Talk:Level 1304/@comment-84.48.191.109-20151212202414

Huh. Seems like there are a LOT of different versions of this level. I played it on my iPhone, and the target number of points and orders were not at all like in the wiki - maybe my app hasn't updated and I didn't play the nerfed version? I had nine-move bombs, 2 stripexstripe combos + 12 striped candies + some green candies (don't remember how many, but they weren't the problem) and the target score was 200,000 points. After I'd passed the level, I checked my iPad, and the bombs there had 15 moves - which makes a HUGE difference! If I had know that, I wouldn't have bothered to play on my iPhone at all.

So I tried this level a few times before reading about the wrappedxcolorbomb combo. Every.single.time those d*** bombs would explode. Then I started working on trying to get a wrappedxcolorbomb combo, which wasn't easy while also trying to keep the nine-move bombs at bay. Most of the time they would explode after nine moves, and that was it. Once or twice I actually managed to fill the order, but I wasn't even near the target 200,000 points, even though I had 15+ moves left. A couple of times I managed to get a colorbomb x wrapped combo, which gave me LOTS of points, but the bombs went off.

So I figured I'd have to spend some of my free boosters, or I'd be stuck here forever. I read some of the (many!) comments below, and it was clear that a lot of people are struggling, plus I really hate bomb levels - especially when the bombs are isolated from the main board. So I used a colorbomb and a wrapped+striped booster, and reshuffled and reshuffled and reshuffled until I had a colorbomb and wrapped candy next to each other to instantly boost my score - but it didn't boost it as much as I'd hoped! And then I just targeted the bombs with vertical striped candies every chance I got. By a miracle I made it without any bombs exploding, and I ended up with three stars and more than 470,000 points. Don't ask me how. I think I got really, really lucky. I was fully prepared to have to play this level several times, even with boosters and reshuffling, but I didn't have to.

So my best advice is to update your apps, try on several devices to make sure you get the 15-bomb version because 9-move bombs on this level is a nightmare, and reshuffle. Reshuffle. Reshuffle. With boosters.