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Levels that have been ruined by the new fishes

Please can contributors stick to the topic for this thread: I wish to find levels that have specifically been ruined in the way they work by the introduction of the new fishes. This means that the original mechanisms of the design do no longer function.

(If you have general grumbles about the new fishes please use the official feedback threads or create your own)

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https://community.king.com/en/candy-crush-saga/discussion/comment/3280370#Comment_3280370

@christinewupp hi. I don't know you, but I've interacted with you in this community. You've helped me and gave me some key points to win levels. I'm truly sad after all you saying all out once you win all stars. What's your take on this game. I started playing this game to take mind off from certain things, a kind of distraction. I'm a avid reader i could go back to reading, i don't want to waste my time if you feel this game isn't worth playing. I see you as a key player in this game. All your valuable inputs and answering questions are so good. Umm I'm speechless. I don't know. As an experienced player i take your word in this game.

Yet another frog level. Unfortunately, bonbon blitzes are quite high on the list of fish targets.

Original post:

https://community.king.com/en/candy-crush-saga/discussion/489645/whoever-ruined-this-fish-is-extremely-an-idiot

Another frog level, 10574.

Despite the glitch, the level can still be won if you remove the frog from the conveyor belt before fulfilling the orders.

https://community.king.com/en/candy-crush-saga/discussion/comment/3281053#Comment_3281053

I don't think it's really unwinnable. It's broken in a way that 7052 is broken. However, a player complained in Support about this one.

https://community.king.com/en/candy-crush-saga/discussion/comment/3281050#Comment_3281050

Have you actually seen this one broken? I think King can also write the algorithm in ways that will make the new fishes not appear at all. Some levels they drop all the time and the hinted moves suggest we create them as well, other levels they just don't show up nor any chances to create a 2x2 square. It looks to me like the creation of fishes should be preventable in this level.

https://community.king.com/en/candy-crush-saga/discussion/comment/3281049#Comment_3281049

This one is actually easy to fix. They can create an order lock setup similar to what level 8815 has, and keep the frog.

https://community.king.com/en/candy-crush-saga/discussion/comment/3281046#Comment_3281046

Oh Boy, another frog level ruined. No one has complained about this level so it must be winnable. I assume the fishes help to clear the frostings then and the match at the bottom is still possible? I'm too busy with family issues right now to play and test much, but I assume it's another one of those levels where the fishes have taken over the job of Samantha the frog. I'm starting to hate them more and more…

Level 8085: The four yellow candies needed to feed the frog turn into fish, making the level not playable in the way it was originally intended.

Level 15430 is similar. The Wonderful Wrappers contain fish and stripe combos that were supposed to be instrumental in winning, but they are now too weak to be effective. There are other levels that are similar, but this is the one I recall.

https://community.king.com/en/candy-crush-saga/discussion/comment/3280392#Comment_3280392

Thank you for pointing that level out and you are right, this level was intended for those fish+stripe combos to be match winners but now players will have to rely on other means to pass. These colourful crackers are a feature only in later levels so here is the video to illustrate. Once opened the crackers produce a useful combo to help pass the level, but the new fish mechanics have rendered fish+stripe combos useless.

https://youtu.be/J1kRxeEbDUY?si=ePMlIF5I4HyEX0rC

SusanRecksiedler

https://community.king.com/en/candy-crush-saga/discussion/489128/levels-that-have-been-ruined-by-the-new-fishes

Level 16734:

There is no longer an advantage to accessing the fiesta crackers (or whatever they are called) to get your striped candy and fish combo. You are better off using the striped candy and fish separately. A fish stripe combo is now just a stripe candy.

https://community.king.com/en/candy-crush-saga/discussion/comment/3280380#Comment_3280380

This community will miss you.

As will I.

Take care and all the best.

https://community.king.com/en/candy-crush-saga/discussion/comment/3280370#Comment_3280370

This community is something I will miss. I signed up because of something minor and have been here for two years. It's amazing how quickly and casually King destroyed everything. Good luck in All Stars, I will root for you, Christine. Thank you for everything.

https://community.king.com/en/candy-crush-saga/discussion/comment/3280369#Comment_3280369

I've been seeing it coming @MannyFae . We had a good ride and thanks for all the banter and great tips and help over the years. I'll hang around til All Stars, just because I've spent a year saving up all those gold bars. Then I'm out. We might even win All Stars now, I think all the would be cheaters have long quit this brainless game.

https://community.king.com/en/candy-crush-saga/discussion/comment/3280358#Comment_3280358

I think I'm done. I just have no interest in this game any more.

