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Yes but that was why I mentioned being against cheating, and is not how the game was meant to be played. At that point anybody complaining isnt doing so against timers but complaining that they cant cheat in an extremely generous mobile game.
All mobile games are extremely generous in the beginning, at some point you will stop receiving "tickets" and so you will have to buy them or play a VERY limited version of the game, aka no cool objets, farm stuff for weeks, VERY LONG time walls etc, so it's not like they are "extremely generous" it's just classic mobile stuff, im enjoying the game for the time being, but after i hit that wall i'll probably move on.
Spukc
always chasing the next thrill
I almost hit that wall.
Level 16
Very few tickets left..
At least i got that dope fire print truck for 150
No way of getting it with money
I think i can play another day and poof no more game.
Generous in terms of timers compared to mainline. Obviously tickets will dry up but if the only non-speedup use for them are a handful of unnecessary decorations (which you can still slowly earn), I'd say that's extremely generous. Playing it like a regular AC game it's got way more meat to it in a session.
FearMyWrench
Member
I think it feels a little different though when those time-gates have a nice little 'spend money now to remove this!' prompt behind them.
Also, while I actually am personally in the no-time-travelling club, it's true that there are a lot of people who don't consider it cheating at all and it's how they choose to play the game.
mattmagician
Member
I chose cool and have those same contacts. Seems that they've only got a certain amount in for now, which feels...weird.
HappyBivouac
Member
I got the feeling from the start that villagers are not randomized since I got the same ones they showed in the direct. It's pretty sad actually. I can deal with playing around in the same static locations for specific purposes, but it would've been nice to at least have unique villagers show up for different players.
There's also the fact that with the crafting system everyone had the same stuff available to them at a given level. This also kills the trading and collection aspect of traditional AC. There's a lot less point in seeing what other players have for sale when it's just "oh but I could craft that anyway" (if I grind/fork out the cash to do it). It just ends up feeling like everyone's grinding on the same treadmill and the only differentiation of the game experience is what furniture you decide to craft.
This is a fun thing to play around with in my downtime, and on the surface it's like "wow, this is like a real animal crossing game, or at least way closer than I expected for a mobile game!" It's just certain design choices like these really take away from that sense of having a unique place and emergent game experience of your own, and seem more aimed at getting us to fork out the bucks to get that cool thing. I guess that's what we expected though.
There's also the fact that with the crafting system everyone had the same stuff available to them at a given level. This also kills the trading and collection aspect of traditional AC. There's a lot less point in seeing what other players have for sale when it's just "oh but I could craft that anyway" (if I grind/fork out the cash to do it). It just ends up feeling like everyone's grinding on the same treadmill and the only differentiation of the game experience is what furniture you decide to craft.
This is a fun thing to play around with in my downtime, and on the surface it's like "wow, this is like a real animal crossing game, or at least way closer than I expected for a mobile game!" It's just certain design choices like these really take away from that sense of having a unique place and emergent game experience of your own, and seem more aimed at getting us to fork out the bucks to get that cool thing. I guess that's what we expected though.
Rodolink
Member
This AC mobile is for you then. But not for traditional old AC players, it removes that "feeling" of another world with its own timing, even if it was sometimes excesive. But the mobile version with its F2P model just kills the magic for me, now I feel I'm playing to make someone else get money, just like work but without pay (I feel like that for every F2P game).
I've been playing AC since its original release on Gamecube. I wasn't saying that traditional Animal Crossing is bad, or that the timers were excessive (I simply played it very casually), I was just pointing out my lack of understanding on all the complaints about the existence of timers in a mobile Animal Crossing game when the mainline games had far harsher ones, they're just far more transparent about it here (and willing to profit on it). But I can see what you mean in how that might destroy the aesthetic/feel of the game.
Rodolink
Member
Yeah, then it's just me and my aversion to where the industry is going in terms of business models, it's sad, this kind of games "feel" like 1 sided money machines
Hm. My concern here is that this won't happen. A lot of how F2P works is that it strictly manages progression. It knows exactly what the users are going to be encountering at every step of the way, which in turn helps drive the monetisation engine.
NoKisum
Member
Since current mobile phones have the tech for it, does the game have amiibo support? We've amassed a large amount of amiibo cards over here thanks to New Leaf and Happy Home Designer, and this would be a cool way to bring a small set of cards with me to bring in the villagers I want.
Allan Holdsworth
Member
Tried it for about an hour and to me it feels like Happy Home Designer in that it takes a chunk out of AC but it doesn't really capture the magic without the other systems of the main game. I mean it can be fun for a while but I doubt it will have much lasting power.
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I really like it. It feels like HHD x AC Lite. Enough to get your fix without killing your battery too hard.
I really like it. It feels like HHD x AC Lite. Enough to get your fix without killing your battery too hard.
Fix-It Felix. Jr.
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I frequently check for quarry help requests.
Game has been a real delight for me. Its taken so many of the elements that make Animal Crossing fun, and injected them in a way that makes the pick up and play feel resonate even stronger than it already did. Its fun checking in quickly and seeing whos around to a visit, and even any of my campers are up for a talk/need something. Speaking of requests, they are pretty generous with how easy it is to obtain stuff. Granted, Im still only at Level 11, and fully expect demands to be of higher (and maybe rarer?) quantity. Which is okay, thats how all games work. Just as long as the requests are always for bugs, fish, and fruit, and maybe flowers eventually. Big requests should only be there when inviting villagers over, which is the main drive of the game as far as I can tell.
I can see myself being in the long haul with this game as long as there wont be any issues when transferring my data after the ww release. I wasnt going to play this a lot because of that, but now Im in deep, so it would be disheartening to lose everything like that! Heres to hoping, lmao.
