Help us bring back 30-minute lives!

impossible146 said:

Today, if I am correct, is Day 4 of this change. I hope it goes away soon

I don't know if it depends on level, or if it was just a rolling update that hit different people at different times, but it didn't happen for me until today. In a way, that's a good thing because it means that more and more people will be speaking out as time goes by, hence the vast increase in comments today (assuming you originally posted on Day 1 for you). It's definitely getting much more attention now but, of course, that is no indication of when or if King will take notice and actually reverse it.

DannyQDC

I think the new hour between lives is a ploy to get users to buy additional lives. Bad form, I say. And I guarantee I won't be play as much if at all. Maybe time to uninstall the app and give a negative review on Google Play.

impossible146 said:

Recently the game updated so that lives take 1 hour to regenerate instead of 30 minutes. This has caused a lot of frustration for me and a lot of the community because now, instead of my usual 4 or 5 full sets of lives per day, now I can only use 2. Combine this with not being able to send lives to friends and the game goes a LOT slower.

Hit the GREEN upvote button if you want 30 minute lives back!

Edit: Nice to see some support. 3 votes! Keep’em flowing!

Edit 2: 19 upvotes! Nice job! Let’s get those 30 minute lives back!

Today, if I am correct, is Day 4 of this change. I hope it goes away soon

CCPlayerGirl

On level 3631 and this 1 life per hour is ridiculous. The higher you get he more difficult and frequent hard levels there are. I left candy crush for awhile and it looks like I’m goin to have to just delete it for good. Been playing from the beginning so it’s really a shame.

SteveB63

Currently on level 4503, and now you introduce one hour waits for new lives.
Worst "innovation" to the game ever guys, and with that, I will be saying Goodbye Candy Crush.

Geokat247

A whole hour to wait! Ridiculous! Whilst it may help with my addiction to a game that I love and reduce my screen time it will reduce my daily de- stress opportunities!! Sort it out King! Oh and I still won’t be spending a penny on this game!

tungrang

If king insists on 1 hour wait i am going to delete the game finally. After 6 years of playing good job king

Hjburtie

wish I’d never updated . Love this game but waiting 1 hr for every life is ridiculous!! I have occasionally brought things ( maybe 2/3 times) but I won’t now as I do think it’s a ploy to make people spend money so for me it has had the opposite effect ! Not a good move 😫😡

...and, in the long term, while trying to suck us in to buying lives, doesn't King realize how many players are now going to drop out? There are probably a lot of seniors who play, something to do, keep them occupied, well, they don't have the funds to keep buying extras. Not a sensible approach, King.

kayzee

uscggirl135 said:

Extremely frustrating, especially when stuck on a lvl and can’t use 1hr booster
" stucked at level 3406 for almost 3days now, I hope they take this into consideration"

mrm1960 said:

Agree with all the comments above! Give back 30 minute lives! You’d think King would want to encourage people to play more, not less. I don’t get it. King, you owe us an explanation on this one.
Also don’t like getting timed boosters with no lives/stuck on level AND the timed boosters that are hardly ever an option on most levels. If you want to stick with these, why not give the “won” booster on every level until it runs out of time whether it’s a normal booster for the level or not?

Also, when you finally play enough levels to get the five free lives, it makes no sense to not add them to your existing number of lives. I can’t tell you how many times I already had five lives so I just missed out. It already takes so long to get this reward. If you have 5 or fewer lives, just add the five so you then have min 5, max 10. Or, allow players to add the reward when they are out of lives instead of making it automatic.

The explanation is that King thinks that making us wait longer for more lives will encourage us to buy them. And it's the same with the timed boosters. Have you noticed that you very rarely get the amount of candy required to get a booster until you're on your last life? That seems too convenient to me and I'm sure they think that we will buy lives just so we don't lose them. I don't think I will ever figure out the reason for awarding the 5 lives only when you already have 4 or 5, unless it's just to give the perception that they're giving us something when they're really not. The bottom line is that the entire game has become nothing more than a marketing ploy and apparently they don't realize that they are losing players because of it. Personally, I will never pay to play any so-called "free" game and I already find myself playing this one less and less every day. There are too many other games that I can play for free and, if they ever run out, I would clean my house before I would make them richer.

debijasper

Yes it is a money grab and once you cave into a purchase it seems that free items stop appearing. And waiting an hour for a life is just stupid

You’re ending up waiting 5 hours for about 15 minutes of play, unless, of course, you buy/use gold, now I can’t make gold off of episode race because people there still seem to have 30 minute lives. Another trick to make players buy gold.

