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  • SurfpossumSurfpossum A nonentity trying to preserve the anonymity he so richly deserves.Registered User regular
    Surfpossum wrote: »
    Not sure I can take those odds, when doing 10K at a time is a guarantee
    But the expected value! (-69k * 0.5) + (198k * 0.5) = 64.5k profit vs 20k profit (20k * 1.0)


    (assuming actual 50/50 odds)

    You're underestimating how bad at math I am

    You just typed hieroglyphics for all intents and purposes. That being said, my newest home loan was 500k bells. It's just hard to stomach dropping in 1/5th of my loan on a gamble. I'm just not that brave.
    If the odds are actually 50/50, then on average you'll make 64.5k bells per money tree if you bury 99k vs making 20k per tree if you bury 10k.


    But it might feel very not nice to lose 69k bells a bunch of times, which the maths don't account for.

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  • Local H JayLocal H Jay Registered User regular
    edited March 2020
    Yes that one. It's also depends on how it's presented. Since the trees take time to grow, it can take half a week to find out i lost money. That sucks, tbh I wouldn't do it for the same reason I don't buy Turnips when they're over 100. I play it too safe, just because I can't handle the low of getting burned. But if it was like, a slot machine? I might end up going broke because of my addictive personality traits, lol. I'm imagining a UFO catcher or gacha minigame with rare, resellable prizes. Or just bring back Redd.

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  • ChanceChance Registered User regular
    akjak wrote: »
    rndmhero wrote: »
    Did they ever confirm whether you can move your house eventually? I want a mountaintop estate from which I can look down on the peons below.

    You can move everything

    Yes, you definitely can - but I've heard you can never move Nook's town square. It's there permabelly, apparently.

    As for moving your house, you can do that once you unlock the ability to build bridges (as in more than just the one Nook has you build as a task) - but it's gonna' cost you a cool 30K.

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  • RidleySariaRidleySaria AnaheimRegistered User regular
    edited March 2020
    I know it's silly to be thinking about the next Animal Crossing game but I hope they bring back trains next time. There's a certain wonder to old fashioned steam locomotives. The sea plane makes sense for this game but it just doesn't have the same charm to it. They'll probably come up with another mode of transportation - but eventually they're going to run out of options, right?

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  • urahonkyurahonky Registered User regular
    Toxic Toys wrote: »
    Here are my neighbors so far, still have one more to show up.

    Just chilling out with Sprocket.
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    OH MY GOD I WANT SPROCKET!

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  • earthwormadamearthwormadam ancient crust Registered User regular
    edited March 2020
    I know its pure aesthetics but I really enjoy being surrounded by beach rather than canyon walls.

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  • Brainiac 8Brainiac 8 Don't call me Shirley... Registered User regular
    I want Sprocket!

    I also need Keaton back in my town. :(

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  • ChanceChance Registered User regular
    edited March 2020
    I set up a sweet little cafe near my house. It's lovely but the villagers only enjoy milling about.

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    And the beginnings of a Zen garden!

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    It's in the northeast of the island, across an unbridged river and up a slope I haven't paid off yet. I'm gonna' move my house next to the waterfall just to the west, so the garden'll be just out the door and 20 yards to the east.

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  • UncleSporkyUncleSporky Registered User regular
    edited March 2020
    Surfpossum wrote: »
    Surfpossum wrote: »
    Not sure I can take those odds, when doing 10K at a time is a guarantee
    But the expected value! (-69k * 0.5) + (198k * 0.5) = 64.5k profit vs 20k profit (20k * 1.0)


    (assuming actual 50/50 odds)

    You're underestimating how bad at math I am

    You just typed hieroglyphics for all intents and purposes. That being said, my newest home loan was 500k bells. It's just hard to stomach dropping in 1/5th of my loan on a gamble. I'm just not that brave.
    If the odds are actually 50/50, then on average you'll make 64.5k bells per money tree if you bury 99k vs making 20k per tree if you bury 10k.


    But it might feel very not nice to lose 69k bells a bunch of times, which the maths don't account for.

    Just bury 30k and never see a loss ever.

    If the trees are 10k you make all your money back. If not you get 90k. This also helps if the odds aren't actually 50/50, it doesn't really matter since at least you will never see a loss.

    EDIT: This is based on the idea that the 50/50 odds are still anecdotal...30k would be a safe way to test that.

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  • ChanceChance Registered User regular
    Surfpossum wrote: »
    Surfpossum wrote: »
    Not sure I can take those odds, when doing 10K at a time is a guarantee
    But the expected value! (-69k * 0.5) + (198k * 0.5) = 64.5k profit vs 20k profit (20k * 1.0)


    (assuming actual 50/50 odds)

    You're underestimating how bad at math I am

    You just typed hieroglyphics for all intents and purposes. That being said, my newest home loan was 500k bells. It's just hard to stomach dropping in 1/5th of my loan on a gamble. I'm just not that brave.
    If the odds are actually 50/50, then on average you'll make 64.5k bells per money tree if you bury 99k vs making 20k per tree if you bury 10k.