I frequently check for quarry help requests.
Game has been a real delight for me. Its taken so many of the elements that make Animal Crossing fun, and injected them in a way that makes the pick up and play feel resonate even stronger than it already did. Its fun checking in quickly and seeing whos around to a visit, and even any of my campers are up for a talk/need something. Speaking of requests, they are pretty generous with how easy it is to obtain stuff. Granted, Im still only at Level 11, and fully expect demands to be of higher (and maybe rarer?) quantity. Which is okay, thats how all games work. Just as long as the requests are always for bugs, fish, and fruit, and maybe flowers eventually. Big requests should only be there when inviting villagers over, which is the main drive of the game as far as I can tell.
I can see myself being in the long haul with this game as long as there wont be any issues when transferring my data after the ww release. I wasnt going to play this a lot because of that, but now Im in deep, so it would be disheartening to lose everything like that! Heres to hoping, lmao.
Not at those prices.
Spukc
always chasing the next thrill
Yeah those fishies are super rare !
But its to early in the game now to actually sell them since people lack that cash .
My bet is that those fish will be needed to get the last villagers or get that lvl 19 to 20 heart
Fix-It Felix. Jr.
Member
Those fish are like a flash of what we can expect in the future in terms of requests. Theyll probably sit there for a while, not just because people dont have the bells, but also because there probably arent a lot of people being asked to find those fish by villagers yet.
Thats what I was thinking also. I waste so much time fishing I don't really care if they sell or not, I'm sure I'll end up catching more. Still wish thier was a bit more variety in the bugs and fish though, maybe that has to due with seasons etc I dunno yet.
I also really miss those quips after catching certain bugs or fish.
Whelp, the APK Mirror of the Android App is gone. Sent the site a message to figure out what happened. We might need members in Australia to post the next update (if there is one in this testing period.
digita1alchemy
Member
Some random observations so far.
-If you ever see the larger fish silhouette at Lost Lure Creek you should always catch it. It's always going to be one of the more valuable fish since there are no common ones that size there.
-Max friend level by doing requests seems to be 7. After that you can only raise the level by doing more specific things. For example, for Jay I have to build a Sporty Tent.
-There's no reason not to send a friend request to every person you meet because it gives you a larger pool of people to sell your items to and request help for the quarry. Also, my friends list is large enough that answering quarry requests has become fairly lucrative, since I get random bells showing up in my mailbox all the time.
-You seem to get less friend points for doing equivalent requests/conversations while animals are at your camp, but as a trade off you can do requests more often since you don't have to wait for them to show up on the map. I haven't worked out what the cool down time is before you get new requests, though.
-If you don't plan on spending real money the best use of leaf tickets is probably saving them for the special items in the shop. If you want to spend them their best use is probably adding crafting slots. I bought some inventory space early on, but since then the game has been fairly generous with giving me more space as I level up. I am at a point in the game now where many items I craft take 3+ hours, so having at least 2 crafting slots is pretty useful. I usually have one long duration item in progress and leave the second slot for doing quick items while I'm actively playing. If I am going to log off for several hours I'll put another long duration item in the second slot.
-If you ever see the larger fish silhouette at Lost Lure Creek you should always catch it. It's always going to be one of the more valuable fish since there are no common ones that size there.
-Max friend level by doing requests seems to be 7. After that you can only raise the level by doing more specific things. For example, for Jay I have to build a Sporty Tent.
-There's no reason not to send a friend request to every person you meet because it gives you a larger pool of people to sell your items to and request help for the quarry. Also, my friends list is large enough that answering quarry requests has become fairly lucrative, since I get random bells showing up in my mailbox all the time.
-You seem to get less friend points for doing equivalent requests/conversations while animals are at your camp, but as a trade off you can do requests more often since you don't have to wait for them to show up on the map. I haven't worked out what the cool down time is before you get new requests, though.
-If you don't plan on spending real money the best use of leaf tickets is probably saving them for the special items in the shop. If you want to spend them their best use is probably adding crafting slots. I bought some inventory space early on, but since then the game has been fairly generous with giving me more space as I level up. I am at a point in the game now where many items I craft take 3+ hours, so having at least 2 crafting slots is pretty useful. I usually have one long duration item in progress and leave the second slot for doing quick items while I'm actively playing. If I am going to log off for several hours I'll put another long duration item in the second slot.
Boss Doggie
all my loli wolf companions are so moe
I am wondering why my twitter feed is full of tom nook bathing in cash
they really know
they really know
digita1alchemy
Member
Yeah I'm at lvl 19 and finding this as well. I told myself I wasn't going to sink a lot of time into it since I have to start over when it releases in the US...so much for that lol.
Yep... just hit 20. Seems like ill just have to check in once or twice a day now
I want to play this
Have you tried making an Australian account? Worked fine for me.
Alec
Member
If you link the App in your Bluestacks install to your NNID then you should be able to keep your saved data. The saved data is tied to your NNID, just like Super Mario Run, Miitomo and Fire Emblem Heroes.
Here's mine 05632923863.
Who said you have to start over? I switched my USA NNID over to Australia and I was still able to pull my old saves from Miitomo, Super Mario Run and Fire Emblem Heroes. No reason to think it will work differently this time around.
I'm level 23 as well. What highway are you talking about?
Spukc
always chasing the next thrill
the cool street building.
i am going for a full cool build.
so flaming van 2
flaming tent
and highway
and all lvl 20 cool type animals
Fix-It Felix. Jr.
Member
Paint jobs dont have any effect, do they?
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