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<blockquote data-quote="psykil" data-source="post: 264142" data-attributes="member: 6406"><p>So a couple weeks in now and I think I've played more Zen than I have in the last year. They really have something here.</p><p></p><p>There's a few things that need attention of course. In matchups right now it's always better to challenge the 2nd score and get 25 extra points from domination than to do the 1st place for an extra 10. Losing needs to do more than drop you 5 points, otherwise the top of the bracket is just whoever played the most.</p><p></p><p>Survival mode badly needs to be balanced per-table. On some tables just making the skillshot is enough to bump you up to 6+ star levels and unlocking the rewind skill. Other than that I find on Zen tables scoring is usually heavily tied to playing modes. There are some tables that just take forever to get a mode going and some that don't give you any points until the mode is finished or failed. Trying to get a mode started and finished with no ball drain every 60 seconds is ridiculous. Mars is one of my favorite old Zen tables but it's a really slow-burn, long-playing table. I tried about 15 times and could not get past 1 star on survival. Other tables are ridiculously easy. I was wondering why there were so few survival tournaments going on until I tried a couple. For some tables they work, but for a lot all you can possibly get done is a skillshot and whatever the fastest mode is. It really puts a hard cap on the high score.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="psykil, post: 264142, member: 6406"] So a couple weeks in now and I think I've played more Zen than I have in the last year. They really have something here. There's a few things that need attention of course. In matchups right now it's always better to challenge the 2nd score and get 25 extra points from domination than to do the 1st place for an extra 10. Losing needs to do more than drop you 5 points, otherwise the top of the bracket is just whoever played the most. Survival mode badly needs to be balanced per-table. On some tables just making the skillshot is enough to bump you up to 6+ star levels and unlocking the rewind skill. Other than that I find on Zen tables scoring is usually heavily tied to playing modes. There are some tables that just take forever to get a mode going and some that don't give you any points until the mode is finished or failed. Trying to get a mode started and finished with no ball drain every 60 seconds is ridiculous. Mars is one of my favorite old Zen tables but it's a really slow-burn, long-playing table. I tried about 15 times and could not get past 1 star on survival. Other tables are ridiculously easy. I was wondering why there were so few survival tournaments going on until I tried a couple. For some tables they work, but for a lot all you can possibly get done is a skillshot and whatever the fastest mode is. It really puts a hard cap on the high score. [/QUOTE]
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