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No longer able to exit an unstarted board without losing lives - Information and feedback

Dear community,

I'd like to share with you some information in regards to a god old known issue of the game:

as you may be aware, when we access a level, we don't use any move and we exit the level without playing it, we don't lose any life.

This behaviour was not intended since the very beginning and very soon, this issue is going to be fixed.

That means that, once it's fixed, if we access a level to check it out, we don't do anything and we decide to exit the level to go back to the map, we will be losing a life.

Thank you very much for your understanding 🙂

Have a delicious day and let's keep crushing!

Welcome! 👋

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TurboTim66

Eddie_Sparrow said:

A lot! LoL

Ed you're right about soda. I got into that for a while, about 500+ consecutive days at one point last year. At level 2215 now - but rarely if ever play it. Never spent anything from memory either. You know why?

Coz you couldn't back out at the start like you could with candy crush.

Stopped dead at level 5136 rank 93 - will not continue on principle. Was passing often 30-50 levels a week. Highest only 70 in one week, but thats still pretty good for a part timer I reckon! Average last 10 level 2.6 stars, top 10% apparently.

Sometimes even with backing out got stopped at a level for weeks. Often spent money to get past it by buying a booster pack knowing that whilst active I'd most times get past that level and on to more when I could restart.

Now? Now way King. Shove it. Not long until I delete them all.

dagoba7

Second and final post... I’ve been patient, following the discussion here from the very beginning, obviously King wants to stick to the “fix” which they try to promote as an improvement..
There’s still no official statement, this shows how they treat us, the player who made them successful.

I‘ll have a look from time to time whether the „fix“ is undone, using maybe my five lives and that’s it, definitely not spending any more money on this game...

Eddie_Sparrow

I am not sure Activision is really that interested in having many users if these are not spending. Being able to reset the game ad infinitum allows you to do it until you get two color bombs side by side, then 80% of the hard work is done already and you can pass without ever having to spend anything. I was wondering how long it would take Activision to find that out and allow it.

On the one hand I do not like to spend money for a game, on the other hand I realize they have a studio to run, staff to pay, etc, so I empathize with them partly. They have been making billions of dollars in the past, and maybe now their stats are sliding, so they are searching for solutions.

They also have the other candy crash, the Soda one, where this ability to reshuffle the board was absent from day one, and apparently, people are still playing and buying, I read something recently that they have been making more than 2 billions dollars on that one alone, so I guess they are trying to align the saga one with it. Unfortunately, this last one has hundreds of old timers playing it and they got used to the facility of being able to reshuffled the board. The question for Activision would be which strategy would be the most beneficial on the long term, having many of angry old-timers who will quit the game and counting on their newbies base to make up for it eventually, or tolerating the reshuffling with the knowledge that at least some of that money will eluded them.

All levels can be passed without boosters at all, there is a very good website (Candy Crush All Help) detailing that. I have done it occasionally, but with 6000 levels, it would take several life-times to reach the end, and that is not very motivating for people. The ability to reshuffle the board was mitigating that and giving them some hope that they would reach it within reasonable time. Maybe the Soda story doesn't have that many levels, I never looked at it.

Even though i have used the reshuffling facility, I still have been buying, much too much in my opinion, because there is always this last nasty candy that doesn't want to blow, and it's too frustrating to quit so near, so you buy. Or you spend even more time on the game to redo the level. Actually, I observed that all levels are built this way, not that difficult at the outset, but almost impossible to finish off with the number of moves available. I suspect that this is how they decide how much move they will allow for each level, by trial and error.

<end of rambling>

TurboTim66

WatchMEcRush21 said:

Desperately looking for a spike King....🤔

I realize this is all King games not just CCS, but since CCS is the flagship I’m sure the bulk of the active users come from this game.

We are still waiting for a response Studio and CM’s. Thank you and hope you enjoy this stat! 😏👎

Thanks mate - interesting reading. It will spike alright - downwards!!

https://www.gamesindustry.biz/articles/2019-11-07-activision-blizzard-sees-slumping-sales-sliding-engagement

Activision Blizzard sees slumping sales, sliding engagement
Revenues and monthly active users down across the board for Activision, King, and Blizzard divisions

You idiots... You took something that was not broken and tried to 'fix' it when you were already on the decline.

You removed the one feature that kept the majority of us here. How do you think stopping reset before starting a level is going to affect these stats moving forwards?

