The minor annoyances thread

Lirishae · Post Posted: Apr 21, 2015 9:24 pm

Why doesn't anyone give you flowers back for the Flower Fair? Not even the person you're dating gives you any ~_~ The relationships in this game are so dang one-sided, sheesh. And I'm tired of all the craftsman characters in recent BokuMono games who never craft anything. In SoS, we have a carpenter whose only job is yelling at you while you build stuff, a perfumer who works all the time but never makes or sells perfumes, and a florist who doesn't sell flowers or craft bouquets. And on that note, why are Raeger's dishes only .5* when he's a professional chef? Characters like Raeger and Fritz who are depicted as being good cooks should give you better quality dishes. Lastly, I wish dating people changed your play experience more. Like, why don't their schedules change so they come visit you in their free time? Why not add some small touches like, if you pass out and wake up at the clinic, your significant other is also there because s/he saw/heard you pass out and rushed over? Why not have characters like Mistel and Raeger greet you differently if you turn up while they're working? Why not add some more stuff to their normal, non-heart dialogue? Why can't we spend time with them like going on dates? It's really immersion breaking and boring to start dating someone yet virtually nothing in my character's routine or life has changed.

Post Posted: Apr 21, 2015 9:30 pm

^ The dating feature from ToTT would be perfect for that, imo.

K.D. · Post Posted: Apr 21, 2015 9:37 pm

Lirishae wrote:Why doesn't anyone give you flowers back for the Flower Fair? Not even the person you're dating gives you any ~_~ The relationships in this game are so dang one-sided, sheesh. And I'm tired of all the craftsman characters in recent BokuMono games who never craft anything. In SoS, we have a carpenter whose only job is yelling at you while you build stuff, a perfumer who works all the time but never makes or sells perfumes, and a florist who doesn't sell flowers or craft bouquets. And on that note, why are Raeger's dishes only .5* when he's a professional chef? Characters like Raeger and Fritz who are depicted as being good cooks should give you better quality dishes. Lastly, I wish dating people changed your play experience more. Like, why don't their schedules change so they come visit you in their free time? Why not add some small touches like, if you pass out and wake up at the clinic, your significant other is also there because s/he saw/heard you pass out and rushed over? Why not have characters like Mistel and Raeger greet you differently if you turn up while they're working? Why not add some more stuff to their normal, non-heart dialogue? Why can't we spend time with them like going on dates? It's really immersion breaking and boring to start dating someone yet virtually nothing in my character's routine or life has changed.

Know how you feel. Was dating actually EVER put in BokuMono? I think the game would better if there was a dating system like RF4(or maybe less complicated) I think the game would a LOT better. Literally the only thing different after you give the ring is a nickname. At least in RF4 we get different dialouge every heart. In SoS, they are either eating or busy with other things 3/4 of the time.

princesskatie333 · Post Posted: Apr 21, 2015 10:08 pm

I haven't been able to play the game yet, but does it annoy anyone else that when your child (children I guess) is born they basically become a prop in your house for two straight months? Like, I really don't understand why they made it this way. Even the option to just pick them up or talk to them or shake a rattle at them like in other games would tide me over, but I find in most recent handheld games, by the time I get to the point where I've had a child I'm already getting kind of sick of the game, and then I learn that I have to wait a whole two seasons just to interact with them at all and I quit. I don't think it would be that hard to give you some way to interact with the child, all things considered. I don't know, maybe that's a nitpicky thing to be annoyed by but I always want to be able to talk to and give gifts to my child, but never have the patience to wait upwards of a year to do so.

Lirishae · Post Posted: Apr 21, 2015 10:23 pm

Animal Parade had two date events with each spouse, but they were very short and usually not that interesting. You could ask people out on dates regularly in ToTT, but it was kind of poorly implemented. The dialogue didn't change after you got married, nor would the dating/jealousy points stuff deactivate for the other candidates. That led to ridiculous situations like Mikhail forcing my character to apologize to him every single fall for spending time with her husband (since he was away, his jealousy points wouldn't reset to zero at festivals), and stuff like Ash asking my character out when Cam, his best friend and my character's spouse, was standing right there. Then he'd get all pouty and upset when I turned him down -.- Going on dates like RF4/ToTT would be a great thing to have, but there would need to be a decent variety of conversations, and they need to change after getting married.

Meriberry · Post Posted: Apr 22, 2015 1:43 pm

Can we seriously cut out the stalker animals? My horse is annoying enough, but the freaking ALPACA! Shiva wept. I got enough of THAT nonsense back in ANB! I get that you love me now BACK OFF and let me wash my other animals! Shoo, SHOO!

