I quit CR:K about a month ago. This blog will be on indefinite hiatus as a result. I may reblog some fanart now and again but expect minimal posts for the foreseeable future.
Why'd I quit? Game's unplayable.
(Below is my rant/vent on the matter so have a read more cut. Ye have been warned.)
CR:K has had notorious lag issues, especially on iOS devices, for over a year now. It's had crashing issues for almost as long. I first noticed the crashing properly around the BTS event; it was about once every 15 minutes back then. An affront to any reasonable game developer, but... tolerable.
By Triple Cone Cup, that time was down to 2 minutes.
By Legend of the Red Dragon, one minute. World Exploration could no longer be done, as loading into it prompted an instant crash.
By Summer Soda Rock Festa, I could no longer load into the game at all. I can't play on my phone even if I wanted to; I HAVE to use an emulator.
I have submitted support requests. I have submitted feedback tickets. So many people have done the same. The issues remain and continue to get worse and worse with every update.
Cookie Run: Kingdom is a mobile game. My phone isn't new by any means but I keep it in good condition and it can run every other game, including similarly "beefy" ones, without crashing. But even emulators running on good computers struggle with CR:K these days.
It's been obvious for months that testing isn't being done properly and content is just being cranked out for money's sake. Bugs that should be caught immediately (titles shifting out of place on the arena loading screen comes to mind) continue to happen. Assets are breaking in old areas of the game. Pre-existing memory leaks remain unfixed. Crashing and lag plagues more and more players.
Nothing is done to try and fix any of this. And yet Devsisters has the manpower to develop and release multiple brand-new games on top of it all? It's just... it's a slap in the face, really.
I stuck around solely for my guild, but CR:K is just a waste of my time at this point. No other game crashes so much; my bar for "playable" is on the FLOOR and it cannot meet it.
I miss my guild dearly; I led it for over a year and knew some of my members for even longer. We hit Grandmaster III for the first time in our last season. It was best to quit while we were ahead, given everything. I'm still so proud of all of them.
I was once a paying player, because I LOVED this game despite its flaws. It felt like it had heart and like they cared. What happened to the DevNow's and the spirit? Yes it's more p2w now, but it goes beyond that for me.
They took a good game and they ruined it, due to their own negligence.
When I started playing, I promised myself I'd only play so long as it was fun. It's not fun anymore. I leave more frustrated and stressed than I started. So I quit.
I won't be returning to playing until they fix all those critical issues -- if even that. They'll certainly never be getting my money again. Other developers deserve it more.
For those who continue to play, I ask you to vouch for your friends having lag and crashing issues (especially if you're crash-free). It'll affect you too eventually. All the people that said "well maybe it's just your device" to me a year ago are having the same problems now.
Oh, and PSA: check your battery health if you have an iOS device. Mine went from (literally) "100%, in perfect health" to "hey you need to get this replaced" in 6 months, solely from playing CR:K. Thanks, I hate it :)))))))
((I wish I hadn't had my settings on low here T~T could've gotten a proper nice screenshot))
And of course, in classic Ifrit fashion, the last cookie standing was my babygirl Caramel Arrow. Because of COURSE she clutches out the win for me
((Seriously I walked in to wave 60 with only my 4th team left, and walked out with only her on a sliver of HP. Everyone else was dead. Shoutout to Werewolf too he put in a lot of work on that last boss fight as well -- all the materials I sunk into his magic candy for guild have paid out a bit more now that he's out of guild meta LOL))
I could definitely go for a higher score, but honestly I'm content with this for tonight. I'm sure other seasons to come will be a lot harder, but I'm proud of myself. :]
Howdy, I'm Ifrit Cookie! This is my fandom blog specifically for Cookie Run: Kingdom. I'm genderfluid, and you can use any pronouns for me (though he/him is preferred.)
I am no longer active here as I quit the game in September 2023. I do not plan on coming back to play CR:K in the future.
This blog is Kingdom-centric, as I've never played Ovenbreak. I may not understand some references from CR:OB, but I will try my best!
I played on the Dark Cacao CR:K server primarily (IGN: Ifrit), though I also had a Hollyberry account (IGN: Ifritatia). Once upon a time, I was a very tired guild battle main + guild leader. I started playing on the first day of the Dark Cacao Kingdom update. (2/24/2022)
My blog-specific tags:
#ifritcookie art - Any CR:K artwork I've made is under this tag.
#ifritcookie rambles - All of my text posts. Art posts with headcanons in the descriptions will also have this tag.
