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agree I have been stuck on level 13339 for a week!!! Not fun anymore

Perhaps it's time for an update to this thread, due to the new changes to Sweet Cinema removing the free switches. This change really messes with this strategy, since you at least need to spend a number of free switches to bring color bombs together. I just ran through the 120 most recently released levels, and tracked what I used to get through them to see how well the strategy works now.

Here is where I started yesterday, 120 levels from the end of the map:

The reason I am starting 120 levels from the end is because I discovered a couple of months ago that if I skip a week playing new levels, it always gives me a supercharger (super color bombs) at exactly the time that the next 60 levels are released. Because my style of playing involves keeping my win streak, which is significantly costlier (in gold bars/boosters) than playing normally (waiting for lucky boards and not worrying about the win streak), the supercharger really helps with the overall cost of making progress, especially at the end of the map.

I had about 6 days of the old style Sweet Cinema, so I had the benefit of 79 free switches that didn't cost me any gold bars. But for the analysis I will assume I have to buy these in the future. Given that, I will compare my starting inventory with my ending inventory to see how much this run through 120 levels cost me.

Here is my finishing state:

So I ended with 338 fewer gold bars. I had the following change in inventory that "matter", meaning the boosters that I can't get for free from Sweet Cinema ads:

Free switches: -67 (approximate cost: 400 gold bars - ouch!!)

UFOs: -6 (approximate cost: 85 gold bars)

Party boosters: -4 (approximate cost: 90 gold bars)

Striped brushes: 0

Note that I did buy several sets of UFOs and Party boosters along the way, as well as 3 more sets of 15 free switches and one set of Striped brushes, which is why my gold bars total dropped. I did earn quite a few chocolate boxes along the way, as well as winning all the episode races.

Anyway, my overall cost for getting through these was a whopping 913 gold bars. So that means that unfortunately this approach is not long-term sustainable. Very disappointing.

I do believe that I might be able to improve a bit on this by being even more cavalier with lollipop hammer usage. But I doubt I can compensate for the 900+ gold bars drain. So I hope King will change their mind about the free switches! Anyway, with my 350+ each of UFOs and Party boosters plus 20000 gold bars, I can hold out for quite a while, but this is the first time I have been draining my inventory instead of growing it.

For what it's worth, here are my current stats (you can see my color bombs combined shows I'm almost always starting each board with a double super color bomb):

Hey everyone 🤗

I just wanted to pop back in and say a big thank you to all of you who shared ideas and suggestions for the next season of Crush & Tell 💛

I’ve now gathered all of your feedback and passed it along to the team working on the series and they were genuinely grateful for the thoughtful ideas… And @Carol-38… yes, your legendary “Chapters” have also been shared with the team 😄

I couldn’t not pass those along, they’re too creative (and too accurate at times 👀😂).

Thank you for always bringing humour, imagination, and just the right amount of drama to the Community. You definitely keep things entertaining around here 🧡🎬

Now it’s in their hands as they plan what’s next! These things take a little time to shape properly, so there won’t be any immediate announcements but as soon as we hear what’s coming next, you’ll be the first to know 👀✨

Thank you again for being so engaged, creative, and passionate. This is exactly why I love this community.

Stay tuned… 🍬🎬