Talk:Level 3800/@comment-33958747-20180930200421

Well, folks, I'm outta here, at least for a while. When I only had one episode released last week, I figured it was because I hadn't updated the game in a while. I gave it a few days and decided to risk an update yesterday. Bad move. I now can no longer back out at the start of a game. If I do, I lose a life and any boosters that I was starting with, and the Helmet or Space Dash. I have determined that I can still save the Helmet or Space Dash by using the swiping method to close down a game and then shut down Candy Crush, but that method has always cost a life and any boosters being played.

I've gone through this last episode playing under these new conditions, starting play with whatever shows up on my first set-up (which usually was just a basic CB/candy match). While I was able to hammer or switch my way through most levels on the first try, I used a ton of hammers and switches and had no fun playing - in fact I pretty much hated it. My preferred method of play has always been to look at the layout, figure out the best start, reset until I got that start, and then play trying to use the fewest boosters possible. That was my challenge to myself - figure out the best board, get the level on the 1st try, use no additional boosters. I like strategy, and there was strategy to that way of playing. The way I have to play now is purely luck based and piling on boosters. That doesn't interest me.

On the Candy Crush site it's mentioned that taking away the ability to reset is something that is being tested out with selected users to see how players react. My reaction is to stop playing. If they decide to reinstate the ability to reset relatively soon, then I'll be back. Otherwise, I'm done.

It's been fun playing with all of you, and hopefully this change will be reversed and I'll be back.