And once we're gone, we're gone for good.

Please do pass this info on @Pounawea

Hunt4Fish

So King decided to remove perhaps THE most effective tool used to solve difficult levels... mainly to force players to have to spend money buying boosters. Not that difficult to understand from the standpoint of King to garner more revenue. They knew they were going to catch a lot of flak for this move. You can bet they will be paying attention to the revenues for the next few months. If revenue goes up despite the loss of players, they'll keep the game as they've changed it. If revenue goes down because they lose players, they'll reverse the so-called fix. The ONLY leverage we players have is to cease purchasing boosters. I know it's hard to resist, but that's the only thing that will change their minds... loss of revenue. Stay the course!

thefixisinonfixes

So it's been a while since King (or Activision) decided to try to force people to buy lives and boosters while AT THE SAME TIME having people lose lives and boosters if they back out of an already completed level, resulting in the loss of both. Still seems like a bad idea, one that will result in a loss of players and their interest, but what do I know. I'm not some boardroom genius. What I DO know, however, is that I personally have played much, much less. Perhaps the change was to break our Candy Crush addiction. How philanthropic, King/Activision.

lorieb4

I have still been playing because the money is the issue. This change was done to increase the money for shareholders. I haven’t used any boosters because they are no longer of any value without the shuffle. Who would use them when it’s an almost certainty that they will be wasted? I play my 5 rounds then I leave. iTunes still charged me on Dec 14 for the last purchase I made before the change so up to Dec 14, King wasn’t aware that money from me had stopped. They should be feeling the effects by now. I will continue to play without boosters until I reach a board that can’t be beat without them and then I will stop playing.

WatchMEcRush21

Desperately looking for a spike King....🤔

I realize this is all King games not just CCS, but since CCS is the flagship I’m sure the bulk of the active users come from this game.

We are still waiting for a response Studio and CM’s. Thank you and hope you enjoy this stat! 😏👎

mdl060374

And another thing. The fact they try to sell this as “ fixing an exploit” is an insult to our intelligence.
reshuffling has been an option for over a year, so if they cared so much about people “ abusing “ it, they would have fixed it days after they realized.....

this is nothing but a holiday cash grab. They are squeezing their customers for $$$$ because they know during the holidays people have a lot more time on their hands...

mdl060374

Any king decision was that is made comes down to this:

more revenue with this change? Keep it.

less paying customers due to anger and refusing to “ play along?” = less revenue and they will change it back....

they tried this already and changed it back. Why they are trying it again who knows..

maybe they are trying to temporarily slow players progress because too many are leveling too fast and they can’t keep up with new levels? Just a thought I had..

mercerik

LuckyMe1189 said:

See, that’s what I was afraid of😫

Hi there, @LuckyMe1189 !

The Thread is NOT CLOSED or TAKEN DOWN YET! I was just sharing an Observation on the Thread as one of the Highlights in the Community Opening Page. There is no reason to panic.

One thing is for sure, someone who is in control of posting and removing Highlights in this Community is reading the Thread. Right after I posted The Board Reset Thread No Longer A Highlight On The Community Opening Page comment, the Win Gold Bars and Exclusive Community Badges was taken down as well. I certainly hope that the Authorized Person who has a say will pay attention to the 68, almost 69 Pages of Comments here, not just someone who can't make a difference, defending any changes on the Thread or the Community Opening Page. Not that if it means anything, when the response that we are expecting is from the Higher Authority who has a say in this ridiculous change.

LuckyMe1189

mercerik said:

The Board Reset Thread No Longer A Highlight
On The Community Opening Page

I don’t know how long this thread will remain open. I have a feeling
that this will be taken down sooner than anticipated because
it is no longer one of the Highlights in the
Community Opening Page.
It was still there yesterday but not this morning.
It used to be right below the Search Bar
What are you looking for?
and on top of
the Community Contest
Win Gold Bars and Exclusive Community Badges.

I just want to alert you in case this Thread is taken down.

See, that’s what I was afraid of😫

Fury161

Took me took me a bit to find the tread again King!?! You trying to bury it and hope people just roll over? Pathetic! Then “superstars” come in and try to justify it!! Do you get free stuff for trying to explain there crappiness? The comments might have slowed but anger hasn’t. You will realise one day it was your loyal clients that kept you at the top. Not the ones that fly in and then out after playing a few levels. I’m here for the good of the community aswell
Too bad the company isn’t.....

