Talk:Level 1710/@comment-24693751-20160526090243

20 tries, 1 star (56,440 points), NBU. Yuck. Definitely Insanely Hard, what a ridiculous board design! I mean c'mon! I don't agree that this is worse than 1706 though. I didn't use any boosters or gold bars on this one, with these timed boards I've just gotten to the point where I know I'll get the lucky board eventually. I don't even have enough gold bars to pass even if I wanted to use them & no way am I ever again spending a cent on this game(I haven't in years, went through a period where I would here or there around the 400's I think? Maybe a bit higher, really don't remember m it's been so long). Anyway back to this poor excuse for a level. Luckily I had won one of the treasure chests so had unlimited lives for this level(hmmm same thing for last timed level). I honestly wish I could give some advice or a strategy for it, I usually have SOMETHING but I've got nothing for this one. Obviously like usual it's about getting as many +5s as possible but I can't say for sure what caused the +5s to keep coming in some games not not others. There didn't seem to be a pattern, although I guess if you're able to match ones in the center, that can be helpful (took me quite a few tries to even realize that was possible). And yes as many have mentioned, cb's seem to be the most helpful. I'm not sure how many I had my winning try. I had several tries where I had a few each time, really not sure what was different my winning try. In fact I was shocked when I looked & saw that I passed! On my 10th try I'd gotten just over 40k and that was by far the closest I came prior to winning. You'll pass eventually, just hang in there! Sigh.