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Puzzle Storm: Reactions, general opinions :)

I had the same problem, after having finished the storm, I opened one I did wrong, and as for the 2 others I've opened before and solved correctly I did not win any points, I assumed I would not lose if I made a mistake, so I just did the same wrong move in order to see the solution and lost 62 points lol.
The Storm run puzzles to be reviewed without rating change, I believe this is being considered already.
As with regard to the interface, the difficult thing to get used to was the increment/decrement but it got better once I learnt how combos work.

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The button is at the bottom of the chess board in Storm window, 'About Puzzle Storm' and a little too small maybe.

The Storm interface is supposed to look and feel more gamey compared to the rest of Lichess, but yet maintains the simplicity and minimalism that Lichess prides in. So, I think it's better to give it some time, to get used to the layout.

Please note that the colour of the puzzles do not change within a Storm Run ie., if the first puzzle was White to Move, then the rest also will have White to move throughout. So no confusion with regard to the sides.

There was a lot of uproar over Lichess V2 design choices and the icons being too large, but I guess most critics were convinced in time.

So keep playing those Storms and bring to notice any problems you may encounter.
Cheers!
@vishytheplayer
While I certainly consider myself a critic of the Lichess V2 design choices, I think that the features being rolled out have been largely beneficial to site site as a whole, and if more people enjoy free, open source outlets like Lichess, it's all for the better. Thank you for your clarification on all of those subjects! It would be great if Lichess could officially make those statements too, as I think everyone would be better off knowing so.
Rating change no longer happens when reviewing Puzzle Storm puzzles.

In case you didn't notice. The update has been made.
Thanks for the feedback! Indeed puzzles reviewed from a storm run are no longer rated.

You always play the same color during a storm run. That's why an indication of it is not necessary.
Could we have a place where we could posts tactics from our own games to go forward as future puzzles? Or has this been discussed elsewhere?
Puzzle storm is awesome, really enjoying is so far. However, are the animation of the pieces removed? It makes the experience playing on it feel very weird in contrast with regular lichess puzzles and gameplay. It makes it feel quite buggy in a sense. Thanks Thibault for your work!!
I love puzzle storm!
@HeyGNC I think because of the low amount of time involved animation would get in the way.
@custardshark
True, however the animations are almost negligible for most players besides the elite 0.5% of players. IMO if I'm incorrect about my anecdotal estimate, I would then suggest adding the option to turn on the animations. It feels so bizzare to play puzzle storm without them.

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