Why does Candy Crush cheat its players?

I am on 1262 and it's a "bring down all the ingredients." It waited till I had 2/3 ingredients down and waited till literally on the last move "move 0" to give me the 3rd ingredient. This game is cheating its players and honestly I am getting tired of it.

They keep telling me not to have too many boosters on one device or it will mess up the game. Why do gold bars cross over multiple platforms and devices but not boosters. I am about to quit this game and so are some of my friends who are near the same level as I am.

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  • Johnny_RyallJohnny_Ryall Posts: 3,725 Level 3

    My name is Johnny, I am a moderator here on the King Care site. Due to a technical error this post did not appear on the site.

    I apologise for this, rest assured this is being looked at to ensure that it does not happen again.

    If you still have a query then feel free to use the site for help or post your question again so our community can assist you.

    Kind regards,

    Johnny

  • Hey! Would you like to give us your opinion?

  • I always try to beat levels without boosters to save money. Once, I failed a level with only one square of ice left to break to save the last bear. Another time, I didn't eat the honey and save the bears, so I bought 5 extra moves. With the 5 extra moves, I still failed with just one bear left to save. I have heard rumors of some sort of bot that it rigging each level so that you just barely fail, making you frustrated and compelling you to spend money on boosters. However, this game is largely based on luck. In fact, I almost always beat a level without boosters rather than with boosters. 

  • HookyHooky Posts: 107 Level 3
    Playing a very Hard Level 1705, Which virtually relies on Flying Fish to do their Job, I've nearly got out a few times and The Fish deliberately land on the wrong box..!! Its so frustrating.!! I'm on the verge of uninstalling the Game. Then add insult to injury a speech bubble appears telling me 1920000 have paid to finish the level.! 
  • cheybeancheybean Posts: 1 Newbie
    I’ve just recently noticed that while playing a game with only 15 moves, every time I make a move it takes away 2 or even 3 moves!! It’s hard enough with 15, let alone only getting half that many. It’s BS! I am this close to playing something else besides a King game.
  • tjaronatjarona Posts: 1 Newbie
    This game is DEFINITELY full of cheating to push people into purchasing boosters. Most levels are designed to be impossible to pass until the correct pieces fall in the exact place and order. You are taunted by close wins until it finally allows you to pass. Since Blizzard purchased King it has gotten significantly worse for sure. At level 3204 I have dealt with more frustration than satisfaction with this game.
  • HookyHooky Posts: 107 Level 3
    I've been struggling on several levels,  The levels are getting tedious, The fun has gone out of the Game, Flying Fish deliberately landing on the wrong tiles and so on..!! I hardly play the Game anymore.!! I have to be seriously bored.!! I've spent a fortune with King over the years and now I just feel cheated.
  • William611William611 Posts: 1 Newbie
    edited January 2020
    Been playing candy crush for 3 years on and off I know levels get difficult but I never seen this til now. Sometimes when I create 4 candies I dont get stripped candies, the same with the rest of the boosters. The game cheats alot and has increased the advertising of boosters. I really used to like this game. Level 925 and three years I have to let it go too much greed in the world. 
  • HookyHooky Posts: 107 Level 3
    I've virtually stopped playing now because of all the cheating.!! Social Media is a very powerful tool..!!
  • Jimi770Jimi770 Posts: 7 Level 2
    I literally just saw this game cheat. On level 226 I had one fruit behind a cage with a jelly block below that and it was one of the ones where you need to break the crate to allow more fruit to drop down so that the jelly block will fill, otherwise it stays empty and you can’t move anything into it. 



    I started again to show you what I mean. It was the second one in from the left and again it’s a green one. Anyways, I was nearly out of moves and the only way I could break the crate was with a striped candy. I managed to get a striped candy in place and activated it. Bingo I thought! However  it wooshed through them all but didn’t bust the crate! This is obvious cheating to make me use more lives. Not happy at all and is a perfect example of the insidious IAP gaming model which in my opinion should be banned.

    I have seen things out the corner of my eye before that looked like the game cheated but this was blantent! I was looking right at it because it was the last jelly I needed to get rid of.

    i even started a new game just to prove that the striped ones are supposed to go through those crate looking things and it did when I tested it again.

    This is extremely bad and needs sorting now. Stop cheating your players to make money, it’s immoral and should be illegal! 
  • Jimi770Jimi770 Posts: 7 Level 2
    This isn’t cheating per say but it’s not on. 



    Need 7 liquorice, 2 moves left and not one on the board.

    not on.
  • HookyHooky Posts: 107 Level 3

    I know it's so Frustrating, Cant complete a Level because King are not supplying enough of The Jellies to complete it.!! I've been stuck on Level 988 for nearly 2 weeks, I need Orange Jellies to create Teddies and Complete the Level, King dont supply no where near enough and only 15 moves...

  • Jimi770Jimi770 Posts: 7 Level 2

    I mean look at this. 23 moves left to get 38 jelly’s which are mostly behind 4 layers of other stuff. This has to be impossible without paying. I wish I had the brains to do the maths required to work how how many moves you would actually need to get down to just the jelly’s, never mind actually popping the jelly’s as well. It’s a joke.



  • HookyHooky Posts: 107 Level 3

    I'm demanding a Refund from PayPal for the Extra Lives I bought for Level 988, I only needed to Pop 1 Jelly, I bought extra Lives with Double Fish, Not 1 Fish landed on the Jelly just landed around it.! I felt completely Cheated so I've demanded a Refund..!!

  • Jimi770Jimi770 Posts: 7 Level 2
    edited February 2020

    Ok here is another perfect example of a paywall. Level 239. Apparently this level used to give you 30 something moves to do this in. You can see for yourself on YouTube. Now it gives you 12. They have gone back over the older levels and made it even harder so you have to pay to beat it. 12 moves is not enough even without those ? Stones. And do you know what they turn into over the striped candy’s that you need to clear the jelly’s up top? Yup, you guessed it, 3 layered cakes or Spawning chocolate. So not only is it hard enough to release the striped candy, you have to also get rid of them. THIS IS A PAYWALL.

    This is disgusting behaviour. Going back and retro actively updating levels to make people pay is just reprehensible. Especially from a company that lets face it, really doesn’t need to scrape for cash!

    heres a screenshot of this joke of a level.

    Do you know what makes me laugh even more. When you load up the game it gives you some (Edit by CM: Rude) about Relax and Unwind by playing this game. Have a relaxing time. Enjoy the peace or some crap.

    this game is far from relaxing!

  • Jimi770Jimi770 Posts: 7 Level 2

    Ok here is another perfect example of a paywall. Level 239. Apparently this level used to give you 30 something moves to do this in. You can see for yourself on YouTube. Now it gives you 12. They have gone back over the older levels and made it even harder so you have to pay to beat it. 12 moves is not enough even without those ? Stones. And do you know what they turn into over the striped candy’s that you need to clear the jelly’s up top? Yup, you guessed it, 3 layered cakes or Spawning chocolate. So not only is it hard enough to release the striped candy, you have to also get rid of them. THIS IS A PAYWALL.

    This is disgusting behaviour. Going back and retro actively updating levels to make people pay is just reprehensible. Especially from a company that lets face it, really doesn’t need to scrape for cash!

    heres a screenshot of this joke of a level.

    Do you know you what makes me laugh even more. The messages when you load the game about this game helping you to relax and unwind.

    King, the only thing this game does is wind me up.

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