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Swedish Fish New Update
Andres-2
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The studio has improved the fish, it can now be created with 4 candies like its other candy brothers, you can create in the game by creating a 'square' of 2 x 2 candies.Is it available to all players or only a few can try it?
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Hey @Andres-2 👋🐟
Thanks for sharing this exciting update! 🎉 The Swedish Fish getting a new way to be created with a 2x2 square match is definitely a game-changer!
Right now, this feature is being tested with a select group of players, so not everyone will have it just yet. The studio often rolls out new mechanics to smaller groups first to see how they perform before deciding on a wider release. Fingers crossed it makes its way to everyone soon 🤞
Are you enjoying this new way of making fish? Let us know what you think! 😊🎣
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@QueenB I think the opinion is nearly universal that it's hated. Fortunately I haven't gotten the change yet - I hope I never do. The claim by most players is that the fish is less smart for what is needed, not smarter. And more importantly, it breaks lots of the levels. The old fish is quite brilliant in how it is implemented; it works quite well. Cancel the fish change - it's a terrible idea.
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Hey @Nobody1 👋
I really appreciate you sharing your thoughts on this! Feedback like yours is super important to the studio, as they always aim to improve the game in ways that players enjoy.
Since this feature is still in testing, changes and adjustments could happen based on player reactions. I'll make sure to pass your concerns along to the team!
In the meantime, if you (or anyone else) have specific examples of how the new fish affects gameplay, feel free to share, that kind of detail really helps!
Thanks for being part of the community and for keeping the conversation going 😊
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Those images are not from Candy Crush Saga. I have not seen these yet in my game and hope I never will.
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I do like the fish forming by itself in some non-fish levels. However, I must agree that the fish is not very smart after all.
Example 1: I know there is a better move in this case. But for the sake of testing, I activated the fish to see how smart it is.
Example 2: In this case, the fish should have picked the red candy instead of green.
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I've had the new fish in my new game for a month, and here's my feedback.
- The new 'smart' fish are determined to target special candies, ruining combos you are trying to set up. This is a major issue, as Candy Crush relies more on combos than Soda does.
- The new 'smart' fish are a nuisance on strategic dragon levels that have conveyor belts (level 321 is a good example). Fish cause dragons to drop prematurely from the conveyor belt by targeting squares underneath them, which hinders dragons' release, not helps it.
- Fish are spawned and activated by the cascades whether you want it or not, and you have to deal with them on levels where you were not supposed to. Sometimes you have to strategize how to NOT trigger a fish, or else it will ruin everything you are trying to set up (see above).
- Levels that rely on fish in some way are often a struggle. Candy Crush has quite a few levels that rely on the large number of fish spawned rather than them being smart. One fish instead of three is just not enough to achieve goals on such levels. If you are playing a level (Super Hard and above) that has fish dispensers, make sure to have ten gold on hand.
- Fish combos are absolutely useless now. They never target blockers, and one stripe or wrap they create in a random spot is not worth expending a move to set the combo off.
- The new fish are not smart enough to take into account level objectives. The only thing that can be called 'smart' about new fish is that they target blockers in the same way as fish spawned from bobbers do. (Do they target magic mixers, though? If so, it will break some levels too.) However, considering the above, even on levels where the new fish can theoretically be of help, it's rarely worth expending a move to make a fish. Candy Crush levels have too few moves nowadays.
My game is currently on hold due to this new feature, and I sincerely hope the new fish does not end up being implemented.
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@QueenB Please could you take a close look at MannyFae's analysis of this "improvement" above and advise the team accordingly. If MannyFae has to put the game on hold to wait for this feature to end then heaven help any of us and heaven help Candy Crush should this "improvement" be rolled out to all, as you hope. I think we'll all have to give up playing if King decide to do that. So please uncross your fingers as fast as you can, for none of us want it!
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The new update is by far the worst!! The fish is way less smarter.. The combinations are pathetic... Earlier stripe x fish or fish x wrapped bomb candy created 3 of those which would intelligently help you complete the board, now it just creates one and sucks big time in terms of intelligence. Please go back to the previous version.
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