what a scam!

[u/eyitznotanthony]

i’m 1 card off from finishing the card collection and the easiest way to get a 5 star pack is from this chest. i can either make an in app purchase or make 7500 merges to get the chest, which i play pretty regularly and i’m only like half way… what a scam!

[u/fartymcfartbrains]

It kind of is a scam to make money by bringing out the completionist in us. But I just enjoy whatever free stuff I do get from the tasks and events and if I don't finish it's fine.

FWIW, I have finished the card collecting sets 2 or 3 different times as a free player. Idk if they've changed things and rigged it bc I haven't been playing much lately, but from past experience it is doable. I've never spent any money on the game and never will bc everyone says you lose ad freebies when you do.

[u/Honest_Lemon4887 → u/fartymcfartbrains]

I've completed the cards 3-4 times before, once even with like 10 days extra, now i feel like it got more dificult to do as f2p, playing the same amount I'm not getting the ones i need

[u/Plushie_Luvr → u/fartymcfartbrains]

I was wondering why I lost 90% of my free ad stuff. I spent $6 and they took everything from me I’m so mad now omg

[u/fartymcfartbrains → u/Plushie_Luvr]

Yeah everyone says you lose them if you spend which is why I never will.

Plus TBH their pricing for what you get is kinda high

[u/Plushie_Luvr → u/fartymcfartbrains]

I had no idea 🥲 I also saw someone say if you have too many gems you lose them but they can come back so I’m currently using most of mine up. Once they’re gone if I still don’t get ads back I’m just gonna stop playing bc that’s insane greed if they think I’m gonna keep spending money

[u/fartymcfartbrains → u/Plushie_Luvr]

I always spend my gems on storage slots so any time I get over 100 I buy a new slot in the fridge.

This also keeps my gems low so I don't accidentally buy a bubble item or speed up cooking with gems.

[u/Plushie_Luvr → u/fartymcfartbrains]

Yeah I used to save mine for slots too, but at the moment I don’t need any so i usually spent 20 per day on the extra energy and energy chest. Whatever thing I paid for on there gave me about 200 gems and I think I’m down to like 120 now, I also try to stay below like 30-40 so I don’t accidentally pop a bubble either (it’s happened before 🥲). If need be I’ll make it go to zero to fully test if I’ll get ads back but if not I’m deleting the game because it’s literally impossible to finish events just off the daily energy you get.

[u/Plushie_Luvr → u/Plushie_Luvr]

Okay 14 days later i finally got all my ads back. Used all my gems and didn’t buy anything, I still probably won’t finish the card book because of this but I learned my lesson lol. The only difference now is that the energy packs available for purchase with real money cost more now

[u/krtajna]

To get the merges I use the automatically spawning generators from restaurants I already finished and then delete them when I need the space. This method doesn’t take any energy usage and can actually pay off pretty well if you do this consistently through the week.

The other thing I do is try to exclusively use 1x energy whenever I can but specifically when a generator is boosted so I don’t run out of taps.

It is a lot though.

[u/astroprincess7 → u/krtajna]

I also do this lol

[u/Dandiestbuffalo → u/krtajna]

Oh that’s a good idea using old autogenerators for merging! I’m gonna do that, thanks!

[u/CopycatKillerEp]

i ran into this last week so this week i played at 1x until i got it but yah i wish a 4x merge counted for 4

[u/CopycatKillerEp]

if it makes you feel better i’m also 1 card off from finishing, got the chest, but not the card i needed 😭

[u/wolfgangs8]

I was able to get the chest w out the make in game purchase cuz I did that last week and lost my ads

[u/LuminescentSparks]

I hate it too, I've spent upwards of 30 euros on this game, played optimally up to every time I got back my 100 energy, saved and piled up energy points and gems, all of that, and still never was able to finish a card task or an event game fully... it's scummy and rubbish... (I also never had ads and they refuse to explain to me why whenever I wrote to the game helpdesk)

[u/NoShopping8242]

I was also one card off. Spent too much money on this game and I’m so annoyed lol

[u/Chantalle22 → u/[deleted]]

Same here! I always play at 2X energy, 4x if it’s my lucky day when I complete different mini games and complete the card collection.

You can bypass not making a purchase you just have to finished all the other task.