User blog comment:Pgrobban/The rise and fall of Cookie Run/@comment-24956068-20151002102429/@comment-25889587-20151002124039

Well, although I did experience myself as a beginner in the earlier seasons of Cookie Run, I actually have never experienced Cookie Run as a beginner in recent seasons, so unless this came from the words of people who played the game on Season 4 onwards, I don't think I can judge how hard it is to grind.

Maybe new players who felt too much pain to play CR on the new season will also feel the same when they play in older season. CR is not for everyone after all. Remember that grinding on Season 1 is quite a painful experience, but we still did it just because there are still lots of friends playing on the same pace as ourselves.

We also have access to Ghost Pirate's Island of Coins for those who didn't have the correct pet and cookies, so grinding coins are not that much painful anymore. And as for crystals, beginners always starts with getting crystals through events. That is true on Season 1 and the current season.