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Hello everyone. I wonder if this is true for everyone, or if I'm just lucky with my avatar and playing on iPad? But this week's events and levels for new players is just great. I've seldom enjoyed a new game as much. More to follow>
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Thanks for bringing my old thread back up. Happy memories.
Happy memories. Reading all that again kept me amused this morning thanks to someone mysteriously adding a comment to this thread overnight. How the game and this community have changed in just over one year.
I NEED 5 X DOUBLE BOMBS IN LEVEL 9955 URGENTLY
I think you are right, it's ten levels. I'll change that in my post, thanks for pointing it out. I have no idea why I wrote 14…?
Interesting, first time I'm learning of a discrepancy with the Super Charger. Mine calls for crowning (not just passing) 10 levels to charge it. Makes me curious to know others' goal for that feature.
Indeed, Hard & Super Hard should be fine with the necklace's freebies that are given. I find that even using my own boosters for those level types don't usually have an effect on winning, so I just stopped using them for those levels, for the most part.
Re. Super Charger: combining 2 super-charged CBs removes 2 layers of blockers—why I like it so much. (cool design too!) With the abundant multilayered frosting in the 200-500 range, it's a godsend if your board happens to begin with them side by side.
That info is absolutely precious @Deryck . I also get that super colour bomb at the moment, I never liked it so much last time round, but I'll check out this morning how I get on with it thanks to your advice.
The chocolate box I use in the same manner that you describe in my regular game, in which I actively try to not play so many episodes as I want to keep it for All Stars. It's proving quite tricky as there is always something such as Candy Royale popping up and I needed to pass 10 levels to charge up the double colour bomb. I particularly value your advice on not using pre level boosters for hard and super hard levels. That is valuable advice I will try out in my next endeavour. I do waste a lot of gold by running out of boosters and then buying the timed ones for 9 gold each. I can play an episode for the duration, but it does cost me a lot of gold profit.
No need to just think it @christinewupp. We have the data to prove the worthlessness of Top That. :p
Your screenshot gave me the idea to mirror your progress. My gold bar + inventory on my GC game below:
I just won the episode, hence the timed lollipop, but I think I had 14 of those at the time.
I don't have access to the device where I began the SS game (work PC), but will Monday. I gave up on TT for both games at Tier 21 (without getting the poppers btw). Didn't have it in me. 😅
But it seems I made more profit regardless. And if I hadn't rushed through many eps in pursuit of the top TT prize, I'd have made substantially more gold. To be clear, I did spend the 10 gold for occasional levels in an episode. I ensured to do so sparingly, once or twice.
Another way to conserve gold is by maximizing the Gold Chocolate Box. Before beginning an episode, I make sure the 3 tasks are complete, leaving the 4th one ready when I begin an ep. I only use the crown-the-levels or pass-unplayed-levels tasks. Due to their "abnormal" goal (usually 17/18 or 21, respectively, for me), this means I'm forced to play 2 episodes. So, another way I make the most of things is by completing another round of the 3 choco box tasks during a race in preparation for a new episode. It's risky, yes, but if you're a skilled enough player, it's doable. Just remember to pay attention to the scoreboard to keep an eye on whoever's closest behind you.
The double color bomb combination is invaluable for most levels to boost the odds of getting a lucky board. That's why there should always be a decent color bomb supply in one's inventory. So, I only use a color bomb from my inventory for Legendary or Nightmarishly Hard Levels. Hard and Super Hard should be fine with the single CB from the candy necklace, though I have encountered exceptions of course.
Misc. notes: Your and Pyro's heads up about L502 being booster-locked was good timing! Coincidentally, I resumed playing when the Jelly Streak prize was given to me. I didn't even think twice: used the timed party popper right as the board opened. Smooth sailing.
I finally Sugar Starred L505 on my last move. 🤩 That was a thrill, esp. being prepared to lose.
Was mad L560 is one of the replaced Volcanic Panic levels. I need to Sugar Star it and came nowhere close. If it had been the regular board, who knows.
I didn't realise you were going for the Top That as well @SneakyMelonPyroDuck . Congratulations on getting there, and it's good to hear that your conclusions mirrored mine. Quite frankly I think anyone who has the power and stamina to go for the 250 gold prize and win it might as well store up their energy (and their gold bars) to use in the next All Stars. I think the effort needed is similar to getting to the final knockout round in All Stars, and maybe even beyond that. I might start my own Top That thread with my findings now we've managed to establish what it takes.
I had it a little easier. I didn't end up with the worst possible levels at then end. That being said it did take a 12 hour grind session to get the last two done. Not doing that again.
