Talk:Level 1538/@comment-99.233.101.242-20160312191634

This level isn't Insanely Hard, it's Insanely Stupid.

I had 2 hours unlimited play yesterday thanks to the Treasure Chest, and I played this level about 60 times during that 2 hours. Since then I've used up my 5 lives another 3 times on this level, so that means in total I've played about 75 times. I did get 87000 points one time - and probably should have used some of my gold bar stash to get the extra 15 seconds, but at the end of that game there really were no good moves left so I had the feeling that the 15 seconds wouldn't get me enough points and would be a frustrating waste. Other than that one game, I've had a few games in the 60K range, a few in the 40K range, but the vast majority have been 25k or less. Sometimes I use both boosters, sometimes I use one, sometimes I use none - it doesn't seem to matter to the score because it's all a question of the board you get. There is no skill involved here, and no strategy. You simply have to get a board that allows you to match the keys and collect lots of extra 5 seconds of play, and that gives you the opportunity to make a lot of special candies. And then you have to hope for a huge cascade at the end. I've had great games where I've had over 60k points but no cascade at the end. So what it all comes down to is that if King decides to give you a winning board, you win. If King decides not to, then you don't. I can't help but wonder if the fact that I have more than a thousand boosters stocked up, and several hundred gold bars, is the reason why I'm not getting the board I need to get through this level. Does King want me to keep wasting boosters? Frankly, if I could double up on boosters and use more of them, I would, just to get through this stupid level.

I wish that the developers would take the time to develop hard levels that are challenging and interesting to play, that can be won by thinking and using strategy and by playing well. An insanely hard level that relies entirely on the luck of the board is just a waste of time, and a good reason to think about moving on from this game once and for all.