And of course, I feel obliged to add here that the intended mechanism of almost every level is being bypassed by the new "intelligent" fishes. Levels like 7052 below will no longer hold players up. Candy Crush is now a game for any player to enjoy, brain or no brain. If you don't figure out what to do with the frog, a fish will now come out of nowhere and hit the cage to release the last dragon. Some may shout "hooray" but I despair.

Samantha the frog is out of a job.

Those YouTubers who post solutions to levels are out of a job.

And so are we here in the community.

Sad times.

I also would like to include level 6119:

For some reason King have reduced the moves from 25 to 15. This video shows how the level should be played. It used to be a clever and enjoyable level as shown here:

https://youtu.be/cWzFzb43rog?si=HjQ6zG3pdoK63ZCs

As you can see from the video the mechanism to pass this level requires players to first destroy the rainbow twist and then use double wraps to destroy the rainbow twist underneath the key portals. Once the licorice is unlocked players can use combos of special candies to break the licorice shells. This mechanism requires 25 moves and has been completely ruined by reducing moves to 15. We are now apparently expected to completely bypass the clever and enjoyable level design and wait for the fishes to come dropping to break the licorice shells. Pointless, boring, frustrating. I am starting to hate this game so much @QueenB . Please could you pass this on to the design team. These were some of the best levels in Candy Crush and the new changes are just reducing the whole game to s h i t . I note that in the official feedback thread the master of Candy Crush @Johnny_Crush whose video I have shown above, had some very angry comments to make as well, and it would be good if the team would actually take note of some of our comments coming from the game experts here, such as Johnny Crush @MannyFae and myself.

Here is one such level as an example:

8095

The mechanism asks for players to break the order locks first which will release two sets of yellow wrapped candies, which when used as a combo will break the cages to release all the dragons around them.

The new unintelligent fishes target the cages themselves. This has the unfortunate effect that they will help the dragons drop to create a space, which will then make one of the yellow wraps drop down the portal away from the other. This loss makes this level effectively impossible to pass:

Comments

nearly every one

https://community.king.com/en/candy-crush-saga/discussion/comment/3280370#Comment_3280370

@christinewupp hi. I don't know you, but I've interacted with you in this community. You've helped me and gave me some key points to win levels. I'm truly sad after all you saying all out once you win all stars. What's your take on this game. I started playing this game to take mind off from certain things, a kind of distraction. I'm a avid reader i could go back to reading, i don't want to waste my time if you feel this game isn't worth playing. I see you as a key player in this game. All your valuable inputs and answering questions are so good. Umm I'm speechless. I don't know. As an experienced player i take your word in this game.

Yet another frog level. Unfortunately, bonbon blitzes are quite high on the list of fish targets.

Original post:

https://community.king.com/en/candy-crush-saga/discussion/489645/whoever-ruined-this-fish-is-extremely-an-idiot

Another frog level, 10574.

Despite the glitch, the level can still be won if you remove the frog from the conveyor belt before fulfilling the orders.

https://community.king.com/en/candy-crush-saga/discussion/comment/3281053#Comment_3281053

I don't think it's really unwinnable. It's broken in a way that 7052 is broken. However, a player complained in Support about this one.

https://community.king.com/en/candy-crush-saga/discussion/comment/3281050#Comment_3281050

Have you actually seen this one broken? I think King can also write the algorithm in ways that will make the new fishes not appear at all. Some levels they drop all the time and the hinted moves suggest we create them as well, other levels they just don't show up nor any chances to create a 2x2 square. It looks to me like the creation of fishes should be preventable in this level.

https://community.king.com/en/candy-crush-saga/discussion/comment/3281049#Comment_3281049

This one is actually easy to fix. They can create an order lock setup similar to what level 8815 has, and keep the frog.

https://community.king.com/en/candy-crush-saga/discussion/comment/3281046#Comment_3281046

Oh Boy, another frog level ruined. No one has complained about this level so it must be winnable. I assume the fishes help to clear the frostings then and the match at the bottom is still possible? I'm too busy with family issues right now to play and test much, but I assume it's another one of those levels where the fishes have taken over the job of Samantha the frog. I'm starting to hate them more and more…

Level 8085: The four yellow candies needed to feed the frog turn into fish, making the level not playable in the way it was originally intended.

