Talk:Level 342/@comment-26191196-20150414235127

(What follows concerns the PC/FB version, although some of it is also relevant on smartphone) Alright, I think I've played enough of it to be able to give a definitive assessment on this one (definitive, at least, until the programers Wake up and decide to straighten that mess). With 14 hidden jellies and 7 Jelly fishes (hence 21 Jelly-eating fishes), there is NO way to solve this level in a "normal" way (i.e. by clearing some jellies and launching the fishes normally) - you would have to reduce the total number of visible jellies to 7 at launch time, good luck... There are only two possible ways to succeed : 1°/ Kickstarting the JFs with a well-placed WC/SC combo (ideally on the upper row of fishes, but the row above might do it also). Why is that ? Because the blast from the combo will destroy a good portion of the jellies while simultaneously activating the fishes - meaning that you have a real chance to reduce the total number of visible jellies to 7 or less before the fishes do their job... I've been twice within one Jelly of the big banana with this method. 2°/ Using a CB/JF combo. As we know, this combo creates three dotted fishes, each one siring three other normal fishes after impact. Meaning that you now have 30 Jelly-eating fishes instead of 21, and also meaning that you "only" have to reduce the total number of visible jellies (all layers included, of course) to 16 or less (usually 17 or less in fact, as the creation of the combo generally destroys one Jelly) - a manageable task. Now, of course, here comes the catch : on PC/FB, the combo doesn't work properly : the dotted fishes split into three new fishes ONLY when they hit a square with a normal candy - they don't split when they hit a square occupied by, for instance, another fish... and those are, of course, the majority. I've managed to obtain this combo at least 4 times, including 3 times with less than 17 visible jellies left - but my best result was two remaining jellies (two of my dotted fishes had hit a "normal" square, but the third one, alas...) As it is now, this level is very close to impossible on PC/FB (without booster, that is - but even boosters won't make it easy, as extra fishes give you an big risk of activating the whole bunch prematurely...) On smartphone, I don't know : it seems the combo works, which is a big plus (although it's not easy to obtain), and if the fishes act more randomly (i.e. don't eat the exposed Jelly first), you also have a fair chance of achieving the aim through sheer luck.