Need Special Parts? Me too, and Zynga isn't helping.

Click here to send Special Parts

Apparently Zynga's idea of "fixing" something is to break other things such to the point that you forgot your original complaint. A great concept for customer retention! /sarcasm

Try again, Zynga.

Last week, the problem arose that we were ONLY getting blue mystery bags in return for gifts. To "fix" that, Zynga broke how our free gift links work. Zynga would be well-advised to remember that these actions piss off players, and when players get pissed, they think about quitting. I think Zynga needs to consider what the players want, instead of taking the attitude that since the gift links are not of Zynga's making, it doesn't matter if they're broken.

It's been reported by at least one other site that you still get the gift when clicking on free gift links, even if you get the PoPiggy. At least one person in my news feed also stated this was the case. However, I have not had any luck whatsoever with this method, despite several tests and checks; I am just not getting the parts. Clearly, Zynga can't do for one what they do for the other, not even errors and broken game features, which is pretty sh*tty.

As of their last report, Spockholm is still trying to sort out the issue on their end. It's worth noting that these gifting issues aren't the fault of the scripters. When Zynga changes things in the game, it often interferes with the scripts. And since Zynga chooses to alienate script-users, despite their being a fair portion of the player base, it remains up to the scripters to figure out a fix on their end. So many thanks to the scripters, and two middle fingers up for Zynga.

So as it stands, for at least some of us, the only way to get the items that we need is to gift them. The old-fashioned way, which means navigating Zynga's slow-loading, spinning bullet-laden pages, requiring many clicks and (on my part) sighs of frustration.

In truth, the best way to get the parts you needed was ALWAYS to send out gifts, though. Players are highly likely to return the gifts that are sent to them. I typically have only relied on posting gift links in a pinch, as usually I can get a few back quickly from my news feed.

But I'm ALWAYS short on Special Parts. After a few rounds of sending out Special Parts Zynga-style, I finally made myself a link to more-quickly load the screen to send Special Parts. These gifts sent from inside the game do allow other players to return Special Parts back to you, as evidenced by the fact that I went from 0 to over 70 Special Parts within the past couple of hours.

Use THIS LINK to send Special Parts yourself. Give to receive!

And let's hope Zynga pulls their heads out of their crannies before too long; this shite is annoying.