Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-30638141-20170520010825

The new updates brought changes to HL and TB. The aim is always make items that eliminate full rows and/or columns.

In HL chains of six or more including last bulb, even if locked, give bulbs that can eliminate a row or column. Last bulb added dictates what direction row or column is deleted. If last two connected are in different columns it eliminates a row. If in same column the bulb eliminates a column. Time to me seems shorter, I just miss it more frequently now. I find the last bulb is often hard to connect in a string of three. Getting rid of it is often best done by eliminating the row or column it is in. I find I must eliminate more rows or columns to finish the puzzle than in previous updates. I am at a higher level so this might not be true for lower levels of play. Don't forget you can decide which row or column is eliminated by type of bulb AND that the chain it is in dictates row or column eliminated by the last bulb in chain in which the special bulb is connected, not the initial location of the special bulb.

Treasure box also is needing more combining of gems row or column gem combined with bomb eliminates three rows and columns. 'Destroy all gem' combined with row or column gem is often the best way to finish a puzzle quickly especially if gems are isolated in separate boxes away from main body of puzzle.

I now use my phone to snap pictures of both mosaic and Ancient cards. In Ancient Cards using one eyeglass to expose all cards and snapping picture is cheaper than using flying time. I pause game several times while solving to plan multiple card pairing, unpause, eliminate planned pairs, pause etc.

Mosaic, same thing. I take a picture and plan where I will start solving. I have phone that allows me to adjust brightness, sometime making picture lighter helps. I look for obvious objects in each tile. I drag not drop tiles into place, this disturbs less tiles. I try not to disturb solved areas, so start in a corner or edge and extend solved region.

Since using a camera for Ancient cards and Mosaic, I use flying time much less. If I am to loose and can't finish, I quite game, delete from android cube at bottom and re-enter game. This saves my win streak, I do lose energy. Sometimes, I can just get flustered and this gives me a second change. So far, I don't generally get identical puzzle next round, so can be very helpful.

These work for me. I would loive to hear what is working for anyone else. M. 