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I love that feedback and it shows clearly how level difficulty is now just farcical at these upper levels. It also shows how dull these new releases are. I'm clearly not missing anything then, that much is certain. What a boring looking board!

It is interesting to hear you report that these latest releases are rated for difficulty. This suggests that the hunch I have had is correct: Difficulty rating is now calculated and decided in a different manner.

I think Level difficulty ratings are now based on the number of attempts that it takes until players get a board that is passable. I think that in the past few weeks there has been a change in the way that the difficulty is rated and this is not just near the end of the game. So super hard/nightmarishly hard/legendary levels may all be impossible to pass on a first attempt blurring the difference at first sight. If you replay the levels the legendary ones will be almost never passable but may eventually be passable with certain boosters played wisely, the nightmarishly ones are less predictable but just as bad, and the super hard ones will have a lucky board come up, say, within 10 or 20 attempts or whatever the AI has picked. Hard levels seem to allow half the players to pass on a first or second attempt. I think that's what is now the basis of the difficulty ratings, but I have no proof of that yet.

I did pass this level 20674 first time using a Party Booster, more than one UFO and other boosters. But went back to play it again to see how I'd get on if I didn't have any boosters or had run out of gold.

This level is classed as Super Hard, I'd call it like the majority of other new levels, Impossible, Boring and Stressful. You would think Super Hard means, really study the board, look for every possible way to make striped/wrapped/ candies, colour bombs. Make moves where you can hit blockers. But no, that's not possible now on so many levels. So instead of labelling levels Hard, Super Hard etc they should just label them Party Booster/UFO/Gold Bars.

So off I go using brain 🧠 power only.

Starting board

End result

Not even cleared half the Jelly and look at all the remaining blockers.

I've got nothing more to say 🤐

Thanks everyone for continuing to share your thoughts about the Chocolate Box update 🙏

I completely understand how this change has affected many of you, especially those stuck on tough levels or at the higher end of the map.

I’ve passed all your feedback on to the team, and they’re aware that this version of the Chocolate Box has been frustrating for players who used to rely on it as a way to keep progressing when stuck.

The team is reviewing this feedback as they continue to monitor the feature.

Thanks again for taking the time to explain how this is impacting your game play!