The villager picture system was better in NL than it is in NH

[NatsumiSummer]

I am so tired of not having a villager picture, but at the same time I am fed up with the only quick way to get them in NH is by giving gifts to your villagers... In NL (not counting the ones I had because of April Fools Day)... I had gotten 20 villager pictures... and that is on a town I only had for about 2 maybe 3 years. In NH according to what I hear I will have to keep a SINGLE villager for at least 125 days BEFORE I get a chance to get their picture, if I am not going to give them gifts. I occasionally give them gifts, but it is NEVER going to be something I just do every day. I miss how they would just randomly give it to me out of now where, or mail me their picture AFTER they have moved away, or as a reward for helping them out.

Am I the only one who actually feels like NH does it pretty much the worst way possible? probably am...

 

[Insulaire]

I like my villagers, so I don’t mind regularly giving them something. Plus they always give you something in return!

 

[NatsumiSummer]

I like my villagers, so I don’t mind regularly giving them something. Plus they always give you something in return!

I have had times when they gave me NOTHING in return for a gift. Just a simple, "oh thank you".

 

[tajikey]

Not discounting your feelings, but I find it much easier than NL. Getting a gift in return feels more natural than getting it for nothing.

 

[Insulaire]

I have had times when they gave me NOTHING in return for a gift. Just a simple, "oh thank you".

Then your gift wasn’t worth enough. Give them something worth at least 250 bells in Nooks

 

[Serabee]

Am I the only one who actually feels like NH does it pretty much the worst way possible? probably am...

I mean, I don't know, but I definitely don't think it's bad? Like I said on the other board, giving them gifts is a way to show you know them well. Which is generally the best way to befriend people in real life- except, in real life, you can have nice conversations and spend time with someone doing things they like, but you don't have a lot of options to do that in ACNH. You also don't need to give them EXPENSIVE stuff- they're not holding out for you to make them rich before they give you one. Just stuff they'll enjoy, which can be pretty cheap.

I'm also used to, like, Harvest Moon and stuff... so gift-giving is my default way of befriending video game characters

 

[John Wick]

I couldn't give a crap about pictures.

Just talk to them, and give them fruit.

It works.

 

[NatsumiSummer]

Then your gift wasn’t worth enough. Give them something worth at least 250 bells in Nooks

Oh so my gift was ****? Good to know they EXPECT something costly... greedy little animals>.>

 

[Serabee]

Not discounting your feelings, but I find it much easier than NL. Getting a gift in return feels more natural than getting it for nothing.

Agreed! I didn't like the randomness of NL. I'm glad to know I have a chance of INITIATING the interaction in this game!

Then your gift wasn’t worth enough. Give them something worth at least 250 bells in Nooks

250 bells sale value? 'Cause I give them clothing, but often get nothing in return... so maybe I'll stick to foreign fruit, then!

 

[Insulaire]

Oh so my gift was ****? Good to know they EXPECT something costly... greedy little animals>.>

Jeez Louise! Maybe a game where you bolster friendship with your fellow villagers through mutual acts of kindness isn’t for you...

 

[Magicman]

I always give them fish and get something in return

 

[Serabee]

Oh so my gift was ****? Good to know they EXPECT something costly... greedy little animals>.>

Umm, I've given neighbors "favorite" gifts and gotten nothing in return. But it gives a lot friendship points, from what I understand.

If you're the one complaining about getting nothing tangible in return (as opposed to heightened friendship) doesn't that kind of make you the greedy one

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I always give them fish and get something in return

I've given them fish before, but then I realized they display them in their homes, and I don't want their homes turning into mini-museums

 

[Dunquixote]

With the exception of my two starter villagers, who i had gifted random stuff since I wasn’t planning on keeping them (unfortunately now i want to keep one), and Roscoe (on his birthday i gave him an iron shelf), I’ve been giving them only workbenches and eventually I ended up getting pictures from four of my villagers. If you don’t want to mess up their houses with random furniture and don’t mind using your materials on them, I’d suggest making them simple or mini diy workbenches.

