Thread:Akrie/@comment-25889587-20150203143341/@comment-25889587-20150204035550

Haha. That was one way to say it, but for me, the main reason that the late players get advantage for moving faster is that you are already adapted to the newest update. Think about this:

Back when I was playing on the first season, I tried maxing out Skating Queen Cookie, which eventually generates huge point advantage with her pet (I think I've earned around 8 Million points, which is pretty high at that time. Eventually the game released a new Cookie that is much better than Skating Queen. So I move forward and starts to grind for Cheerleader Cookie with her Pet (You don't know how hard it was to grind coins back then...). I also tried to upgrade the treasures that fits with the Cheerleader Strategy, so I invested my coins in them also. (Actually, you can see my game here on YouTube. I got around 13 Million Score.)

Oh, but then there's Ninetales Cookie. I have to abandon all my hard work to invest on the new cookie. I got caught up really bad with my friends, who got 16.4 million points (before moving to 2nd season). Just after I maxed out and ready to unleash my loadout with Ninetales Cookie, guess what... Wizard Cookie is released.

Do you actually see the point in here? I invested a lot in some loadouts that eventually turned out to be a waste in the newer update. Most of the time it's because of the Cookie you bought and the Treasure you upgraded. Starting from the New World update, all the episodes are fixed, and will not go away, in the future updates (at least, in our next update.)

Using the strategies given here and in other sources, you will be able to invest in the correct Cookie and correct Treasures, and you will save TONS of coins during the game, saving you tons of time too. Therefore, I can conclude that newer players do have advantage in catching up.

The only threat here, same like veterans, is that we don't know what's coming in the next updates. New updates may force us to change strategies, and abandon our old investment.

So yeah. This wiki and this community may help you get the push you needed to be successful, avoiding the holes that some of us have fell through.