JethrinaBodina

47480 views, folks, that's how many have come to this discussion. 68 pages in, TENS of thousands of people that want to know what the heck is going on with the game they've been playing for YEARS. So many views; how many have been seen on other social media platforms?
WHEN IS ENOUGH, ENOUGH KING???

trishd186

I’m about 4000 levels in and I’m done. Not being able to shuffle my boosters has caused me to not even waste my time using them. And to think... if I BOUGHT them and I couldn’t shuffle the board I’d be super mad. I too will be deleting the game bcuz I’m sick of playing the same level over and over and over. ✌🏼

Kazza-3

Interesting, there’s now a forum post with a link to a survey... King wants to know all about how & why we spend money on the game.

https://community.king.com/en/candy-crush-saga/discussion/273495/survey-take-a-2-minutes-survey-and-share-your-opinion-with-us#latest

Maybe they are trying to figure out how willing we are to spend $$$ to deal with this ridiculous “fix”.

Lady_Choo

For future reference and for correct information as several of you have commented on it. Threads move down the page when other threads are replied to. If this thread is not commented on, but others are, it moves down the page. It only stays at the top of the page if it is pinned or has constant interaction.
There are not many threads that are closed despite age. Usually only if unsupported language or people have asked the same questions on many threads. Hence the reason old threads come back to the top.

m_j_

I see King move this forum from the top of the opening page to the bottom. I was thinking it was closed but it turned out they made you hunt to find it. I will keep returning to the page until they shut it down. I don't like people of companies taking advantage of the people who use their product. I have learned that if we don't speak up and try to change a situation we feel isn't right then we have no one to blame but ourselves. If we do speak up and nothing happens then we have a choice of staying and playing or moving on to some other game.

I read that buying good bars and boosters was the same as playing slot machines. For some people it a is choice and for other's it becomes an addiction. I can't tell anyone how to play the game or how to spend their money that is their decision. I will tell King to take their fix back and quit making the game no longer enjoyable for their loyal customers, they may decide that to stop playing and buying gold bars and boosters. King's loss of they do.

imagwai

dank312 said:

I have not played the game since the ‘fix’. How many of you are also completely boycotting the game?

I haven't even attempted a single level since the change. I was (and still am) on level 6005. Sorry King, but this change was the straw that broke the camel's back.

mercerik

Deryck said:

lol I think they'd be more concerned with losing engagement (relevance as you said) than simply closing one thread. They can shut down a thread, but they can't shut down people's discontent.

@Deryck !

Wake-up! We are in a Real World, not in Fantasy!

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TurboTim66

Eddie_Sparrow said:

A lot! LoL

dagoba7

Eddie_Sparrow

TurboTim66

WatchMEcRush21 said:

Desperately looking for a spike King....🤔

I realize this is all King games not just CCS, but since CCS is the flagship I’m sure the bulk of the active users come from this game.

We are still waiting for a response Studio and CM’s. Thank you and hope you enjoy this stat! 😏👎

Thanks mate - interesting reading. It will spike alright - downwards!!

https://www.gamesindustry.biz/articles/2019-11-07-activision-blizzard-sees-slumping-sales-sliding-engagement

Activision Blizzard sees slumping sales, sliding engagement
Revenues and monthly active users down across the board for Activision, King, and Blizzard divisions

LuckyMe1189 said:

See, that’s what I was afraid of😫

LuckyMe1189

mercerik said:

The Board Reset Thread No Longer A Highlight
On The Community Opening Page

I don’t know how long this thread will remain open. I have a feeling
that this will be taken down sooner than anticipated because
it is no longer one of the Highlights in the
Community Opening Page.
It was still there yesterday but not this morning.
It used to be right below the Search Bar
What are you looking for?
and on top of
the Community Contest
Win Gold Bars and Exclusive Community Badges.

I just want to alert you in case this Thread is taken down.

See, that’s what I was afraid of😫

dank312 said:

I have not played the game since the ‘fix’. How many of you are also completely boycotting the game?

I haven't even attempted a single level since the change. I was (and still am) on level 6005. Sorry King, but this change was the straw that broke the camel's back.

mercerik

Deryck said:

lol I think they'd be more concerned with losing engagement (relevance as you said) than simply closing one thread. They can shut down a thread, but they can't shut down people's discontent.

@Deryck !

Wake-up! We are in a Real World, not in Fantasy!

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