In my opinion, there are 3 perspectives for Candy Crush:
1 - The Owners - they want revenue - as much as possible which they get from Ads and from Players paying for Boosters, Gold bars, etc. I'm guessing Ads are more lucrative but I could be wrong. They want us Players happy!
2 - Developers - they have to keep the games coming. The AI Developer might be good at creating new games but they know little about the mentality of us Players - we want to have fun plus many of us are competitive! The Developers might play some games, but I doubt there are many in it for the long haul. They, too, want us Players happy!
3 - Players: Two Types: Heavy User vs the Dabbler - BOTH types need to be happy!
Dabblers do just that - they play a few games here and there and just want to have fun!
Heavy Player: Most likely competitive and "stalk" Candy Crush! We play daily and complain the loudest (and forget to say Yay - good job!).
In general, over the years, Candy Crush has improved. I'm in the top levels, usually finish all the weekly episodes and, as such, regularly end up in All Stars. I've won the last 154 episodes, and made it to the 2nd to last round of the Finals before I got tired of it all and stopped trying. I'm competitive - I like winning but also want to have fun! These are some of my issues:
There have been only 2 Booster that a User has total control of: the Hammer and the Hand Switch. Now one is gone.
- Hand Switch - I think many folks on the "Team" and / or Players might underestimate it's value. It is a powerful AND STRATEGIC booster. AI can't understand strategy (my opinion) and developers that don't play every day in advanced levels probably don't understand how valuable this booster is. We can control how and when it's used. Many of the other boosters give us random results, like Fish, or UFOs, or Party Boosters and many of the Wheels. Striped is limiting and often has to be used with a Hammer. The Hand can be used for combos and clearing boards - again, a very strategic, thus powerful, booster. Please bring back the Hand!
- Hammer - use it when / where it's needed. Also powerful but in a different way.
Cinema
- Now we've been gifted even more Black Clouds. Seriously!!!!?? Reward those that play Candy Crush ads by giving great boosters - not taking them away. Remember - the PLAYERs need to be happy!.
- Too many Wheels (I have 9400 and, even if I don't get additional wheels, I'd still have plenty left over in 5 -10 years)!! Please don't put 2 on every Cinema board!
- Only 2 Color Bombs & Solid/Striped per Cinema? Please get rid of a Cloud, get rid of a Wheel and give us AT LEAST 1 Hand and another Color Bomb!
- Don't get rid of Boosters BEFORE you test new ones. You end up frustrating the Players - you want us Happy!
