John cheats

[Spy149]

I had 73 points for the bug catching comp and when I checked at 3:50 John had 54. I check back around 4:30 to be sure I won,and john somehow got another 54 points in those 10 seconds

[Alucard †]

He caught another 54 bugs in about an ingame hour, seems like skill to me rather than cheating xD

[julep]

Yeah, you gotta watch John. He's a shrewd wheeler dealer!

[spielerinchen]

some bugs are more valueable than other.
but yes, NPCs cheat, they remain in the town but manage to score high points. not just John.

[Alucard †]

Originally posted by spielerinchen:

some bugs are more valueable than other.
but yes, NPCs cheat, they remain in the town but manage to score high points. not just John.

I could have sworn i seen them running around with nets occasionally during comp.

[julep]

Yes, it's a fact. Take Jimmy and his "double" prices that aren't.

[julep]

So John stuffed a bunch of extra barracuda into his creel, then dumped them out at the last minute? That's nasty John! I think his greedy brother has an influence on him? lolol

[100% Recycled Awesome]

This is why it's so hard to get bronze and silver trophies once you move more than 2 NPCs beyond Fletch and Theo. NPC scores are...wild and basically cheating.

[Alucard †]

Originally posted by 100% Recycled Awesome:

This is why it's so hard to get bronze and silver trophies once you move more than 2 NPCs beyond Fletch and Theo. NPC scores are...wild and basically cheating.

Unless you're like me and zone out and catch way too many fish/bugs than there is needed to win gold, giving 0 chance to the NPCs

[100% Recycled Awesome]

Originally posted by Alucard †:

Originally posted by 100% Recycled Awesome:

This is why it's so hard to get bronze and silver trophies once you move more than 2 NPCs beyond Fletch and Theo. NPC scores are...wild and basically cheating.

Unless you're like me and zone out and catch way too many fish/bugs than there is needed to win gold, giving 0 chance to the NPCs

I never thought it was hard to get gold in spring. Autumn maybe as there are fewer bugs, but with the bountiful wish, the NPCS don't stand a chance:

https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=3242011098

But there are reasons to get at least one bronze and silver:

https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=3205823382

The issue with bronze and silver is that because NPC scores are unpredictable, landing in between for silver or just enough not to get kicked out of the medals for bronze can be difficult.

Bronze and silver here are one point between each other

https://images.steamusercontent.com/ugc/2447215781539606236/865C7D6913B673DEF96F958794CFC648A94267EC/

[Alucard †]

I just don't bother getting them all :P too much effort. Gold or Silver if i am lazy is all i need. And good thing too that any kind of Fishing trophy counts for Pond crafting.

[GigglyTiger]

npc 100% cheats, aka just given points.. wife was doing bug comp.. i had john with me, we were killing animals and mining.. but somehow manage to get 100 point. Intresting xD..