What are those levels 15,000 -16,000+ really like to play?

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I agree, Carol. I really think because so many of us want it.. they won't do it! It'd be so easy for them to do!

It's amazing how Microsoft/King cares about their players! (Yes, I'm being sarcastic!) It's really sad that all Zuckerberg cares about is $. Doesn't he have enough billions to want more from these silly little free games?

Sorry for ranting, it just kinda makes me sick. 😿

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I keep my 🤞🤞🤞🤞🤞all the time Rhonda for the 'go to level' feature, however they want to do it. So many of us want/need it and @QueenB keeps asking for us. I'm not sure why it's such a big thing for them to do 🤔

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👍 Gotcha! BTW, I'm so hoping for that 'go-to level' button someday! 🤞😸I hate scrolling, it takes FOREVER!

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I read @Goldenswordz post Rhonda that they were just agreeing with what I had put 😉

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@Goldenswordz I've read your post a couple times. I still don't understand it. Are you asking a question, are you asking for help? Let us know!

Goldenswordz

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I have noticed also that they've decided to stop doing the crazy mobile-release move reductions, at least not as intensely as before. Now, their strategy seems to start the levels off with low moves for the Windows release, then slowly increase them in the coming weeks. I have noticed they make levels above 35 moves much more frequently, that's a very welcome change King.

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Thanks for you reply @Rhonda_L which is quite interesting to read. I am also really enjoying those early levels after 15,000 and am finding them more fun now than my game at level 6000. I had been missing some of the newer elements like the snakes and rainbow rapids, so I'm glad to have those back in my game. (Not so much the sour skulls though, I hate them too much). So it will be interesting to see how I will find those levels you are stuck on now. I guess I'll have to use a lot of boosters on them, thanks for warning me! Good luck with your game.

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@christinewupp Sorry I haven't replied sooner, I no longer get a tag notice.

I'm on the measly level 15381 (finally!). These last 2 Episodes have been a b****. This past one, I had 10 hard, super, nightmare and legendary. Unfreaking believable. Took me all week plus to get through this Episode. (BTW, my Player Card isn't right)

Anyway, in answer to your question, earlier on after 15000, it was easier for a time. I didn't have to use many boosters, each level gave me 35+ moves. So, it was somewhat enjoyable. That came to a screeching halt about 100 levels ago. About the time they took away the Lollipop Hammer from Sweet Cinema, come to think of it.

I'm not playing much anymore. I log in and play the side games. I rarely even play Sweet Cinema anymore to build up my boosters since they've added Luckyland Slots as an advert. It's a long ad to begin with, when I finally get the X, 9x out of 10, it takes me to Google. Yes, I've reported it. They don't care, evidently.

Needless to say, Microsoft has not made positive changes to any of these King games that I hoped they would, IMO.

Good luck to y'all Crushers!

cookiemae

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@Scooterpie It's nice to see that in some way you understand my thoughts about the feed. Having to be able to pass levels easily with no boosters in such high levels and posting that info brings about conflict in the feelings of the posters here that are already very irritated by the game. I'm sure out of the millions of players of the game there are millions that enjoy and pass levels with no issues and not paying to play. Those people are not on this feed. I decided to not view this forum because of all the negativity and misinformation that's posted but heck I view it everyday. Lol

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Don't be fooled Christine, as I showed in my post above levels have more moves, but they also have a lot more blockers.

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Well my friends, I have done it! My poppy game is back and has come with some great surprises.

Firstly, as expected, all my lovely boosters transferred from my unsaved game at level 2000, which was a relief. My gold bars from the old poppy game were still there, as were all my friends and surprisingly many of them are still playing. For the first time I get the player card now, so I can see who is still active. All my events stayed the same as I had had in my unsaved level 2000 game and my badge hasn't upgraded. But to my surprise the Gold Club race suddenly showed up, late with easy competitors, and so I won it with quite a humble score!

But the real surprise was how "easy" they have made these levels. My memory of the late 14,000s was that every single level had just 20 moves! Now almost every level has 35 or over! I was wondering if the game was being kind to me because I was gone for so long, but it isn't that at all! I checked out one level (15045) on YouTube. 5 months ago it had 24 moves, 2 months ago 21 moves. But there is a video from 1 month ago that, like myself, has 35 moves! Strange..... I think they've made levels easier all around? That really is a pleasant surprise.

Scooterpie

@cookiemae you really made me think hard on this one. A few years back when @Pounawea was still here, and part of time period of @Crazy Cat Lad, I was having basically not much of a problem passing the new levels without boosters or not many. I really did not know how to respond to the threads then, a lot of players were very disenchanted by the game, so you do not know what to say? In fact, the whole time that I have been here in the community a lot of players have been irritated with the game. I have been in the community for over 6 years.

I wonder if I was getting better levels than some players back then or if now because I am used to having a full Candy Necklace, I perhaps am not being quite as skillfull? Nonetheless, using boosters is fun you know!

P.S. Of course you must play new levels again Christine! ฅ՞•ﻌ•՞ฅ

Hi Christine @christinewupp as a couple of examples, and the 1st example has made me put my Moaning Minnie Pinny on. 40 moves and no way could I complete it. We moaned for ages about King constantly reducing moves a week or 2 after the new levels release. They obviously listened to that but instead of just giving the extra moves decided to add extra boosters to keep levels impossible.

