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Completed the third Episode yesterday. Another Episode that should be labeled 'Gold Bars for Extra Moves'. Went back this morning to pick just one of what we are told is classed as challenging. Where is the challenge and/or fun in something that's impossible, with so many blockers packed into it, in the moves given. Again the only moves given on this try stayed at the top, took so long to get near the blockers, blocking the first skull. Finally managed to get three out of five skulls - all five being required to be collected - to unblock other blockers, needed to unblock even more blockers. Obviously my board was slightly different yesterday but even then I only ended up completing it with 45 extra moves that included a UFO for 10 gold bars, and l also needed to use a Free Switch and another UFO on top of that. The sad thing is there are too many levels like it in each Episode.

With one move remaining ⬇️

Am I looking forward to Episode four 🤐🤐🤐

At least up to the 18000s as well as Star Tournament

You're not missing much with the Valentine event. It's a fake leaderboard all controlled by King. I'm quite scared by the findings I've made. I am not sure anything in this game is real any more.

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I did not see the Valentine event. I was hoping I might after spending all those gold bars, but it didn't happen. Oh well. This week I'm just waiting to get a supercharger next Wednesday so I can go cheaply to the end of the map again. I collected 80 free switches before they went away in Sweet Cinema, and I suspect I can stretch those out through all 8 episodes if I use more lollipop hammers, and I'm collecting as many of those as I can. It will be interesting to see how it goes. I will screenshot my inventory before and after to measure how much I gain or lose. I suspect I will lose

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Hi @HM100 thank you for your detailed reply. We play our games very differently that's for sure. I don't play two episodes in a row so the 30 minute Lollipop Hammer that I sometimes get is wasted. But even if I did play on and use it, one Lollipop Hammer per level really wouldn't make that much difference on the overly blockered levels we keep getting.

I have even asked myself, if I've forgotten how to play. But the answer to that is no, I still know how to play, but the levels don't give boards to allow it. And by that I mean the only options given to me are to match candies anywhere other than where they are required, to unblock blockers that are needed to be unblocked to reach other blockers etc. etc.

You say on a few occasions you may be required to buy extra moves with Gold Bars or use up some of your boosters. What do you class as a few occasions, because I would say I need to do that on about 12 out of every 15 levels every Episode.

As you say, non of the levels are marked with their level difficulty at the time of release, but to be honest that doesn't make a big difference. I've played recently with the difficulty shown and those with no difficulty still couldn't be passed without extra moves or boosters.

I'm sorry for asking so many questions HM100 and I know English isn't your first language. I'm mainly asking as it would just be nice to try and work out if we are all getting the same starting boards 👍

What a reply you got there @Nobody1 . The advice to use ads is just a hoot! Now that's something new for you to take on board.

In fact the standard rehash of King's usual tips makes me wonder 🤔. Of course we know that cookiemae has a different game to everyone else, so it is possible that others are in the same testing group as well and those players will find it easy to pass these levels. Unfortunately they never show us how they did it. By the way, did you see the Valentine event?

Don't blame the frog! In fact I was told there are no more frog levels in the latest batches @HM100 . When did you last see the Candy Frog???

In comparison, on Star Tournament levels, even on the hardest ones, in some cases I don't need extra moves but in some I do need at least once to pass the level. On the level with 4 Coconut Wheels in Sugar Chests/Locks, last Thursday I required extra moves while yesterday (Friday on ATH/Athens Time) I didn't need so.

Try to use the starting boosters from Win Streak and the Pregame Boosters. Try to use up the moves wisely to clear the blockers especially on hard levels. (At the time of the release none of them are marked)..

In a few occasions you may require to buy extra moves with Gold Bars or use up some of your boosters. When I mean with ease, I mean that I haven't encountered a serious problem like being stuck for long.

As I have the Charm of Stripes, I do use the Striped Brush where required. In some batches, you will come across a timed Lollipop. Use it wisely and I use it but I can't make it last for the whole episode as I can't average less than 30 mins per episode now I buy in most cases timed Color Bomb to accommodate the events too. An extremely similar habit of using Gold and Boosters was also done while not having seen Star Tournament before in order to catch up with the races (Where I mostly used Gold for boosters)

If you play on Mobile, then you may use up ads as well if you have them

These are some of the tips you can use up on tricky levels. Also, I take about 2 hours and 30 mins to finish up all the levels assuming no break is done between 15 levels,. I used to average about 2 hours before I stopped getting any constant races. About 35-40 mins are required for each episode to be done at this time while before (Including on Mobile where Ads can slow down you a bit) I averaged about 25-30 mins with uses of Lollipop and Free switch

But on some of the previous batches, I've encountered some problems that prevented the level from being finished on First Try aka the mostly fixed board freeze glitch that was usually triggered from Candy Frog and Wonderful Wrappers and was forced to redo those levels and use up the pregame boosters to substitute the Win Streak boosters.

Please do update us, HM100. I would love to know what your strategy is to get rhrough the levels. Can you give an estimate of boosters and/or gold bars used to get through these levels at such a fast pace?

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Hi @HM100 as you know I don't play the new levels all in one go like you, I spread them out over the week. Can't take too much excitement all in one go, well not Candy Crush Saga excitement. I have now completed two Episodes and would like to ask you ⬇️

You put in your post 'You finished them with ease'. Out of interest what is your definition of ease, playing the levels. When you open them, do you have boards that let you match candies, do you find it easy to collect blocked keys, then move on to other blockers which when unblocked let you get to other blockers that need unblocking, then complete the level. Or do you play the levels over and over again to get a lot of extra moves and a decent booster then pay 10 gold bars to play on. Or do you just use lots of Party Boosters and UFO's.

I'm asking as again my Episodes were still made up with too many levels overloaded with blockers making them 100% impossible to pass.

Sorry @QueenB it hasn't got any better yet. How the team can think levels so full of different types of unblockable blockers are fun is beyond me 🥴

Came at the expected time of 14:00 CET. Finished them with ease

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With one move remaining ⬇️

Am I looking forward to Episode four 🤐🤐🤐

At least up to the 18000s as well as Star Tournament

You're not missing much with the Valentine event. It's a fake leaderboard all controlled by King. I'm quite scared by the findings I've made. I am not sure anything in this game is real any more.

https://community.king.com/en/candy-crush-saga/discussion/comment/3475605#Comment_3475605

https://community.king.com/en/candy-crush-saga/discussion/comment/3475448#Comment_3475448

What a reply you got there @Nobody1 . The advice to use ads is just a hoot! Now that's something new for you to take on board.

Don't blame the frog! In fact I was told there are no more frog levels in the latest batches @HM100 . When did you last see the Candy Frog???

If you play on Mobile, then you may use up ads as well if you have them

https://community.king.com/en/candy-crush-saga/discussion/comment/3474186#Comment_3474186

I'm asking as again my Episodes were still made up with too many levels overloaded with blockers making them 100% impossible to pass.

Sorry @QueenB it hasn't got any better yet. How the team can think levels so full of different types of unblockable blockers are fun is beyond me 🥴