crystal collapse, ok what am I missing I can hard...

Mimi7Jud · ‎12-12-2022

I am reaching out,

I have only recently discovered Crystal collapse, so I thought I would give it a try, now I am hooked. my problem is that after the 6th or 7th level I get these terrible challenges, with 3 of each, bubbles, shield and the regular tiles.. that burns all my moves so I end up losing.

I understand the little rewards on the left, so I try to reach for those when it makes sense. I also get that if I hook up 2 eagles together it cleans all the tiles (well at least at the lower levels which are only 1 thickness worth).

any hint appreciated

thanks 🙂

ViperOne · ‎10-25-2023

It is not just you I have serious doubts about the 1 Mil or more, scores. There are also misleading tile counts. When you have 2x or 3x tiles they are counted as single tiles on the clearing tally. and even that has serious math errors. I dont know how to post an Image but I have a screen shot of very misleading numbers.

mk37342656 · ‎10-25-2023

I think I have been trying to get this longer than most. My high score is 681,+++, though I've only made it to 500K a couple of times. One helpful thing that I have figured out is that saving plays is as important as collecting points. The gain in points is slower, but you have more chances in the end. I also am working on slowing down and planning ahead more accurately, as I sometimes miscalculate how others to the side or above will be affected by a play. And I try to figure out whether I should play or star or claw or wait for a star or claw to show up next to it to get 9X the destruction.

One thing I can't figure out in the left column is:

There is a dark blue circle around the fireball and number, and, as you, and a light blue line begins to circle it clockwise from 6:00. I can't seem to control when the fireball will come out and save me at the end of a round, but that seems to be trying to tell me something. What?

KarolK848459 · ‎09-21-2023

Here's what I've figured out:

On the left, under the "goals" there is a fireball encircled by a blue arrow. Beneath that it may have a blue tile (or yellow or green...) with a 0/25 and a fireball next to it. This means that when you have eliminated 25 blue tiles you get another fireball (it will count up until you get to 25). When the blue circle around the fireball is completed (comes full circle) the fireball is thrown and it eliminates a hazard.

It may show a bear claw (for example) 0/16 next to an arrow and 10. This means that when you use 16 bear claws you get 10 extra points.

You can see that watching these numbers can help you strategize for extra points or extra fireballs. Questions?

mk37342656 · ‎06-18-2023

And what does the fireball do? It seems like just luck to me, and sometimes bad luck.

aphinney · ‎06-04-2023

Looks like we are all in the same boat. I have figured out everything that has been mentioned and cannot get past 385M. I agree there is no way someone can reach 1MM points. Frustrating

AARPLynne · ‎12-13-2022

Hi, @Mimi7Jud, thanks for taking the time to post!

While playing, you’ll often see a group of like-colored crystals with an animal marking on all of them. These special powers appear when a certain number of crystals are next to each other — the more crystals, the better the power.

When you click on this grouping, they’ll all condense into one special crystal. You can use that crystal to clear multiple other crystals (or logs, or leaves) nearby. But you can go even one step further with a combo.

Collapse a crystal into one of the animal powers, and then try to collapse another crystal into another animal power, so that the two powers are sitting right next to each other. Then click on one of the animal powers and watch a huge portion of the board disappear!

Mimi7Jud · ‎12-13-2022

thank you, Lynne

I am already familiar with the animal power/combo. (that is why I mentioned hooking up the 2 eagles together to clear the whole board)

I am wondering how so many people can reach the 1M target

I am also curious if there is a way to predict if I will get a column or a line wipe out when I join the tiles together. (I have tried selecting the top, the bottom, the far left, far right middle, I thought maybe it is the color, or maybe it is in the direction of my last selection.. I cannot identify the pattern).

it might just be a question of chance and that's fine, I was just reaching out to see if there were others who knew more tricks than the one you are referring too.

thank you

🙂

willowmoon03 · ‎12-21-2022

I have tried everything also to get a higher score. Does anyone have any tips or tricks. I just don’t believe people are reaching a million? I also make it up to 200k points and that’s it.

Mimi7Jud · ‎12-21-2022

thank you for answering, I was starting to wonder if there was me.. (and my 200k some points) and the rest of the world getting 1M..

in addition to hooking up the 2 birds together to clear the whole board, I have found that the bear paws are not too bad when combined with one of the northern stars.. (it does not matter what direction they are aiming to), this will clear 3 lines and 3 columns

the bear paws will also work good combined with another bear paw (lots of bear paws will "stump" the board)

the bird with the bear paw is not too bad either.

the bird alone or with a northern star is pretty useless..

2 or more northern stars together is a little bit of a waste, you will only clear one column and one line regardless of how many of them you hook up together.

I was faced with a puzzle 3 days ago that was impossible to solve.. leaves at the very top with nothing next to them or under them (so no way to get a nothern star wipe out) and bubbles everywhere...

it looks like this might be more a luck driven game than strategy driven.

have a nice day 🙂

LindaS57251 · ‎01-18-2023

Not just you !! I was trying to find out if there was something i was missing that I should be doing . Hard to believe that so many people can get 700,000 to a Million just by luck !

Mimi7Jud · ‎01-19-2023

thank you 🙂

I really like this game, but even though I am playing it a lot, the max I ever reached was 485k... which was because I was very lucky to get easy challenges in many levels. it is still a puzzle to me why so many get the high score of 1M and even 2M... I was beginning to think my luck is really bad, then I noticed the names seem to repeat themselves.. mmm there is something going on for sure.. or those people are just consistently very lucky....