Sending Villagers Letters

[ChrisNewLeaf]

In previous games, letters you sent would not only be replied to, but they would share them with you or others from time to time, making writing it seem worth it.

Has anyone experienced this in New Horizons, or is sending villagers a letter (other than getting one back) somewhat pointless e.g. it doesn't matter what you type!

 

[Sencha]

I feel the same! I keep forgetting I can send letters, because no one ever talks about them, but in previous games I did that all the time, it felt like such a fun thing to do. Only time I use it now is to send letters to my friends, because they at least acknowledge I sent it

 

[Ararera]

I'm a letter fiend.

While the villagers do respond, they have never once showed off one of my carefully crafted responses; to anyone.

 

[greenvoldemort]

ive always been tempted to share latters, but hasnt it been revealed that letters dont improve freidnship score? so i have not bothered since learning that ..

 

[Rosch]

Yeah. I stopped writing them letters after I learned that it doesn't affect friendship. It's a little disappointing that this feature has become a bit pointless. No wonder the pelicans are out of the scene.

 

[ChrisNewLeaf]

Seems what I feared is true then and to make it worse letters don't even improve friendship score?

Perhaps mailing the villager types who can send art is a good idea as it could help complete museum? But other than that I see no purpose to type anything detailed.

 

[Ararera]

Yeah. I stopped writing them letters after I learned that it doesn't affect friendship. It's a little disappointing that this feature has become a bit pointless. No wonder the pelicans are out of the scene.

Missing my boy Pete. ;_;

 

[-Blue-]

It doesn't help that the letter stand is in the airport and you can only buy one at a time. And when you buy it, you must write the letter right away. You can't take it with you and send it later. You know like how other games did it. So if you made a mistake you could fix it later. In this game, it just undoes everything you typed.

They 'fixed' too many things that weren't broken in this game. Sorry, has to be said.

 

[*The Oakboro Mayor*]

Oh man, this thread made me realize how many bells I spent on paper! I always wrote letters back in NL! I think I don’t write anymore because the letters are in such an out-of-the-way place in the airport. I miss that a lot!! It’s sad that they don’t show the letter to other people.

 

[-Blue-]

Oh I forgot to mention how much torture it is to have the Dodo talk you to death whenever you buy a single letter. So much unnecessary text. It's almost like they want to encourage you to NOT write letters.

 

[ChrisNewLeaf]

They 'fixed' too many things that weren't broken in this game. Sorry, has to be said.

This is so true. And not only that they failed to fix the things that actually needed fixing!