Also since I was speed grinding to 800 anyway, only 800+ loses would be a factor if they were unusually high. I think it was 50-70 gold at most used leaning more towards 50.
Can't lose money it you change the rules :P
Back to my game: I made it before bedtime.
As is just about visible on the screenshot I had to play to level 537 to get to the top of Top That.
By the late 400s I wished I hadn't decided to test out if I could get there, because that is when the fun ended and the slog began. All the levels ending in the digit 5 are just awful. I used up all those boosters the event frenzy had given me by level 500. In fact exactly at level 500, as if it was written into the game: Thou shalt not pass level 500 without paying. That was exactly the point at which I had no lollipops and no UFOs left.
The volcanic panic keeps giving a few boosters every four episodes, and the Bubblegum Battle test event popped up and gave me just three boosters.
So was it worth it?
My highest gold balance was 813 gold bars. By level 471 I started losing gold slowly as so many levels needed 10 gold bars to pass. Interestingly not a single level that I failed on my first attempt was passable on my second attempt. NOT ONE! So usually I paid the 10 gold then to get on with it, as 15 extra moves were obviously enough.
My final balance, after finishing the episode, was this:
Personally I think that rushing through the episodes to get to the top of this ridiculous event is NOT worth it. Essentially my net gain was 46 gold bars. I should have stopped in the mid 400s when I had 813 gold. But well, at least I know now how many levels it takes to win Top That…..
Fully agreed @christinewupp! It got a laugh from me at the time. I thought the explanation not only odd, but even silly. It's unsurprising though since clearly King reps wouldn't admit to the existence of a blacklist—bad for business lol. Like you, I definitely think there is a list though, likely consisting of User ID #s with a programming command to not get special events.
I find that reply odd @Deryck . That is not how I would interpret "good standing" and if that is the case then how does "no undisclosed violations" relate to that?
I think that customer care advisor didn't know what they were talking about, quite frankly.
@cookiemae I don't know what King's naughty list is or if indeed they have one, but I do suspect that there is one and that this may be the explanation why some of the most experienced players never seem to get these events that every newbie to the game seems to get.
I actually did bring that section of the T&C up with the Player Support agent when I inquired about why my game hasn't been receiving these special events. Obviously I wanted to know what is meant by "good standing". Apparently, it just boils down to one's location—being in a country that has the ongoing event. This was the relevant portion of the reply:
"I understand you would like to know if your account is in a good standing for the Music Season event. As I can see in your account you are in the United States, which is one of the countries where the event is available from 12th September to 14th October. As I mentioned before, we randomly select a group of players to test the new feature and, based on their feedback, decide whether to roll it out to all players. This helps us ensure that the feature is well-received and functioning properly. If you haven't seen the event, that means that there is a high possibility that we are facing an incident with some accounts in the eligible countries."
Last sentence basically gives a BS excuse lol—they don't know. Suuure.
It's not important enough to me to save the progress of these alt games to a different account. Booster prizes, like party poppers from Candy Cup, don't really matter to me. As much as I'm complaining about this current Music Season event, I'm not really a concert guy either. 😆 The only worthwhile event would be All Stars' possibility of a money prize, but I doubt I'd win that anyway haha.
I am putting these 2 games to use though, per my comment in the recent "Adventure path - no gold pin?" thread. In my head, I've started to view one game as GC, where the goal is to only get gold crowns for levels I need crowns for on my main game, and the other as SS, where the goal is to only get sugar stars for levels that don't have them in my main game.
This morning's update:
Factory Frenzy again shows up. Jelly streak pays out, 10 minutes party poppers came in handy to help pass half an episode but I only gained 1000 blue candies in those 10 minutes. Given the way that levels can't be drawn out to make lots of blue candies (they either self terminate or I risk having to use a lollipop at the end) I will have to probably play a lot more to get my prize. But the gold balance remains in the green, so I will play on tonight.
I've been playing timed colour bombs and timed wrap/stripe throughout because the game is not giving me enough boosters.
@christinewupp Interesting, what is kings naughty list?
Wow @Deryck That is all very interesting! I wish I had read this before I attempted level 360 last night, as I didn't pay much attention to it. I did struggle to finish that episode though, it turned out to be a tough one.
I think you will have to accept that your main account is in King's exclusion book, you are for whatever reason on their naughty list. They keep putting that clause into their Terms and Conditions for events that players have to "be in good standing“ with their King Player account, that says it all I think. Once blacklisted I guess there is little hope it will change. Are you not tempted to save one of your two new games on a different account login?
