move in. .-. The closest I can find is a thread where I was discussing it as a possibility with someone. Maybe it was a PM I got instead...

 

[Oblivia]

I heard you can't get the plot of a villager set to move in until you've had all the villagers in the game at least once. Even if you've cycled 16 for them, only villagers you haven't had yet will appear.

Not sure if this applies to the campsite as well.

That's pretty brutal, but I think you may be correct. I've talked to a couple friends who have also been unable to get a past villager to plot despite having 16 move outs, so it may be that you can adopt them from another town (or possibly the campsite?) but they won't show up as a random move in. I'll probably try and talk a friend of mine into letting me adopt him into my cycling town so that I can re-adopt him out to someone who really wants him.

Thanks for the info!

 

[Xanarcah]

That's pretty brutal, but I think you may be correct. I've talked to a couple friends who have also been unable to get a past villager to plot despite having 16 move outs, so it may be that you can adopt them from another town (or possibly the campsite?) but they won't show up as a random move in. I'll probably try and talk a friend of mine into letting me adopt him into my cycling town so that I can re-adopt him out to someone who really wants him.

Thanks for the info!

I'd swear I've seen villagers I've had before in my campsite, but now that I have three towns, there's a pretty good chance my memories of who left each town and who appeared in the campsite in which town are all jumbled up. .-.

Hopefully the info saves you from wasting time and effort, even if it's not the best piece of news ever. xD;

 

[Oblivia]

I'd swear I've seen villagers I've had before in my campsite, but now that I have three towns, there's a pretty good chance my memories of who left each town and who appeared in the campsite in which town are all jumbled up. .-.

Hopefully the info saves you from wasting time and effort, even if it's not the best piece of news ever. xD;

Ha, I know the feeling. I have two "real" towns and two cycling towns, though I only plan to cycle one of them long-term. Fine details can definitely get mixed up from town to town on occasion.

I do appreciate the info, though it would make things much easier if the game would simply plot past villagers. -_-