Level Redesign

candysodacrusher

When I went to my “go to” easy level to complete my Mr. Toffee tasks, SURPRISE!  The beginning levels have been redesigned again.  From what I can tell, this time the redesign is at least the first four episodes—I think more but I can’t say for sure.  Anyone else have those new levels?

Dirty_Nurse

candysodacrusher said:

Thanks @Xarly for the insight.  
A couple of thoughts on the two new versions.  First, a confession of sorts.  I use the beginning levels to complete my Mr. Toffee tasks.  This allows me to complete the tasks without risking one of my lives, thus focusing on the task at hand rather than trying to pass a level.  Usually I can find some “go to” levels for specific tasks.  The “old” new levels were particularly good for this.  I have come to view Mr. Toffee as a game within the game. I do the tasks using the easy levels, and having accomplished that, then move on to working on making progress on the board.  Since I started doing this, I have found that I actually (GASP) appreciate Mr. Toffee’s Fair as a feature.  When I would try to “play” MTF as a part of the regular game, I found it to be a really annoying and frustrating distraction.  (I just have to add that I never felt that way about the Quests.  😉)

So, in comparing the two versions of the first three episodes, I can see how some players would find the “old” new versions too repetitive.  It seems to me that “new” new levels are more like the original levels in how different types of levels are introduced.  However, I think that the “old” new version was the most instructive in teaching players to combine certain types of candies which would benefit new players for the long term.  I also thought that the “old” new version was the easier than both the original and the “new” new version—for the first three episodes.  The new version of episode 4 is much easier—no chocolate.  😁

I’ve been following the major threads on this forum for most of the past year now, the main ones being massive negative feedback about the “team” features of the Farce and subpar squad.  The predominant response by @Xarly is “I’ll pass this along to the studio” and that “changes will take time”.

Apparently the studio is wasting all of their time redesigning already ez levels and clearly ignoring all of the established players’ concerns.  The early levels have always been tutorial levels that help to show players how to create and then use the special candies and also introduce players to the various level types. I don’t recall offhand the exact layout of these initial levels other than the few that I used to and still use to polish off my daily quests such as the original levels 5,8 and 17 and the “new” level 6 which basically replaced the original level 5 in regards to the coloring candy.

@Xarly, your excuses as to the early level redesigns are wearing thin at this point seeing as how they had remained untouched for what, at least 5 years?  I don’t recall the exact date that this CC variant was released but it’s been about that long I think.  If, as you say, player retention was a concern and those ridiculously ez levels were an issue, the studio would have done something about it years ago instead of making needless changes now, years later and only a few months apart.

Dirty_Nurse

candysodacrusher said:

Thanks @Xarly for the insight.  
A couple of thoughts on the two new versions.  First, a confession of sorts.  I use the beginning levels to complete my Mr. Toffee tasks.  This allows me to complete the tasks without risking one of my lives, thus focusing on the task at hand rather than trying to pass a level.  Usually I can find some “go to” levels for specific tasks.  The “old” new levels were particularly good for this.  I have come to view Mr. Toffee as a game within the game. I do the tasks using the easy levels, and having accomplished that, then move on to working on making progress on the board.  Since I started doing this, I have found that I actually (GASP) appreciate Mr. Toffee’s Fair as a feature.  When I would try to “play” MTF as a part of the regular game, I found it to be a really annoying and frustrating distraction.  (I just have to add that I never felt that way about the Quests.  😉)

So, in comparing the two versions of the first three episodes, I can see how some players would find the “old” new versions too repetitive.  It seems to me that “new” new levels are more like the original levels in how different types of levels are introduced.  However, I think that the “old” new version was the most instructive in teaching players to combine certain types of candies which would benefit new players for the long term.  I also thought that the “old” new version was the easier than both the original and the “new” new version—for the first three episodes.  The new version of episode 4 is much easier—no chocolate.  😁

I’ve been following the major threads on this forum for most of the past year now, the main ones being massive negative feedback about the “team” features of the Farce and subpar squad.  The predominant response by @Xarly is “I’ll pass this along to the studio” and that “changes will take time”.

Apparently the studio is wasting all of their time redesigning already ez levels and clearly ignoring all of the established players’ concerns.  The early levels have always been tutorial levels that help to show players how to create and then use the special candies and also introduce players to the various level types. I don’t recall offhand the exact layout of these initial levels other than the few that I used to and still use to polish off my daily quests such as the original levels 5,8 and 17 and the “new” level 6 which basically replaced the original level 5 in regards to the coloring candy.

@Xarly, your excuses as to the early level redesigns are wearing thin at this point seeing as how they had remained untouched for what, at least 5 years?  I don’t recall the exact date that this CC variant was released but it’s been about that long I think.  If, as you say, player retention was a concern and those ridiculously ez levels were an issue, the studio would have done something about it years ago instead of making needless changes now, years later and only a few months apart.