Treasure Strand - Levels 319 - 324

[Phaedrakiki]

Level 320: 12 meters in 2:45 (5JC.) They added 15 seconds to this, but I'm still finding it difficult & running out of time. I have got close a couple times, though...where I can see the goal line. But other times I can only dig down 2 or 3 meters! It really seems to depend on your special jewel opportunities...if you can get them aimed where you need them, and create good combos. Diamonds are great for the snakes, though I seem to have them when they're not needed (and they're nowhere to be found when I need to clear a snake head!) It's fun having the gifts--this is the first time I've tried a snake-****ing boost. You just touch the icon at the bottom right and press it to the head you want gone. And those insta-blaster digging boosts are awesome. Those are always a welcome gift in a digging level! I've been through several rounds of energies on this level now, and it's proving to be tough. Not impossible, though. I see glimmers of hope from time to time, so I know I'll get this eventually...

[Phaedrakiki]

Woo-hoo! Finally...I was beginning to worry, lol! Passed 320 by the skin of my teeth (so to speak.) For awhile there I was doing worse than ever, barely getting past the first couple meters. But sometimes there just aren't any good matches, or opportunities to make the specials you need. Or sometimes you're moving too fast; you make a move and quickly realize you messed-up what would've made a perfectly decent bomb, lol! (I do that a lot on timed levels--kick myself when it's a diamond!) I was able to create lots of horizontal blasters this last round, though. And detonate them at the right time--like when there was an actual target like dirt or a snakehead, instead of just "air." They actually added a little more time to the round--couldn't have come at a better time...

Ahh...time to fight fire, now (at my own pace, yippeeee!)

[Phaedrakiki]

Level 321: 16 fire in 40 moves (5JC.) They added 10 moves to this since the orig. post. Took me 4 tries to pass, I think. I had a couple blaster + bomb combos at the perfect time/spots. Prior to that, I'd had some good combos that wiped out lots of fire, but left some straggler flames in the area to the right--which is very hard to reach. And I never could seem to get that gift boost. I un-restricted it, and once the board reshuffled, knocking it loose. But the only time I actually opened that boost was just before I beat the level. If it's a fire extinguisher, it would've come in handy when this happened:



I had just used a blaster + bomb (or was that the diamond + blaster?) Big combo, anyway--but some of the squares didn't fill with jewels. A glitch? I know jewels filled that area during other rounds, so...

[Phaedrakiki]

Level 322: 18 fire in 1:10 (5JC.) No changes to this level, but sure wish there was more time! This goes by so fast, and there's a lot to do. The fire spreads quickly, too. As soon as you clear a snakehead, the fire's on the move. It helped a little to set up a special jewel and/or a 2nd snake-clearing move before ****ing the 1st snake (and letting flames thru.) Otherwise, you spend the rest of the time beating back flames at the top. Just have to get the board opened up as soon as possible. I'm not anywhere near close yet, though. Whew, I need some help...big time! Practice, practice, etc.

[Phaedrakiki]

Omg, 322! Hahahaha...rotfl (not really, but...) This level is crazy-impossible. The timer's at 1:20 now, but I'm still not really getting anywhere. I'm usually able to **** the top snakes. And once I got a blaster + bomb on the right side, which took out a few more. But the time's up so quickly, and I've still got tons of fire, snakes, etc. left. I've played many, many rounds...but I've never had less than 10 flames, never cleared all the snakes. I did get a gift boost once, but no time to look and see what it was. Unless I get the luckiest board ever (combos falling into place one after another,) I just don't think this one is possible for me to do in the alotted time.

[Phaedrakiki]

Umm, I'm worried this could be the end of the road for me. Things are not looking good on 322. It's one of those levels where there's only 1 or 2 moves available. You spend time looking for that one move; then the board reshuffles. Repeat. This happens even more frequently if the fire starts spreading, or when you can't **** enough snakes to open-up the board. (These are both very common for me!) I haven't even got close to quieting this fire yet. I got down to 6 flames once, but couldn't get to the stragglers (& time over so fast!) This is all SO frustrating--no fun at all. I'm using one of my 5 energies each time so I can play an older level (to get more stars--and have a little fun!))

[finnth12]

Level 319: 30 glass in 35 moves (5JC.) No changes from Aileeni's post above. Her strategy about getting the 4-headed snake early is right on, btw. I passed this on my 2nd attempt yesterday, and didn't even have to use the glass-breaking boosts. I got a great board that allowed me to combine blaster + bomb to wipe out most of the big snake (reg. blaster took care of the rest.) The upper snakes were ****ed: 1. by a regular match; 2. automatically as jewels fell in (yay!) All this happened pretty early in the round, then I was able to combine a diamond + blaster to break the glass. Really enjoyed this one!

Me too, love this level, passed it on first try, even got 3 stars I got lucky and made bomb and blaster that went down in the middle bottom, so I combined them and I got extra moves.

[finnth12]

Umm, I'm worried this could be the end of the road for me. Things are not looking good on 322. It's one of those levels where there's only 1 or 2 moves available. You spend time looking for that one move; then the board reshuffles. Repeat. This happens even more frequently if the fire starts spreading, or when you can't **** enough snakes to open-up the board. (These are both very common for me!) I haven't even got close to quieting this fire yet. I got down to 6 flames once, but couldn't get to the stragglers (& time over so fast!) This is all SO frustrating--no fun at all. I'm using one of my 5 energies each time so I can play an older level (to get more stars--and have a little fun!))

Lol, don't give up! I, too, everytime I got stuck on fires and timed, I always think that this could be the end of the level for me, but then I still survive, lol. Keep collecting energy so you can play, and more thing is have fun. I get frustrated too sometimes, but I play other TL games, so when I don't have energy I go there (dragon story).

[Phaedrakiki]

Thanks, finnth! I finally passed 322 Sunday...whoo-hoo! I'm so thrilled it's over; I really hated that level! I was so frustrated, and dreaded playing it so much that I only wanted to play the older levels (and get 3 stars, etc.)

While playing my last round, I realized I was getting somewhere. It looked more promising with more "open space" and actual matches in the little jewel paths (between the snakes at the bottom.) So I kept at it, fingers flying, putting out the flames & ****ing the remaining snakes. I had never got that far before, nor had I ever had both boosts, either. It was the first time I had both & could see what they are--a reshuffle & a fire extinguisher! I was still about to run out of time, though, so I had to press the "more time" button. I wasn't about to wait another 4 days for a chance to do better (during all my attempts, I'd never had less than 10 flames.) So I wanted to do whatever was needed to pass. Luckily, *all* I needed were those extra few seconds...they gave me the time I needed to make another match, & use my free fire extinguisher boost on the last flame. Whew! (SO happy that's over!)

Now I'm over at Sea Swamp Yacht, working on a tight moves level (but not bad, at least I can play at my own pace--yay!) Will be back to add a couple things about the remaining levels here, but gotta get some sleep!

Good luck, and have fun, finnth (if you're even still on this island, lol! You probably already passed it, instead--like on the first day!)

[finnth12]

I was in this level for a while, when I got the chance to finish it, I didn't. Why? Because there was only 1 fire to put off but I forgot I had the extinguisher over there. Then 1 fire grew more, and I couldn't finish it. SILLY ME!

Next, I was having some luck, I got the diamond and blaster early, and passed this level with even 3 stars, yay!