Hello @PummyRaj . I have to admit I have a soft spot for starting new games because I enjoy all the perks the game gives new players. It's not just the events, I got so many lucky boards I found playing these early levels really quite relaxing, which is what the game should be like.
To clarify:
I never play two accounts on the same device, so I'm sorry but I cannot give you any tips about it. I had a bad experience with this issue myself just over a year ago when two accounts merged and Player Support could not separate them for me even though they were very helpful and tried. Since then I am careful to never have two logins on the same device. I have an old iPhone6 I use for nothing but my game at the top of Candy Crush. I play the new levels every week but do not really enjoy that game very much.
I play what is now my main account, just past level 4000, on my iPhone 12. I have never played Candy Crush on any other platform at all.
The new game in this thread is on my iPad, and it is a sort of test game which I may not even save! I had played my main account on two devices, but when I ran out of boosters on the iPad I uninstalled the app as I see no benefit to playing on two devices. I then reinstalled the app and played as a newcomer from level 1 starting this week. You do not have to save a game when prompted, I just pressed the x and continued to play. I think a lot of players do this, they appear on our maps as "Player". In competitions we need to be vary of those people, as like me they tend to be experienced players who started a new game in order to win the competition. I can't blame them because the game definitely favours new players over those at the top.
My main game is a mixture. In the past year, now that I have a smartphone, it's been mainly mobile due to the exclusive features the game has on that device. In the past I played via king.com though, eventually switching to Windows app.
What makes this interesting is the same PC where the alt game got Music Season is where I play my main game that didn't get it. Things that make you go hmmm…
Also, King gave me back Super Charger even faster than I expected—later this afternoon. 😲
200 per O.O. Also I meant 155 levels passed :D
Ya that last one can be a waste gold or waste gold haha
Also Top That at Level 30 O.O
Is your main game windows? I find it can sometimes pop on Thursday, windows app patch day.
As a matter of fact, I've been progressing in my alt game that has Super Charger, which I received yet again yesterday. But then just now I stubbornly refused to pay the gold to pass L360, forgetting I'd lose the Super Charger in the process. Kind of a relief to lose it though as I don't feel like being glued to the game when I have other things I'd rather be doing today. I'll see if King is using me as a test subject and gives it to me again though. (today??) 🤔 Incidentally, I passed 360, NBU, 2 or 3 tries later.
I can confirm receiving tons of events too. Interestingly, the new variant of Friends Challenge requires 50 tokens to fill up compared to the 15 of my main game, making the challenge a bit pointless, as collecting 50 takes forever.
Re. Top That!, the catch 22 of this event is King (naturally) is manipulating players to speed through episodes, but to collect a lot of blue candies, it's best to deliberately go slow in a level. But then that means if you reserve your moves till like Move 7, for example, the game's algorithms make it so a board gets more hampered to win the level.
Chocolate Box is a 🤬🤬🤬🤬🤬. I've just got one where the 4 tasks are all either use UFOs or use Party Popper. No King, I'm not desperate and wish to fall to your mind games. This box shall expire.
I also started yet another alt game yesterday on a different device which feels like the superior game. It didn't get Super Charger, but its Candy Necklace has the 2 color bombs in the last bag, which makes passing levels easier than having the 1 color bomb of the necklace on this current alt game. Notably, I finally Sugar Starred L160 and 215 on that lucky alt game! Also lucky about it, is events seemed to activate earlier, like Top That! at L30(!!) and the Episode Race at L51. With Top That!, I'm also experimenting to see if one can actually get the max prize. I forget what level I left off on that game (270 range I think), but I'm at Tier 21 or so of Top That! Conclusion: TT favors new players as it's easier to pass the lower levels with all the pre-game boosters at one's disposal.
Observation: both alt games have the reskinned orange music candies/Music Season while my main game does not. So, King has no qualms giving the event to random newbie accounts, yet my established main game doesn't get it? uh uh, nope! I'm not buying King's explanation about there being too many players of the game for everyone to get special events then. That logic don't jive.
Wow, Christine!! Your map and the events are tempting me to start a new game and enjoy it to the fullest 🤩
Did you start a new account or reset the progress of one of the old accounts? If started a new account, are you using same device for both accounts?
You know that I have a second account, right? I have one iPad and when I tried to play both accounts on same device, glitches occurred in new account and Episode Race got messed up!! Since then, I am playing my primary game only on iPad and using Windows10 App for 2nd account.
Can you please clarify this for me? Are there any tips to play both accounts on a single device (iPad is convenient for me to play rather than Windows App)!
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Hello, I just won a race. I had 55 gold bars. It should have went up to 95 gold bars but the extra 40 didn't register. How can that get fixed? Thank you.
