Time travelers: what made it worth/not worth time traveling for you?

[Believe]

I time travel to give myself more content and a larger feeling of progression. I'm not a fan of playing in small increments of any game and I prefer to go hard when I am, and then take breaks in between.

With that said, "cheating" (though I'd hardly call it that) of any kind is a slippery slope for myself. Thankfully playing New Leaf so much gave me an idea of where I can draw the arbitrary line of where it goes from 'fun' to 'not fun'. I get the most joy from the game when I'm putting at least a few hours into each day, interacting with villagers, and mindlessly running around to feel like I've "exhausted" the day in a way. Then I don't feel like im turbo speeding through the game.

I think a lot of people don't recognize that the line is different for everyone and that's why people feel so strongly on each end of the spectrum.

 

[claracampanelli]

i only time traveled once so far because i forgot to buy turnips and my dumbass TT'ed one week to the other sunday instead of going back a few hours (lol i was pretty sleepy)
i was thinking of TTing again to see if i can get some new villagers via campsite...

 

[angiepie]

I TT because I work long hours and am too tired to play sometimes. And I’m definitely an instant gratification type of person

 

[coderp]

I just hate how my town has become flooded with flowers... I had to make transparent custom design to place over my paths so they aren't overrun

 

[Loreley]

I time travelled a lot because I planned my town in advance and I couldn't wait to unlock terraforming. It definitely was bittersweet when K.K. first visited, because it did not feel earned at all. On the other hand, with terraforming unlocked, I could finally start playing without everything feeling like a chore.

I still time travel every now and then for various reasons. Sometimes I want more hybrid flowers, sometimes I already bought the three Nook's cranny items and want more, sometimes I want a specific moving or building project to be finished already. A downside to this is that I spend very few time with grinding fish and bugs and run out of money frequently.

 

[Jesusfreakette]

I time travel because I’m so slow I hate missing days because I’m unable to play, but due to my work schedule, I can only play in bits and pieces. It’s really important to me that I get to play video games on my terms, instead of having to meet the game’s expectations of what my gaming schedule should be, so I time travel so I can go at my own pace! Right now my clock is still set to before Easter and the fishing tournament, as I hadn’t gotten a chance to play it yet!