# Game hints not showing 4 or 5 of a kind at start of battle

**URL:** <https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/game-hints-not-showing-4-or-5-of-a-kind-at-start-of-battle/42513>\
**Category:** Support\
**Created:** [July 13, 2018, 9:44pm UTC](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/game-hints-not-showing-4-or-5-of-a-kind-at-start-of-battle/42513 "2018-07-13T21:44:58Z")\
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**Author:** ![jdbrusseau](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e9a140/32.png) [@jdbrusseau](https://community.gemsofwar.com/u/jdbrusseau)\
**Post date:** [July 13, 2018, 9:44pm UTC](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/game-hints-not-showing-4-or-5-of-a-kind-at-start-of-battle/42513/1 "2018-07-13T21:44:58Z")

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At the beginning of a battle the game will show three of a kind matches even though there are clearly four of a kind and five of a kind of available. It will also through the game show me a three of a kind match that’s actually a four of a kind. This is on the Xbox One

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**Author:** ![Stripy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/6bbea6/32.png) [@Stripy](https://community.gemsofwar.com/u/Stripy)\
**Post date:** [July 13, 2018, 10:29pm UTC](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/game-hints-not-showing-4-or-5-of-a-kind-at-start-of-battle/42513/2 "2018-07-13T22:29:57Z")

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I have noticed it on PC as well.

I assumed it was just showing what the AI would do. AI often misses 4 matches

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**Author:** ![Slypenslyde](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/community.gemsofwar.com/slypenslyde/32/30373_2.png) [@Slypenslyde](https://community.gemsofwar.com/u/Slypenslyde)\
**Post date:** [July 13, 2018, 10:53pm UTC](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/game-hints-not-showing-4-or-5-of-a-kind-at-start-of-battle/42513/3 "2018-07-13T22:53:13Z")

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IIRC the hint is described as “a match” and you are warned it’s not always “the best match”.

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**Author:** ![Skai](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/community.gemsofwar.com/skai/32/43213_2.png) [@Skai](https://community.gemsofwar.com/u/Skai)\
**Post date:** [July 14, 2018, 3:27am UTC](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/game-hints-not-showing-4-or-5-of-a-kind-at-start-of-battle/42513/4 "2018-07-14T03:27:15Z")

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Match-3 games have a very long history of recommending matches that are suboptimal.

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**Author:** ![Rickygervais](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/b77776/32.png) [@Rickygervais](https://community.gemsofwar.com/u/Rickygervais)\
**Post date:** [July 14, 2018, 6:51am UTC](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/game-hints-not-showing-4-or-5-of-a-kind-at-start-of-battle/42513/5 "2018-07-14T06:51:42Z")

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On console i noticed the help hint seem to pick the closest match from my cursor