Level 15430 is similar. The Wonderful Wrappers contain fish and stripe combos that were supposed to be instrumental in winning, but they are now too weak to be effective. There are other levels that are similar, but this is the one I recall.

https://community.king.com/en/candy-crush-saga/discussion/comment/3280392#Comment_3280392

Thank you for pointing that level out and you are right, this level was intended for those fish+stripe combos to be match winners but now players will have to rely on other means to pass. These colourful crackers are a feature only in later levels so here is the video to illustrate. Once opened the crackers produce a useful combo to help pass the level, but the new fish mechanics have rendered fish+stripe combos useless.

https://youtu.be/J1kRxeEbDUY?si=ePMlIF5I4HyEX0rC

SusanRecksiedler

https://community.king.com/en/candy-crush-saga/discussion/489128/levels-that-have-been-ruined-by-the-new-fishes

Level 16734:

There is no longer an advantage to accessing the fiesta crackers (or whatever they are called) to get your striped candy and fish combo. You are better off using the striped candy and fish separately. A fish stripe combo is now just a stripe candy.

https://community.king.com/en/candy-crush-saga/discussion/comment/3280380#Comment_3280380

This community will miss you.

As will I.

Take care and all the best.

https://community.king.com/en/candy-crush-saga/discussion/comment/3280370#Comment_3280370

This community is something I will miss. I signed up because of something minor and have been here for two years. It's amazing how quickly and casually King destroyed everything. Good luck in All Stars, I will root for you, Christine. Thank you for everything.

https://community.king.com/en/candy-crush-saga/discussion/comment/3280369#Comment_3280369

I've been seeing it coming @MannyFae . We had a good ride and thanks for all the banter and great tips and help over the years. I'll hang around til All Stars, just because I've spent a year saving up all those gold bars. Then I'm out. We might even win All Stars now, I think all the would be cheaters have long quit this brainless game.

https://community.king.com/en/candy-crush-saga/discussion/comment/3280358#Comment_3280358

I think I'm done. I just have no interest in this game any more.

And of course, I feel obliged to add here that the intended mechanism of almost every level is being bypassed by the new "intelligent" fishes. Levels like 7052 below will no longer hold players up. Candy Crush is now a game for any player to enjoy, brain or no brain. If you don't figure out what to do with the frog, a fish will now come out of nowhere and hit the cage to release the last dragon. Some may shout "hooray" but I despair.

Samantha the frog is out of a job.

Those YouTubers who post solutions to levels are out of a job.

And so are we here in the community.

Sad times.

I also would like to include level 6119:

For some reason King have reduced the moves from 25 to 15. This video shows how the level should be played. It used to be a clever and enjoyable level as shown here:

https://youtu.be/cWzFzb43rog?si=HjQ6zG3pdoK63ZCs

As you can see from the video the mechanism to pass this level requires players to first destroy the rainbow twist and then use double wraps to destroy the rainbow twist underneath the key portals. Once the licorice is unlocked players can use combos of special candies to break the licorice shells. This mechanism requires 25 moves and has been completely ruined by reducing moves to 15. We are now apparently expected to completely bypass the clever and enjoyable level design and wait for the fishes to come dropping to break the licorice shells. Pointless, boring, frustrating. I am starting to hate this game so much @QueenB . Please could you pass this on to the design team. These were some of the best levels in Candy Crush and the new changes are just reducing the whole game to s h i t . I note that in the official feedback thread the master of Candy Crush @Johnny_Crush whose video I have shown above, had some very angry comments to make as well, and it would be good if the team would actually take note of some of our comments coming from the game experts here, such as Johnny Crush @MannyFae and myself.

Here is one such level as an example:

8095

The mechanism asks for players to break the order locks first which will release two sets of yellow wrapped candies, which when used as a combo will break the cages to release all the dragons around them.

The new unintelligent fishes target the cages themselves. This has the unfortunate effect that they will help the dragons drop to create a space, which will then make one of the yellow wraps drop down the portal away from the other. This loss makes this level effectively impossible to pass:

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