    But it might feel very not nice to lose 69k bells a bunch of times, which the maths don't account for.

    Just bury 30k and never see a loss ever.

    If the trees are 10k you make all your money back. If not you get 90k. This also helps if the odds aren't actually 50/50, it doesn't really matter since at least you will never see a loss.

    That's how people get buried under capitalist, Nookian regimes! Economic cowardice.

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  • AegeriAegeri Tiny wee bacteriums Plateau of LengRegistered User regular
    I reset the time back on a fresh save and we redid anything purely one player at a time. We no longer play together at the same time while the game does anything important (like donating to book or building museum the first time).

    This has fixed an enormous amount of my problems with being unable to do a lot of things.

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  • thatassemblyguythatassemblyguy Janitor of Technical Debt .Registered User regular
    I haven't figured out the tree growing restrictions yet. I planted some palm trees on my beach - five grew but like a large portion of the others are still sprouts and not growing.

    Will have to figure that out at some point I think if I want to pay off the extension to my house, and if I want to move things around on the island.

    Is it not just having the full 8 squares around them clear? No trees I've planted have failed to grow and I've not worried about more than that. Could it just be odd shaped coast tiles making you think you have free space around when you don't? You could test by trying to dig all 8 tiles.

    I will experiment later tonight and report back.

  • UncleSporkyUncleSporky Registered User regular
    By the way, the way bamboo works: it's no longer as invasive. When a sprout grows fully, it generates buried sprouts around it, but only once. After that the bamboo tree is done and just stays as it is looking pretty.

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  • VyolynceVyolynce Registered User regular
    By the way, the way bamboo works: it's no longer as invasive. When a sprout grows fully, it generates buried sprouts around it, but only once. After that the bamboo tree is done and just stays as it is looking pretty.

    Hm. That's a little annoying. I just used all five of my sprouts to make a lamp.

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  • Local H JayLocal H Jay Registered User regular
    Luckily it's not to hard to get an island with a ton of sprouts, if you got the Miles to spare

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  • ChanceChance Registered User regular
    Luckily it's not to hard to get an island with a ton of sprouts, if you got the Miles to spare

    Took me at least 10 tickets >.< and then realized I hadn't packed any fruit to dig the trees up with!

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  • SarksusSarksus ATTACK AND DETHRONE GODRegistered User regular
    Chance wrote: »
    akjak wrote: »
    rndmhero wrote: »
    Did they ever confirm whether you can move your house eventually? I want a mountaintop estate from which I can look down on the peons below.

    You can move everything

    Yes, you definitely can - but I've heard you can never move Nook's town square. It's there permabelly, apparently.

    As for moving your house, you can do that once you unlock the ability to build bridges (as in more than just the one Nook has you build as a task) - but it's gonna' cost you a cool 30K.

    I've read that besides not being able to move Resident Services you also can't edit the river mouths leading into the ocean. Other than that you have free reign.

    Once the turnip earnings start coming in and I'm sitting on millions of bells I'll be moving buildings around like leaves in a tornado.

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  • AegeriAegeri Tiny wee bacteriums Plateau of LengRegistered User regular
    I intend to move my house to the site where I am going to create my cult.

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  • UncleSporkyUncleSporky Registered User regular
    edited March 2020
    Chance wrote: »
    Luckily it's not to hard to get an island with a ton of sprouts, if you got the Miles to spare

    Took me at least 10 tickets >.< and then realized I hadn't packed any fruit to dig the trees up with!

    I just ate the coconuts.

    However you don't want to transport the trees as they will not generate any more sprouts. They're just for looks/bamboo bits at that point.

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  • ElinElin Registered User regular
    So yea. Got a Nook island with rain. I've fished through 2 upgraded rods and no coelacanth as yet. If there is a luck stat mine is negative.

    I do have a sturgeon, a tuna, and an inventory of barred knifejaws but damn.

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  • Local H JayLocal H Jay Registered User regular
    edited March 2020
    Nice, I've been after a Sturgeon for days

    That thing said you find them around the mouth of Rivers, is that the actual part of the river that opens up or the water nearby where it feeds into?

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  • AegeriAegeri Tiny wee bacteriums Plateau of LengRegistered User regular
    Nice, I've been after a Sturgeon for days

    That thing said you find them around the mouth of Rivers, is that the actual part of the river that opens up or the water nearby where it feeds into?
    The light blue part right at the top of the river is where I got mine.

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  • davidsdurionsdavidsdurions Your Trusty Meatshield Panhandle NebraskaRegistered User regular
    Nice, I've been after a Sturgeon for days

    That thing said you find them around the mouth of Rivers, is that the actual part of the river that opens up or the water nearby where it feeds into?

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  • ElinElin Registered User regular
    Nice, I've been after a Sturgeon for days

    That thing said you find them around the mouth of Rivers, is that the actual part of the river that opens up or the water nearby where it feeds into?


