Sending letters to villagers doesn't increase friendship points PSA

[Arithmophobia17]

i'm probably gonna start sending letters to all my residents for the nook miles goal (the completionist in me lol), and so i can get more cute letters from my villagers (if it works that way...). plus the added bonus of more oppurtunities to shower them with love lol

sad that it doesn't raise friendship level tho, missed oppurtunity. promote learning to write cohesive letters for the really young kids as well as just connecting with others

 

[FraudulentDimetrodon]

Considering how painful typing letters one by one is ill saave it for when im sending them gifts. Really sad nintendo didnt implement some way to tie typing with the mobile app to that stuff given how awful it is to type through it

If you're playing docked, you can actually use a USB keyboard to write letters! Much more convenient. You can also use the USB keyboard when pulling up the standard virtual keyboard with the right bumper.

 

[Raz]

Considering how painful typing letters one by one is ill saave it for when im sending them gifts. Really sad nintendo didnt implement some way to tie typing with the mobile app to that stuff given how awful it is to type through it

At least they left behind the old method of input from Doubutsu no Mori e+

That was torture

 

[Believe]

If you're playing docked, you can actually use a USB keyboard to write letters! Much more convenient. You can also use the USB keyboard when pulling up the standard virtual keyboard with the right bumper.

I do play docked! Might have to look into that though my available space on my desk is quite low now lol

Doubutsu no Mori e+

YIKES just looked it up

 

[Raz]

i'm probably gonna start sending letters to all my residents for the nook miles goal (the completionist in me lol), and so i can get more cute letters from my villagers (if it works that way...). plus the added bonus of more oppurtunities to shower them with love lol

sad that it doesn't raise friendship level tho, missed oppurtunity. promote learning to write cohesive letters for the really young kids as well as just connecting with others

Just a PSA: you don't need to write letters to your villagers to achieve the popular pen pal miles.

Sending gifts to friends with the pre-written text also counts towards that achievement

 

[Arithmophobia17]

Just a PSA: you don't need to write letters to your villagers to achieve the popular pen pal miles.

Sending gifts to friends with the pre-written text also counts towards that achievement

good to know for when i get friends lol

 

[Mayor-of-Bliss]

Are you serious. Wow. That's really good info. I used to write everyone everyday with gifts. Heck I made a whole thing. I'd buy paper go to my house or the beach and write letters.
I was so annoyed they made you write in the airport it's good to know there's no reason to bother.
Ugh. It was one of my favorite things hijacked figures.

 

[FraudulentDimetrodon]

I do play docked! Might have to look into that though my available space on my desk is quite low now lol

Aw, yeah, I totally get the low desk space. My setup isn't great either. Unfortunately, I do believe that you need a full-sized keyboard with the num pad to get it to work, so you might need a little more space than you'd expect. I couldn't find this documented specifically, but I couldn't get any of my tenkeyless keyboards to work correctly with the Switch. I tried a few, and the Switch consistently read all inputs using keys on the right side of the keyboard as the num pad instead of the actual key being pressed, for some reason (ex. pressing "P" would give me "6" or whatever).

But the keyboard is so useful, so I do recommend it. It's also helpful when typing in the chat when doing multiplayer (I'm awful at typing with my phone's touchscreen keyboard). The USB keyboard works on the Switch at a system level, so if you also hate having to key in passwords when using the eShop, that's also a bonus. : P

 

[Believe]

Aw, yeah, I totally get the low desk space. My setup isn't great either. Unfortunately, I do believe that you need a full-sized keyboard with the num pad to get it to work, so you might need a little more space than you'd expect. I couldn't find this documented specifically, but I couldn't get any of my tenkeyless keyboards to work correctly with the Switch. I tried a few, and the Switch consistently read all inputs using keys on the right side of the keyboard as the num pad instead of the actual key being pressed, for some reason (ex. pressing "P" would give me "6" or whatever).

But the keyboard is so useful, so I do recommend it. It's also helpful when typing in the chat when doing multiplayer (I'm awful at typing with my phone's touchscreen keyboard). The USB keyboard works on the Switch at a system level, so if you also hate having to key in passwords when using the eShop, that's also a bonus. : P

Oh that's really helpful information. Thanks for giving such a thorough overview of it

 

[Xara]

i’m lowkey relieved - i don’t send letters unless it’s to give a villager a doorplate/wreath just because i find the act of writing and sending letters to be a bit tedious this time around, so i’m glad to hear there’s no benefit to it! :>

 

[marea]

The price annoys me a little bit but the interface annoys me a lot. I hate writing one, sending it, getting kicked all the way out, navigating back in, trying to remember who I’ve already sent one too, oh crud I forgot to attach the gift to that one...

Yeees! and if you go through that process every day, you sure deserve a friendship boost!

But, sending letters was never really free. You had to pay for the stationary!

Oops totally forgot about taking that into account XD Saying it was cheaper would have been way more accurate. Thanks for reminding me!

 

[Chris]

One thing that I don't think it's in the game is the ability for the AI to recognize specific words and answer your letters based on what you've written.

I am glad for this! If the game understood what I was writing I'm sure I'd be waking up with Isabelle knocking on my door to scold me for making inappropriate remarks to my villagers. Each day I send Anabelle quotes from Edgar Allen Poe's melancholic love poem Annabel Lee.

 

[Gunner]

Sorry to bump an old thread but does anyone know if this is still the case?

 

[InstantNoodles]

I don't understand why it doesn't increase friendship I don't really send letters as much as I did back in NL since it doesn't seem worth it

 

[Sharksheep]

Sorry to bump an old thread but does anyone know if this is still the case?

I haven't heard about it changing. Pretty sure it's still does nothing