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<blockquote data-quote="vikingerik" data-source="post: 231798" data-attributes="member: 3745"><p>Exactly. Yes, the shot is automatic with the mini-flipper, but the eject isn't reliably controllable. It's maybe 75%. 75% feels good but that's a nasty trap, that's not good enough, you'll fail and drain before you reach 15 shots.</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>I do agree the physics feel a bit off. It feels like most of the shots, particularly the scoop and firing range, can *only* be hit by the correct railroad from a catch or ramp feed. Trying to shoot from any loose or uncaught ball is very likely to miss. The same problem happens with HRC and POTO, the two previous DE/Sega/Stern tables.</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>A PAPA tournament is a totally different strategic target than the TPA leaderboard. Orbit multiball is a safe and easy way to get a few tens of millions, exactly what you want in a tournament setting. But you (I) need way more than a few tens of millions to hit the top of TPA's leaderboard with scores of 1 or 2 billion. The only good way to get there is repeatedly multiplied Hold Bonus. And the risk of double draining out of the multiball is exactly what can interrupt the bonus train.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="vikingerik, post: 231798, member: 3745"] Exactly. Yes, the shot is automatic with the mini-flipper, but the eject isn't reliably controllable. It's maybe 75%. 75% feels good but that's a nasty trap, that's not good enough, you'll fail and drain before you reach 15 shots. I do agree the physics feel a bit off. It feels like most of the shots, particularly the scoop and firing range, can *only* be hit by the correct railroad from a catch or ramp feed. Trying to shoot from any loose or uncaught ball is very likely to miss. The same problem happens with HRC and POTO, the two previous DE/Sega/Stern tables. A PAPA tournament is a totally different strategic target than the TPA leaderboard. Orbit multiball is a safe and easy way to get a few tens of millions, exactly what you want in a tournament setting. But you (I) need way more than a few tens of millions to hit the top of TPA's leaderboard with scores of 1 or 2 billion. The only good way to get there is repeatedly multiplied Hold Bonus. And the risk of double draining out of the multiball is exactly what can interrupt the bonus train. [/QUOTE]
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