Talk:Level 1525/@comment-24693751-20160224172332

I also hate timed levels but was surprised to find this one easier than I thought it would be. Ironically, found 1521 WAY harder than this one & it's only rated "Hard"(to me it was IH) so maybe I was unlucky there & lucky here. Also, again similar experiences on both devices...

PC: 4 tries, 1 star (77,340 points), NBU.

iPad: 3 tries, 1 star (82,240 points), NBU.

I really thought I must've just gotten lucky the first time I passed on PC and was shocked to find it even slightly easier on iPad. So really not sure what to say in terms of rating difficulty, especially since so many people found it so hard. So I'll just focus on my experience & hope I have something to share which may help someone else. First of all, just wanted to mention that in one of my tries on PC, I collected all 4 keys but still didn't pass so even if you do manage to collect them all, it's not an automatic pass. In both of my winning tries, I had a CB/wrapped combo which I'm sure helped me to get enough points. Also, oddly enough, in both cases I'd already collected 3 keys and the last one was the same color as the wrapped so I was able to kill 2 birds with one stone. The initial unlocked keys I collected by moving candies around on the bottom until I was able to match them. Also in both cases, I was able to make additional cb's which I used to unlock the other two keys and then collected them using the same strategy that I used to collect the original two keys. On PC I only passed because at the very end another CB formed & when it exploded it gave me enough points to pass. On iPad, I saw I already had passed before the time ran out. A huge help was collecting those +5 candies which I wrote about in another comment below where I responded to someone who asked how it was possible to get more to appear. I actually paid more attention my 2nd time around, & can say for sure, I really don't think it's simply luck. On both devices, I found that the more I matched, the more they appeared. And on both winning games, I got into a rhythm where I'd match one & another would appear. If not right away, then a move later. I think that's all I've got. Good luck everyone.