- to cycle you need 9 villagers, unless you're looking to start with a random move in. i'm pretty sure villagers don't leave your town if there's only 8 of them there.
- somebody tested out inviting a new villager in town while cycling (either through campsite or adoption), and it's alright as long as there's room and doesn't conflict with another move in.
- nope, generally doesn't work. the closer you are to villagers, the more likely they are to move out. and ignoring them (esp after you've spoken to them at least a couple of times) will make them more likely to stay (i.e., if they ping you to move they'll suddenly change their minds because they want to get to know you more)
- you can't really cycle without tt-ing though? or well, if you're referring to the process by which villagers will come and go inside your town then it's going to take awhile without it. unlike cycling with specific dates (by time traveling), you don't have a guarantee that villagers will move out or in when you "want" them to.
there are also methods of cycling which let you "choose" which villagers move out (if you're looking to move out some villager you really dislike), but it requires more legwork than ones that guarantee a boxed villager already no matter who it is. all the methods though, involve some degree of time traveling. :c
- as for plot-resetting, no, it does not corrupt your town (at least not that i know of?) i've never really tried it but i know people sometimes spend hours and days just trying to get a good spot for villager houses, the only incident associated to plot resetting that i've heard so far is accidentally saving when the plot is in the wrong spot lol
and yeah, there is! having more pwps in town (and in certain places) can influence where house plots might spawn, as long as there's space for it, there's a chance it'll go there. also, new villagers will sometimes place their houses over a past villager's area, if it's still possible. not always though o/
hope this helped!
