The game is in a terrible state right now, and I'd like to share how I'd save the game. Also I'm currently on level 19,446 and started in 2013. I love this game and would like to see it succeed.
1.Level difficulty
1/3 of levels in an episode are virtually impossible without gold, and some levels are so easy that even if you tried to lose you'd still win. I believe that on any attempt of a level it must be possible to win without using gold; and the harder the level the less ways there are to beat the level. In my opinion, normal levels should be able to be beaten after 3 attempts max; hard levels, 5 attempts; super-hard levels, 7 attempts; nightmarishly-hard levels, 9 attempts; legendary levels 10-12 attempts. Finally, there should be at max 1 legendary hard, 1 nightmarishly hard, 1 super hard, and 2 hard levels per episode. This game should be challenging, but it should not feel like a slog to beat every episode.
2. UI
This game had the best UI back in 2017. Each episode had a unique theme, the font was better, and the map screen was less cluttered. Also please let us play this game in landscape mode. I understand that level themes began to be repeated on a 10 episode cycle to make the game easier to run on devices with lower RAM, but I feel like there's a better way to address this issue. The standard should be unique themes for every episode; however, players should have the choice to play on a performance mode in which episode themes are repeated on a 10 episode cycle. Finally, please bring back the old music and sound effects; they were much better.
Below is an image of the map back in 2017-2018 for those who weren't around at the time (notice only one super-hard level in this episode—the devs knew what they were doing at the time ;))
3. The positive
This post has only been negative so far, so I'd like to share some good things about the modern game. First, I really like the pin system—it gives great rewards for lots, of dedication. Second, I like the competitive events like All stars and candy royale. I also like how its a lot easier to get boosters compared to when this game first came out. Finally, the current fish are a lot better now than when they first got revamped; they're effective 90% of the time, which is good progress.
4. Events
I know that I just complimented some of the events in this game, but that does not mean they're perfect. As each month passes the rewards from events like the episode race and the chocolate box get worse and worse. Back in April, I got 40 gold for winning the episode race and 30 gold for finishing a chocolate box; now, I only get 35 gold for finishing a race and 25 for completing a chocolate box. I propose that the gold prizes in both of these events be returned to their April state. Also, in every event it seems that you only progress by playing new levels. While I understand only counting new level wins to the win streak, I don't think it should apply to events where you need to collect candies. I should be able to go back to old levels to collect orange candies for my chocolate box.
5. Miscellaneous
We should be able to choose where the starting boosters from the win streak rewards and from our stash are placed on the board. They should automatically be placed on the board at random, but I should be able to override their placement if I see fit. Also I don't think 4 episodes should be released per week; I believe it should be reversed to 3. By only releasing 3 episodes per week, the devs would have more time to make sure every level was perfectly balanced and it would allow the devs to make cool themes for every episode.
Well, that's all I have to say; if I think of anything else I will definitely make a new post sharing my opinions. This game is still good at its core, and with some changes I believe it will be the best game of all time. I hope y'all enjoyed reading my post.
