Why are all King.com games rigged????

Lee_McVittie

Thank goodness I only spent a small amount of money after I discovered that all of the King Games I played, have a pattern with wanting you to spend all existing gold bars and to buy more of them. This affects all device platforms. And if you don't buy more then enjoy losing. If you do buy more, well enjoy losing! It's rigged! They just want to trick you into spending money! Its such a shame, good games but the company is so so greedy! Its the exact same scenario with boosters! Why do you rig the games King???? Most people will realize eventually, and they'll stop buying your artificial currency.

Laura_Grosvenor

Unfortunately, all free games rely on some players spending real money. Its how they pay their staff to make the game and keep themselves in business.

However. I too have friends that refuse to spend a penny on it and are in top place. I am not saying some of the levels are downright impossible. That is where you save your free boosters, and then bombard king with begging emails to change the levels. Mostly, they do

I wish I could give THIS comment a zillion and five thumbs UP! This is so well-put and true. Great answer! I truly smiled at "bombard King with begging emails to change levels..." LOL! Make SURE those emails are polite and clear, no matter how frustrated you might be with the level. They just changed 626, and I didn't even get a chance to complain about it lol! I was forever grateful and was able to pass it after a few more tries. Thanks King!

Lee_McVittie

Unfortunately, all free games rely on some players spending real money. Its how they pay their staff to make the game and keep themselves in business.

However. I too have friends that refuse to spend a penny on it and are in top place. I am not saying some of the levels are downright impossible. That is where you save your free boosters, and then bombard king with begging emails to change the levels. Mostly, they do

Yes I know that they need to make money but they are really harsh when deciding if "Someone" will pass the level or not, it should be total luck only, same with the booster wheel in Candy Crush.If King stopped rigging their games (Even just a bit) who knows, maybe they'll make even more money.

Lee_McVittie

Hi

You wouldn't expect to go to your corner shop and get your milk, newspaper and ciggs for free.  All companies have to make a profit to cover the cost of goods and overheads .

Game companies aren't charityies , when games  are free they still have  overheads  When good game come free ,,is it not fair to make a purchase to jelp the company develop more good games.

Ater all expecting them all for free could in some people's book also be considered as greedy !!!

I know they need to make money, I don't mind that they want to make as much money as they can but it is the methods they are using to get the people to buy gold bars and lives, keeping a person stuck on a level for a long time to convince them to buy lives, trying to get the person to buy gold bars as most of the time they are extremely close to passing the level, etc. If they made the game even a slightly bit more luck based, they could make even more money.------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ P.S. Fags are worse and they are addicting like King games but more lethal. I have never smoked in my life and I will never ever consider it, and I hope that many more people give it up or don't start it in the future.

Sharla_J_Brown

I disagree with the comments above. It's true, King does need to make money in order to keep the games viable and available but at the same time, the issue is a moral one. Rigging a game is highly immoral regardless of your reasons for doing so. Using the logic stated above, should a casino rig all their games because they have to survive as well? Of course not. 

Games like the ones King make should be based on chance. Or else skill is rendered useless and if that's the case, why play a game at all when skill doesn't matter? It makes the experience pointless and no fun. And there's nothing worse than a game that is no fun.

I’m beginning to realize king absolutely does rigg games and blocks players from advancing or even playing. I was blocked from playing, now I’m blocked from advancing, even though I am a paying player, I refuse to use anymore boosters or use my gold bars on games that block me from advancing. I’ve played over 150 plus try’s on 2608. YouTube shows winners and I in no way get screens or plays they receive. My screens hardly let me get close enough to use boosters without using dozens of boosters or buy boosters. After reading your responses, I’m convinced.....had my suspicions....now convinced. They must get off on irritating players hoping they will break and buy more more gold bars. This is the way you reward players who purchase gold bars. Pretty pathetic. Guess I can expect to remain on this lever or be blocked from playing...you’ve broke me to snap....you probably feel good breaking your players faith in playing a fun king game just for profit....just because you can.

KayKo

I agree!! I just spent a few dollars I shouldn’t have spent today, trying to FINALLY get past a level and hopefully appease the game so it will go back to giving me games of chance and skill again - and it STILL screwed me!!  I’m so angry and upset! It should be based on chance, as you said, or else skill is rendered useless and the game STOPS BEING FUN!  Now it’s a game of “how stupid are you” or “how strong is your gambling addiction?”.  Getting SOME of my money should be better than NONE. And if I’m not having any fun, I’ll have to leave the game.  Which would be sad!

Lady_Choo

Hey @KayKo I never ever spend a penny, they can all be done with patience  

KayKo

I”m extremely patient, but on some levels the fireworks block every strategic move I make, and nothing else.  NEVER  hit the water buckets that can only be accessed by fireworks.  That’s not random.  I’ve played some levels for weeks and weeks, yelling “thief!” The whole time until I finally spend some money to appease the game.  But it still steals the win out of thin air.  Other levels, I’ll make a match next to a flower and the flower won’t grow.  Sometimes that’s my final move, and I was able to make the match at the last second but it was STOLEN and I lost.  Sometimes I’ll finish an impossible level and rank in 3rd place but get only one star for less beans.  I love a fair challenge, but not a rigged game.  Random chance and skill.

KayKo

What level are you on?  I didn’t have this problem at lower levels but I’m on level 1111 now.

Lady_Choo

KayKo said:

I”m extremely patient, but on some levels the fireworks block every strategic move I make, and nothing else.  NEVER  hit the water buckets that can only be accessed by fireworks.  That’s not random.  I’ve played some levels for weeks and weeks, yelling “thief!” The whole time until I finally spend some money to appease the game.  But it still steals the win out of thin air.  Other levels, I’ll make a match next to a flower and the flower won’t grow.  Sometimes that’s my final move, and I was able to make the match at the last second but it was STOLEN and I lost.  Sometimes I’ll finish an impossible level and rank in 3rd place but get only one star for less beans.  I love a fair challenge, but not a rigged game.  Random chance and skill.

If the match isn't opening a flower then the level is faulty and if it happens again, please could you come back and tell us so we can give you some troubleshooting and report it back to the community moderators. 
The same also applies to things being too random. Recently I had the chance to report an issue where a seed was behind a bucket and webbed crops and the only way you could get to it was by using a shovel. The studio hadn't noticed it until feedback was given. The level was tweaked and it was accessible. Their motto is all levels can be played without using any boosters and so they should be. I blog so I only ever use shovels and sometimes the level can take weeks but I refuse to use boosters just to get past. There is a certain amount of skill and a certain amount of luck that's for sure but feedback can help everyone. 
Hard levels are meant to be trickier and if you only get one star its because the points bar is set high. Again they might change with feedback. I usually find the hard levels easier than the normal ones. 

KayKo

Thanks!  I have another issue to report, too: The buttons on the bottom left of the game aren’t working right.  The one with a barn on it shows a #1 but there’s no prize inside.  The button where I used to find gifts and requests from other players is missing.  I tried to use the “contact” form to report it, but the “captcha” isn’t working so it wouldn’t send.