Too many "+" fields (10 / 19 in 7-#s field) - not very "exciting"...

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What steps will reproduce the problem?
(Constant)

What is the expected output? What do you see instead?

For "+" fields with 3 or 4 digits there are many tens of combinations - which 
does not challenge your deduction but your diligence.
On the other hand there is often only ONE "-" or "/" case which IMHO is more 
interesting !!!

What version of the product are you using? On what operating system?
1.8, android 2.01

Please provide any additional information below.

Original issue reported on code.google.com by clemSamL...@gmail.com on 31 Mar 2011 at 10:32

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I meant ths to be an "enhancement" issue but didn't find this option - sorry!

Original comment by clemSamL...@gmail.com on 31 Mar 2011 at 10:36

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I agree with what I think this comment is saying.  I find the 6x6 grid too 
simple, and primarily play the 7x7, and occasionally the 8x8.  I've noticed 
that if the 7x7 has more than about 5 "+" (addition) cages, then finding a 
solution gets very challenging. More than about 7 "+" cages and it is typically 
impossible (for me) to deduce the solution without guessing, or using "Reveal 
this cell".  This appears to be restricted to addition cages only, not 
multiplication, subtraction or division. 

Suggestion: offer a difficulty option for all grids (e.g. 7x7 easy and 7x7 
harder) where the number of addition grids is increased accordingly.  In the 
code, just switch some cages between multiplication and addition, according to 
the desired challenge level, and adjust the displayed product or sum 
accordingly.  At this point I think that 5 and 7 would be good crossover points 
for easy, hard, harder in a 7x7 grid.  I'm not sure what would be appropriate 
for larger or smaller, though.

Original comment by paul.r.w...@gmail.com on 8 May 2012 at 2:57

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The puzzle generation has been improved a lot lately since revision 77. Those 
changes will be released in version 1.96 of MathDoku. The number of subtraction 
and divide cages has increased. Also we have added (more) cages with four 
cells. Finnaly we have implemented a (beta) feature to allow cages of size 5 
and 6 as well.

Original comment by paul.din...@gmail.com on 21 Mar 2013 at 8:34

• Changed state: Fixed
• Added labels: Milestone-1.96

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Tested in Revision 163:
Puzzle generation now typically creates less "+" cages than previously (in a 
quick test of 7x7 grid, it produced 6, 4 & 2 "+" cages in 3 different games).

Original comment by em...@srlee.com on 27 Mar 2013 at 1:42

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