Melody Muse · Post Posted: Apr 22, 2015 9:06 pm

No more ultra random festival wins plz. I feel unlegit restarting but I hate losing when it's so heavily random. Stupid fishing contest. I like some RNG to it but not this much.

rainydaze · Post Posted: Apr 23, 2015 9:24 am

Meriberry wrote:Can we seriously cut out the stalker animals? My horse is annoying enough, but the freaking ALPACA! Shiva wept. I got enough of THAT nonsense back in ANB! I get that you love me now BACK OFF and let me wash my other animals! Shoo, SHOO!

you are kidding. i thought the horse was already a bit too friendly.
also, i find raeger telling you to get out of the kitchen during business hours even though he is walking around outside of the kitchen when you talk to him is a bit buttcheeky

Lirishae · Post Posted: Apr 23, 2015 9:53 am

Dear lord, I love animals, but I don't think I've played a BokuMono game where I've hated them so passionately. Let's count the ways:

The incessant mooing/bleating on top of all the mooing/bleating every single time you interact with them.
Why were pointless chores like cleaning up barn dirt and having to brush at max FP added? It just makes animal care that much more time-consuming and tedious, especially when your animals spend the first five seasons indoors so you're constantly cleaning up after them and having to pet/brush everyday to keep stress under control.
Why can't I take care of my animals on wifi anymore? I have more of them than ever, and I need that in SoS more than I ever needed it in ANB.
Why can't I used Wool+ for blueprints/patterns and trader requests? Now I'm forced to keep two of each animal, which makes all the above issues exponentially more annoying, especially since there are more animal types than ever.
Why can't I unlock later animals earlier by breeding X number of animals the way I could in ANB? It takes WAY too long to get some of the animals. Or at the very least let me buy some of their products at a jacked up rate so I can at least make that one thing I really desperately want.
THE STALKER HORSE AND ALPACAS. They're like zombies; they just keep shuffling slooooowly after you. If they only did it once or twice a day it'd be cute. But noooo. Pls calm down guys, I have chores to do.
150 hours in the safari for HQ animal products is ridiculous. At least it's better than the animal sanctuary since you can forage, mine, interact with wild animals and fish while you're waiting, but it's still too tedious and time-consuming.
Cats can't herd animals WHY? The only useful item my 10 FP cat has brought me was a black branch, and that was only once. And dogs don't unlock until Summer Year 2 WHY? Why can't I choose whether dogs or cats herd my animals the way I could in ANB? As a borderline crazy cat lady IRL, I would strongly prefer being able to choose cats only.
Pet houses only have 3 slots for pets WHY, even when one of them lives in the house? I'm already hurting for space enough as it is -.-
Why can't I play with animals in the pet house, or use the dog whistle on rainy days? It's pointlessly annoying and makes zero sense that I have to pick up each animal, carry them outside, play with them, then put them back up.

The only improvement in SoS over ANB is the simplification of treats. I love that I don't have to keep a spreadsheet for each animal tracking what treats I've fed them anymore and the game keeps track of my progress for me. Virtually everything else about animal care in SoS is a huge step back from ANB which is highly disappointing.

Judgment · Post Posted: Apr 23, 2015 11:17 am

Chopping down a tree, when suddenly... a horse.

My horse is finally at the point where it's actually following me. Everywhere. I tried to enter my house, and i had to move the horse to do so.

Horse, you need to get out of my personal space, or so help me, I will sell you to a rich family with a super spoiled chubby kid who will use you as a pack mule for himself + all of his rich friends. Leave me alone, omg.

WeekenderGirl · Post Posted: Apr 23, 2015 11:27 am

I can't stand the horse. If it weren't for getting to the safari easily I would've sold it already

The following was cute at first, but after a couple days it was just grating. Even worse is it always returns to the barn, and stops me from brushing my animals because it comes up to me and then my characters starts brushing it lol.

Alice_chan10210 · Post Posted: Apr 23, 2015 1:25 pm

To those annoyed by the horse and alpaca while trying to take care of your other animals, I found a way to get them out of your way *temporarily*!
I have two barns: one for cows/milk giving animals and one for sheep/wool giving animals. If there is enough space in the barn you are NOT in at the moment, just go to the diary and have it (the horse and/or alpaca) moved to that barn while you take care of your animals in the one you are in. You can change it back when you're done! Also, for the horse while you're working on your field, just ride it into the barn, or offscreen. It's a little tedious, but hey, YOU GET YOUR SPACE BACK!

Meriberry · Post Posted: Apr 23, 2015 2:09 pm

I ended up just building a third barn (and finding out you can only have two barns/coops per area. Why? Ugh.) so that the horse will leaveme alone.

....and most of the timeI give the alpaca a hard shove (Get lost! DX)

New thing! I just had my twins. I married Nadi. Why are the wrapped baby bundles... white? I know that in toddler and child form they will have tanned skin, so why is the baby white?

Austichar · Post Posted: Apr 23, 2015 2:15 pm

Meriberry wrote: New thing! I just had my twins. I married Nadi. Why are the wrapped baby bundles... white? I know that in toddler and child form they will have tanned skin, so why is the baby white?

Maybe Nadi doesn't know how to handle baby powder and keeps using too much.

Meriberry · Post Posted: Apr 23, 2015 2:19 pm

Austichar wrote:
Meriberry wrote: New thing! I just had my twins. I married Nadi. Why are the wrapped baby bundles... white? I know that in toddler and child form they will have tanned skin, so why is the baby white?

Maybe Nadi doesn't know how to handle baby powder and keeps using too much.

*snerk* On their faces tho? Nadi's a derp (and he really is XD Oh gosh. His lines about their tiny fingernails are SO ADORABLE!) but I don't think he's THAT much of a derp.