RIP Star fragment (and other) trees

[shuba]

Every hacked tree will turn into a money tree with 1000 bells * 3 on it after applying the patch.

Thoughts?

Personally, I have not owned star fragment trees or anything of its kind, and was probably not going to use them on my island, but a lot of islands I really enjoy used them, so it's a bit sad. It would be cool if we could decorate trees in the future and hang items up on them, as this is something commonly done irl as well (christmas trees, etc).

 

[rubyrubert]

Whoa where did you get this news?! There’s a patch?!

Rip star trees, but also… everyone knew that there was a risk they would be patched out. It’s a hacked item, obviously against terms of service.

I just hope that they add star trees as a legal, in game item.

 

[Forthefunofit]

Whoa where did you get this news?! There’s a patch?!

Rip star trees, but also… everyone knew that there was a risk they would be patched out. It’s a hacked item, obviously against terms of service.

I just hope that they add star trees as a legal, in game item.

That would be great if they add them! I know people loved using them as decoration

 

[marshallows]

i mean it's pretty obvious that this was bound to happen eventually, nintendo stepping in and yeeting the hacked trees away.

people who got them should have known that they're only temporary so

if they were to officially add legit item trees in, i think they should make it so that the items won't fall when shaken. it'd be nice that way.

 

[MushroomSoup]

In the most recent update star and non fruit item trees have been removed! Many people think it’s because of the reporting of dream addresses with these trees that brought this to Nintendo’s attentions! Opinions on the whole situation?

 

[Bcat]

I would love it if Nintendo made this a legit feature, but then, they’ve never really been ones to listen to their fans...

 

[JSS]

As someone who didn't have any star trees my thoughts are that the situation was poorly handled overall, people going to dreams purposely looking to report people will now feel like they "won" and I'm going to bed.

 

[rubyrubert]

My opinion: Yes, the trees were pretty, but the risks were always really apparent because they were a hacked item.

I’m honestly conflicted with hacking because on one hand, yes it’s fun, the trees are pretty, and it doesn’t directly affect other players.

But on the other hand, hacked trees floating around online gaming communities aren’t a good idea. The trees were modded, so it didn’t brick anyone’s game, but it’s not smart to have people mess with the game’s files while ACNH gets active updates.

And yes, while it doesn’t affect other players ~directly~… it’s not fair to other players on social media to have a cool, hacked item that you had to pay RLC for and potentially had to risk your game. Sorry.

I always go back and forth on my opinions on hacking and TT because while I don’t really care if someone does those things, it will always indirectly affect other players due to social media and trading. The reason everyone uses NMT to trade is because TT has made Bells almost useless. It makes people feel upset to play the game normally and see someone have an amazing island with hacked items and trees. That’s why people are so hostile to TTers and hackers.

I just hope they add the trees as a legit item. And it wasn’t cool for people to report others just for having the trees.

 

[Millysaurusrexjr]

Awww I think that's kinda lame. I feel bad for those who had star frag trees. I know I'd be upset

 

[SheepMareep]

I think its being taken too personally/seriously.

The mass reporting WAS an attack and personal/very hate driven. However nintendo acting by removing the hack from the game was not personal they were just patching an abused hack.

A lot of people seem to think nintendo monitors all ac twit/social media accounts and are aware of everything going on. And that they just let this slide for the past month or so and only acted when the mass reporting occurred. It is more likely they maybe saw one or two towns with this, but didn't think it was as wide spread as it was.

Nintendo has NEVER gone easy on hacking. Just having the software detected on your 3ds would get your online functions banned. So Im in awe that so many people didn't see this coming or are taking it as an attack the only reason so many hacked towns remained in NL was because the users kept their software updated regularly prior to updating the 3ds to avoid detection and nintendo didnt have a way to go through every town searching for hacks. (Who wants to go through THAT many dream addresses over and over???) Their solution seems to be the reporting function and I guess it served its purpose despite being very abused.

 

[Arckaniel]

As someone who doesn't own one, I personally think star trees look absolutely wonderful (would definitely place it everywhere on my island if they we're actual features of the game and not hacked), I wouldn't care if they didn't take action on it and left it as is, but I understand why they removed and patched it out as it is against ToS... They should instead reintroduce it as a real feature next time, I'm still hoping it does become a reality cuz I really want to plant some of those lol maybe they could like incorporate it to the glowing spot for money trees? Like instead of growing money trees, if you planted a star fragment it would instead produce a star tree? Or perhaps have Celeste give you celestial saplings of some sort that would grow star trees? Idk how they'll do it but here's to hoping that they see the demand for those trees and actually make it a reality for us!

 

[Mick]

It makes perfect sense but their timing could have been better. They should probably have addressed this before the dream islands became a thing.

 

[Moonlight.]

i get why they removed them but man they were pretty. wish they would just make them an actual in-game item you could get

 

[FaerieRose]

The trees were pretty, but it was ultimately the right decision to remove them. It was an error to let them stay up for so long in the first place. I'd love to see more kinds of trees in the future, or even better, ornaments you could decorate trees with.

 

[Peach_Jam]

I don't own these but I guess I'd feel bummed if they got taken out of my island. at least the potential risks they had are eliminated this way.

 

[Hirisa]

I don't agree at all with folks who reported islands that had them - I mean, come on, keep communication lines open for reporting actually harmful stuff like racist, sexist, transphobic content, etc- but given the strong moralizing tendencies of the AC community (speaking broadly here) folks who knowingly violated the TOS to obtain those trees need to drop the shocked pikachu face.

 

[skarmoury]

I personally don't mind hacked island and I wouldn't report them. It's how the player wants to play and I'm in no position to police them about it.

Though I will say that the people mad at Nintendo for patching them are downright annoying. They knew it was a glitch, they knew it wasn't supposed to be an in-game thing. Glitches will ALWAYS have a risk of getting patched, and they should have known this. I am sad for the people who worked hard to get these star fragments trees and relied on them for island design, but highkey whining about it when they KNOW it's not supposed to be a thing personally borders on entitlement to me.

(Actua star fragment trees would be nice in-game though, I will admit.)

 

[Stella-Io]

With how popular they were I feel like Nintendo did know about them at some point, but for them to NOW fix them? After the whole mass dream reporting thing? They should have fixed it when the dream update came out that way this whole mess never would have happened. Now people who reported islands for star/item trees have the 'last laugh' and it just feeds into their ego.

Star trees will be dearly missed (by me atleast, I never had them thou). Beautiful creations defying nature

 

[_Rainy_]

Oh wow, rip.

 

[toadsworthy]

they were dumb to be hacked in in the first place... whenever I see hacked in items, I just roll my eyes and discredit that town right there. Part of the game is abiding by the limitations of it, so it rules out an island for me when they start going above that and think they are better than those limitations and it is disrespectful to the developers.

I mean the reporting aspect is to report hacked items.... so the actual act of reporting the islands isn't wrong, but I know the "movement" was a lot more intense which was out of line.