 

[John Wick]

Jeez Louise! Maybe a game where you bolster friendship with your fellow villagers through mutual acts of kindness isn’t for you...

It isn't based on mutual acts of kindness though.

Friendship, in NH, has a monetary value.

It's the most impersonal game in the series, IMO.

 

[Bk1234]

I’m going to disagree with you on this one... In New Leaf, the way to get pictures seemed hard to understand and almost cryptic. In New Horizons, the method is pretty clear. Plus, the fact that it takes longer is better in my opinion. It lets you really develop a relationship with the villagers you love! If you don’t want to keep a villager, then don’t get their picture...

 

[Le Ham]

Wow...

so um, to give a less heated answer, I haven't been doing the daily give-them-a-wrapped-iron-wall-lamp or whatever thing at all. I give my villagers clothes I think suit them as I play the game, and I've also given my starter villagers furniture to class up their generic interiors, which I'm sure has made the process easier with them. Since I don't really like going through the bother of writing them letters - especially since they never bring up or talk about letters you sent them in conversation! - if I have multiple things I wanna give them I just go one a day until they get everything. I've gotten 4 pics so far - 3 of those were starters that have been with me from the beginning (again, giving them fresh furniture whenever I felt like it probably helped a lot) and the 4th is Rodney who I've been pampering for over a month and just got his today.

You can also get a villager's picture sometimes if another villager has you deliver a gift to them. If you get it that way, it feels more natural - you'll even get proper dialogue related to the pic, instead of the "here's My Name's photo" like it's a basic gift. If anything gets on my nerves it's that dialogue - how did they mess that up?

Anyway, I remember WW being harder to earn pics, but it felt much more rewarding. Probably because letters actually meant something to them, LOL. In my book, WW's and NH's methods are both better than NL, where you not only got them quick but you got multiples a lot and it felt meaningless. That's my, uh, solid 20c because I'm literally Blathers when it comes to this stuff oof.

Also, y'all, quit pretending ACNH effectively simulates real-life friendships. thought we've agreed that wasn't even the main focus of this version. I think it's a genuine frustration to have when this game fails to balance its priorities (customization vs life sim) in a harmonious way

 

[rezberri]

i dont rly mind how it works. ive now made it a point to at least gift wrap them a coconut every day. i'll hunt down a villager, talk to them once, gift them the present, and then talk to them again. i almost always get at least bells in return, though some of my villagers (particularly my snooty) will give me clothing or furniture. it's a long process, but in new leaf it was also kind of a long process.

Since I don't really like going through the bother of writing them letters - especially since they never bring up or talk about letters you sent them in conversation!

i think it's been confirmed that sending villagers letters with gifts doesnt contribute anything to their friendship points. guides ive seen just said to gift them things in person. but there is a nook miles achievement for writing letters.

 

[Etown20]

I like giving gifts, so I don't mind that part of it, but there are changes to it I would definitely make:

• more ways to get friendship points, or at least more frequency of quests
• you get the photo when you hit the the max number of friendship points so it's not controlled by RNG
• specialized dialogue that makes the moment seem more important rather than just treating it like another item

I got Lolly's photo when I returned her lost item before she asked based on the clue it gave. She had only been on the island about a month, and I had given her mostly wrapped fruit up until then. I definitely wasn't expecting it that soon, so it was a really nice surprise. With most other villagers, I've run out of good gifts to give them by the time I hit max friendship, so I just have to keep giving fruit everyday until I get their photo back.

 

[courtky]

I don't remember having very many villager photos in New Leaf, and I interacted with them daily. I have a ton on New Horizons, though! It seems easier and more straight forward on New Horizons.

 

[Cosmic-chan]

I always thought the posters were the replacement of pictures. I like those better than the photos. :c