Hitting The Highwire Ramp Consistently

Jim O'Brien · Jul 14, 2012

This ramp drives me crazy and I don't think I have a good enough handle on it yet. Do most of you hit it with the left flipper or the right ? Seems to me you can't hit the ramp from a trapped ball shot (right flipper) but it seems to work when the ball is coming down the Strike An Ark habitrail and you fire it on the tip of the flipper. Sometimes I nail it on the left flipper, but I can't figure out the best spot on the flipper to hit the ball.

jaredmorgs · Jul 16, 2012

You can make the shot consistently from the right flipper. Playing the game just then, and only taking Highwire shots, I had success doing it both with trapped balls and moving balls. Try shooting for the ramp when the ball is just past half-way down the flipper. You should have success then.

May sound a bit strange, but it all comes down to having a "warm up" play on the table I find. Then you should have a feel for how you're playing that day and will be able to adjust your gameplay reflexes.

Fungi · Jul 16, 2012

jaredmorgs said:
May sound a bit strange, but it all comes down to having a "warm up" play on the table I find. Then you should have a feel for how you're playing that day and will be able to adjust your gameplay reflexes.

Is that why some days I'm a monster on a machine and other days, I can't hit anything but outlane draining posts?

Stormchild · Jul 17, 2012

jaredmorgs said:
May sound a bit strange, but it all comes down to having a "warm up" play on the table I find. Then you should have a feel for how you're playing that day and will be able to adjust your gameplay reflexes.

This is good advice for all the tables, really.

Jim O'Brien · Jul 18, 2012

jaredmorgs said:
May sound a bit strange, but it all comes down to having a "warm up" play on the table I find. Then you should have a feel for how you're playing that day and will be able to adjust your gameplay reflexes.

I'm different then I guess some of my best games are first try, if I have a real good game though I move on to another table.

jaredmorgs · Jul 23, 2012

Jim O'Brien said:
I'm different then I guess some of my best games are first try, if I have a real good game though I move on to another table.

I do that as well. I usually go to the game I "want" to play first and have a few games. If I'm playing well, I stick with that table. If I'm sucking hard at that table, it's the Pinball Gods telling me to play another table.

Or it's the Pinball Gods telling me to go and play Anomaly Warzone: Earth.

SKILL_SHOT · Aug 9, 2012

Hiting this ramp consistently takes practice, but as soon you reach stage 2 of join the circus it becomes ridiculous with another ball either blocking a shot or taking off enough momentum so ball wont pass through. I can get to this point almost every game WITH extra balls, Hardest shot consistently so far. So frustrated knowing that part is going to kill my game again and again. The right side lane is a JOKE! I had all 5 balls drain that side only.

bavelb · Aug 11, 2012

SKILL_SHOT said:
Hiting this ramp consistently takes practice, but as soon you reach stage 2 of join the circus it becomes ridiculous with another ball either blocking a shot or taking off enough momentum so ball wont pass through. I can get to this point almost every game WITH extra balls, Hardest shot consistently so far. So frustrated knowing that part is going to kill my game again and again. The right side lane is a JOKE! I had all 5 balls drain that side only.

Look at the Ball Saver and let some balls drain on purpose if you can to clear the playfield.

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