This one with 33 moves was actually enjoyable and I still had moves left once done, without using boosters.

1st Episode done, still 35 gold bars for me winning, but I did get an advert to watch giving me 1 more gold bar.

Thank you all for your valued input and advice!

@cookiemae I'm not so sure any more about your theory. About six months ago that is what I was thinking must be the reason how you so enjoy your game when all of us were so frustrated by it, but now I wonder if it isn't just that you have the experience and intuition to understand how to play the game! When you get to the levels above 10,000 with your second game we will find out.

The same probably holds true for all of you at the top of the game. In the past six months I have done so many tests and they have been an eye opener. For one thing, my non cheating test game has been an astounding success: I am nearly at level 6000 after about six months play and it's been fun. I am holding on at a gold balance of over 1200 gold with it and I ask myself why. Also some of the input from @Pyrolight about how certain moves trigger a switch in the algorithms from "fail" to "pass" has been an eye opener and I now think that is the key to enjoying Candy Crush and playing successfully. Players who know what the game wants us to do, which booster to play at what point, can enjoy the game I think. Whether that strategy will work for me at levels 15,000+ remains to be seen, of course. I will give it a go and try to use my boosters wisely and see how I get on. Thank you all!

cookiemae

@christinewupp Hi.I really wasn't sure how to answer your question. I believe I have been in a test group for at least a few years. My game is definitely not the same as yours or people that post on this forum. For me at the top of the game it is very passable without boosters. When I do use them I use hands. If I were you just go ahead and give it another try.

Scooterpie

Greetings @christinewupp! Yes, I very much still enjoy the game. While my strategy has changed over the years well, so has the game. Boosters are necessary on the higher levels, at least I use them, but then I have always wanted to have, use and save boosters. Boosters maybe were not needed as much in years way past but then there were hardly any opportunities to collect boosters when the game first started? That is when I began saving.

I find that I use more boosters than brains when I am in a hurry. Almost used a party booster yesterday on Episode 3, probably should have! It is a puzzle game and sometimes I think that I do not attack it the right way?

Anyway bottom line, enjoy the game your way. Some players like the competition of a tournament or some of us like to sorta play our own version of the game more to ourselves. I like talking with other players, doing my CCS game and making memes.

I'd like to say 1st Christine @christinewupp like Peter I will stop playing when/if I run out of boosters and gold bars. I only have 2 party boosters that were rewards, don't use my gold to get them, uses too many, and I'm hanging on to them just so that I can say I've got some. Now re the levels, yes a lot I did need to use boosters on, some were really surprising though, I passed after only a few moves and was shocked. Again there were some passable using strategy but also a lot that had a ridiculous amount of blockers. I changed my strategy a long time ago, now don't play unless I have enough time, boosters and gold to pass and win an Episode for the gold (Ahhhh now only 35) but I personally still enjoy the challenge and being able to put my Moaning Minnie Pinny on now and again. We are all different so not sure how you would feel. I have no interest whatsoever in All Stars so will just keep concentrating on playing my own game. So the bottom line is, yes for the majority you will need boosters and or extra moves. Not sure if any of that was helpful 🤔

Peter_Tornaros

It is all downhill @christinewupp after Level 15,000. Impossible to beat levels without using a ton of boosters. I try to avoid using party poppers, but sometimes I have no choice. @Scooterpie is the expert at not using these.

I mainly use UFOs, hand switches and hammers. Always start with the 3 boosters and a full candy necklace. All of these are needed to beat most levels that are crammed with multi layered blockers.

The game is totally boring. I mainly use the new levels to complete the Chocolate Box and the side games that appear most days. These are where my interest now lies.

If I ever run out of boosters and gold bars, I will quit the game.

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I agree, Carol. I really think because so many of us want it.. they won't do it! It'd be so easy for them to do!

Sorry for ranting, it just kinda makes me sick. 😿

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👍 Gotcha! BTW, I'm so hoping for that 'go-to level' button someday! 🤞😸I hate scrolling, it takes FOREVER!

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I read @Goldenswordz post Rhonda that they were just agreeing with what I had put 😉

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@Goldenswordz I've read your post a couple times. I still don't understand it. Are you asking a question, are you asking for help? Let us know!

Goldenswordz

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@christinewupp Sorry I haven't replied sooner, I no longer get a tag notice.

Needless to say, Microsoft has not made positive changes to any of these King games that I hoped they would, IMO.

Good luck to y'all Crushers!

cookiemae

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Don't be fooled Christine, as I showed in my post above levels have more moves, but they also have a lot more blockers.

https://community.king.com/en/candy-crush-saga/discussion/comment/2988209#Comment_2988209

Well my friends, I have done it! My poppy game is back and has come with some great surprises.

Scooterpie

P.S. Of course you must play new levels again Christine! ฅ՞•ﻌ•՞ฅ

This one with 33 moves was actually enjoyable and I still had moves left once done, without using boosters.

1st Episode done, still 35 gold bars for me winning, but I did get an advert to watch giving me 1 more gold bar.