    Yeppers. Also hilariously enough, it's not my first sturgeon so that's a cool 10k on my loan.

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  • Toxic ToysToxic Toys Are you really taking my advice? Really?Registered User regular
    I've been fishing for trash all day. I've found so many tires, some boots, a couple of rocks, but not a single damn can. I've got a DYI to use that needs peices of each trash.

    Did finish the Nook miles for trash fishing

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  • SarksusSarksus ATTACK AND DETHRONE GODRegistered User regular
    The HD rumble in this game is really well done. Sea bass and football fish have really similar shadows but I'm able to tell which fish I'm about to catch based on how they feel struggling against the fishing rod.

  • ChanceChance Registered User regular
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  • UncleSporkyUncleSporky Registered User regular
    A slight spoiler thing on fish and bugs that might be useful for people to know:
    There is a Fish Guy and a Bug Guy who visit your town. They have special event type things for fish and bugs, but they also each will craft model fish and bugs for you, for the price of 3 identical fish/bugs. So if you want a model coelacanth, maybe don't sell your extras!

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  • ElinElin Registered User regular
    edited March 2020
    Gone through 3 rods so far. At this point I'm too far in. It's my white whale, I either get one of they'll find my corpse on the beach.


    Fucking. FINALLY.

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  • akjakakjak Thera Spooky GymRegistered User regular
    edited March 2020
    Toxic Toys wrote: »
    I've been fishing for trash all day. I've found so many tires, some boots, a couple of rocks, but not a single damn can. I've got a DYI to use that needs peices of each trash.

    Did finish the Nook miles for trash fishing

    I have an extra can you can have. I think I can mail it?

    Edit: I mailed it! How soon do get it?

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  • ChanceChance Registered User regular
    edited March 2020
    Chance wrote: »
    Luckily it's not to hard to get an island with a ton of sprouts, if you got the Miles to spare

    Took me at least 10 tickets >.< and then realized I hadn't packed any fruit to dig the trees up with!

    I just ate the coconuts.

    However you don't want to transport the trees as they will not generate any more sprouts. They're just for looks/bamboo bits at that point.

    Ex-kyooooze me? How am I to craft an idyllic bamboo thicket without stands of precious, precious 'boo?

    And yeah I ate the coconuts lol >.<

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  • ChanceChance Registered User regular
    A slight spoiler thing on fish and bugs that might be useful for people to know:
    There is a Fish Guy and a Bug Guy who visit your town. They have special event type things for fish and bugs, but they also each will craft model fish and bugs for you, for the price of 3 identical fish/bugs. So if you want a model coelacanth, maybe don't sell your extras!

    Sporky you're a gold mine. Here's two Qs:

    What's all this then, about rain and fishing? You get better fish when it rains, is that the deal?

    What's all this about wishin' on stars, then? So I look up, press A when I see a shooting star... is what happens next obvious?

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  • ElinElin Registered User regular
    edited March 2020
    Chance wrote: »
    A slight spoiler thing on fish and bugs that might be useful for people to know:
    There is a Fish Guy and a Bug Guy who visit your town. They have special event type things for fish and bugs, but they also each will craft model fish and bugs for you, for the price of 3 identical fish/bugs. So if you want a model coelacanth, maybe don't sell your extras!

    Sporky you're a gold mine. Here's two Qs:

    What's all this then, about rain and fishing? You get better fish when it rains, is that the deal?

    What's all this about wishin' on stars, then? So I look up, press A when I see a shooting star... is what happens next obvious?

    Fish and bugs have particular seasons/times when available. There is 1 particular fish that is only available when it's raining.
    The coelacanth

    For shooting stars when you wish upon a star it makes no difference who you are because
    star fragments show up on the beach the next day.

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  • ElinElin Registered User regular
    I caught the damn thing 5 minutes before it stopped raining on that island. Muhahahahahahahahahaha if there weren't a plague and quarantine I'd go buy a lottery ticket.

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  • urahonkyurahonky Registered User regular
    Just got this Cloud flooring and it's really cool!

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  • ElinElin Registered User regular
    urahonky wrote: »
    Just got this Cloud flooring and it's really cool!


    Rave at your place?

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  • Capt HowdyCapt Howdy Registered User regular
    Turns out you dont need rain to catch the coelacanth. But you do need fish bait.

    Caught mine rain free, off the aircraft dock on a visiting island, using fishing bait. Gonna guess visiting the island was an unnecessary step.

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  • UncleSporkyUncleSporky Registered User regular
    I have a blue unicorn named Julian moving in who has that cloud floor (with celestial/ethereal wallpaper too).

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  • UncleSporkyUncleSporky Registered User regular
    edited March 2020
    If you're in the EST time zone, you have just a couple more minutes to get to your Nook's Cranny to listen to the music...

    Figured out it starts with 10 minutes left.

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  • Mathew BurrackMathew Burrack CaliforniaRegistered User regular
    So is there a DB of AC friend codes somewhere like we used to have back in the day? My wife's island is sorely lacking in fruit variety :P

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