I don’t like being in a test group. I feel like a lab rat or a guinea pig.

AR1121

I'm on level 4924 and have been playing since the beginning. Never have I spent a penny for anything always using the lives that were either earned or waited for. Just got this update this morning and I am very disappointed. Is it just a money grab?

I agree 100%. More of my 'friends' are dropping out of Candy Crush because of a variety of frustrations, therefore, I have few to ask for lives anymore. An hour? Give me a break.

raqcappo71

I'm only on level 823 and there is no way I will be spending money on this game. I will delete it. Solitaire is free haha. I stopped playing a few years ago just started up again about a month ago. I will stop again lol

sherylhaeck

Hi, I'm Sher who originally raised the timer question..I am dismayed, no angry, that King has put the hour time test on the most loyal players. I’m on level 4033 and totally enjoyed the game until the last 100 or so games. It is so obvious that the aim is to get us to buy more gold bars...(price that has tripled.)Yes, there are free boosters but most of them are timed..again to increase the sale of gold bars. If the hour timer is not changed, I am gone...along with a lot of long time players. I know King won’t miss me but might pay attention if we band together.

raqcappo71

I will stop playing ...I'm not waiting an hour for one life...I have a life . I don't need this game. Great way to lose people playing your game. I won't be buying anything! Plenty of other games to play thst cost money to get to the next level. Bad move by you

fayburnett

Not happy with new one hour wait for lives. Why do this? Would like an explanation!

Lisa_Dom

Effectively reduced the amount of time I spend playing CC - not the smartest move by King!

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impossible146 said:

Today, if I am correct, is Day 4 of this change. I hope it goes away soon

DannyQDC

I think the new hour between lives is a ploy to get users to buy additional lives. Bad form, I say. And I guarantee I won't be play as much if at all. Maybe time to uninstall the app and give a negative review on Google Play.

impossible146 said:

Recently the game updated so that lives take 1 hour to regenerate instead of 30 minutes. This has caused a lot of frustration for me and a lot of the community because now, instead of my usual 4 or 5 full sets of lives per day, now I can only use 2. Combine this with not being able to send lives to friends and the game goes a LOT slower.

Hit the GREEN upvote button if you want 30 minute lives back!

Edit: Nice to see some support. 3 votes! Keep’em flowing!

Edit 2: 19 upvotes! Nice job! Let’s get those 30 minute lives back!

Today, if I am correct, is Day 4 of this change. I hope it goes away soon

CCPlayerGirl

SteveB63

Currently on level 4503, and now you introduce one hour waits for new lives.
Worst "innovation" to the game ever guys, and with that, I will be saying Goodbye Candy Crush.

Geokat247

tungrang

If king insists on 1 hour wait i am going to delete the game finally. After 6 years of playing good job king

Hjburtie

kayzee

uscggirl135 said:

Extremely frustrating, especially when stuck on a lvl and can’t use 1hr booster
" stucked at level 3406 for almost 3days now, I hope they take this into consideration"

mrm1960 said:

Agree with all the comments above! Give back 30 minute lives! You’d think King would want to encourage people to play more, not less. I don’t get it. King, you owe us an explanation on this one.
Also don’t like getting timed boosters with no lives/stuck on level AND the timed boosters that are hardly ever an option on most levels. If you want to stick with these, why not give the “won” booster on every level until it runs out of time whether it’s a normal booster for the level or not?

Also, when you finally play enough levels to get the five free lives, it makes no sense to not add them to your existing number of lives. I can’t tell you how many times I already had five lives so I just missed out. It already takes so long to get this reward. If you have 5 or fewer lives, just add the five so you then have min 5, max 10. Or, allow players to add the reward when they are out of lives instead of making it automatic.

debijasper

Yes it is a money grab and once you cave into a purchase it seems that free items stop appearing. And waiting an hour for a life is just stupid

AR1121