Talk:Level 1180/@comment-108.2.111.192-20150905113845

I would rank this level Medium. Maybe Somewhat Hard. There are only five colors.

I would like to see King make this level more challenging. The candy order requirements are fine. I '''think they should add an extra color. Make it a six-color game.'''

I've played this level 104 times. Completed it 2 times without boosters, 15 times with boosters (never more than four boosters per game). That's close to a 20 percent run. It's not so hard if you think carefully about every move and like a grandmaster chess player can think about 10 moves ahead.

Here's some hints that might help.

(1) Go to the appripper.com website and watch the video that shows how they did it without boosters. Yes, it is possible. It was also for me. Twice. Without boosters. I have more than 100 hands and 100 hammers. People who see me think I am a freak. But you know what I mean.

(2) Did you know that when you do a bomb-stripe, whether a piece turns into a horizontal or vertical stripe is not random? You can always tell in advance whether a piece will wind up horizontal or vertical. The first affected piece will turn horizontal. The next affected piece in order (left to right, and then down) will be vertical. They always alternate. Horizontal, vertical, horizontal, vertical.

(3) It is best to get as many stripe-stripes as you can before hitting a bomb-stripe. My best showing there was seven stripe-stripes before the first Armageddon (AKA bomb-stripe). There are dead spots on the board where a stripe will not hurt you by removing mystery candies.

(4) Use bombs on single colors that occur as frequently as possible. If you are lucky, that will bring in two or more bombs and may making forming stripes easier.

(5) If the board has no mystery candies left and you still have four stripe-stripes remaining to get, it is best to give up and start over.

I would definitely not rank this as easy. I think Medium is fine.