Unfinished Business - Finishing Wizard Goals

[gooche77]

Only use the speed bag and jump rope by boxer 3 or 4 to start a fight. The 1st and 2nd fight can be started using just the heavy bag.

The stoppers in the middle will give you an oppurtunity for 3-5 jabs without worrying about a drain on launch. If you can defeat the 1st boxer w/ little damage, repeat the last step. It should only take a few heavy bag shots to start the 2nd match.

I usually have 5-9 smart punches stored up for the ultimate challenge.

 

[DrainoBraino]

ok just did that and got to the the last fight before the ultimate challenge, but for some reason my smart punches stopped working! I had 5 saved up, but they wouldn't work for the ultimate challenge. Trying again later, gotta go to work lol.

 

[gooche77]

There's a weird bug during UC. Don't use your smart punches until at least the 3rd boxer and see if that helps.

 

[inspector42]

I've achieved all those except the Goin' Nuts ones.

Ultimate challenge is all about saving smart punches for last two fighters and the ultimate challenge itself. Plunge for smart punch every time, accumulate them whenever possible. Then wail away in the challenge itself. When you're about to drain or die, use the smart punches rapidly. I barely achieved it AS the ball was draining.

Pinbot is about hitting solar ramp over and over. It's boring but doable. Then you can collect in the multiball. Keeping the ball alive a very long time will almost insure the bonus, as will hitting that ramp to increase the multiplier.

 

[Gorgar]

Another tip for Pinbot solar value: the game keeps track of your progress from game to game. So, NEVER pause and exit. Always let the game finish, and you will get it eventually, as long as you do it in one sitting.

 

[Pod]

I've still got the Ultimate Challenge one to go as well. Gave up after it bugged out on me twice. (It just ended the mode despite me having plenty of health and 2-3 balls left)
I'm losing the will power to keep chasing these goals these days. If they're not silly(genie 3m) they're bugged (ultimate challenge, FUEL special on victory, bftk (although I did finally do this in the end))

Pod

 

[gooche77]

I completed the 1M Solar Bonus and 495K Bonus from Pin*Bot. Those are now out of the way along w/ the Wizard Goals from Victory and Class of 1812.

That just leaves the re-donks:

The Champion Pub
•Win the Ultimate Challenge

Genie
•Score at least 3,000,000 points

Goin' Nuts
•Increase the timer to 360 seconds
•Earn a 500,000 point bonus

Seriously, Has ANYONE even gotten close to the 360 seconds wizard goal in Goin' Nuts??

 

[gooche77]

Genie
•Score at least 3,000,000 points

Done!

I've played this table exclusively for the past two weeks. Constantly.

There were a couple of games where i tensed up and topped out around 2.5M to 2.8M. The concentration, careful constant nudging and ball control required for this is no joke. Today was the day I would not sacrifice any.

As soon as I passed 3M I relaxed and ended up with a final score of 5,100,740 and #7 on the leader boards. The relief is inexplicable to the the least.

Just don't expect the game ceter achievement when you get it. Still bugged, I believe.

Confirmed. My heart knows I have all the achievements now but my eyes tell me falsehoods.

 

[netizen]

I relaxed and ended up with a final score of 5,100,740

Nice relaxed score there Gooche
Congrats

 

[gooche77]

Nice relaxed score there Gooche
Congrats

Thank you kind sir.

The score was a direct result of maintaining the extra ball/5x/score bonus pattern and cradling that ball more than baby with collick.

 

[gooche77]

Updated with Cue Ball Wizard goals. Or is it Cue Ball Wizard wizard goals?

 

[Storm Chaser]

Seriously, Has ANYONE even gotten close to the 360 seconds wizard goal in Goin' Nuts??

Yeah, I got that goal on iPad a few weeks ago after some massive efforts. I wrote about how to do it in a Goin Nuts-thread. There are, unfortunately no magic tricks just hints.

 

[gooche77]

You've always been there for a good tip, Cristobal. Thank you kindly.

The Genie 3M goal is totally doable. Just committ yourself to playing the table exclusively for about 2 weeks and eventually you'll have it.

 

[gooche77]

Cue Ball Wizard is now taken care of.

 

[Storm Chaser]

Just committ yourself to playing the table exclusively for about 2 weeks and eventually you'll have it.

Hehe, "just".

But that's prettty much what I did with Goin Nuts, only that it didn't take two weeks.

Ultimate Challenge is a quite fun and challenging goal to pursue. It has the right proportions and I feel it is a matter of becoming more and more skilled in order to finish that goal, rather than just plain luck or "playing the numbers".

 

[gooche77]

Nailed down Goin' Nuts' last 2 goals. Getting to 360 seconds wasn't nearly as troublesome as I once thought.

You're next Ultimate Challenge!!

 

[inspector42]

How'd you do it Gooche?

Getting close. Was at 326 when I drained yesterday.

 

[gooche77]

How'd you do it Gooche?

Getting close. Was at 326 when I drained yesterday.

I consistently aim for the 3 green drop targets. 3 ball multiballis are hard to maintain so I 2 ball control is key.

To that end, I try to shoot a ball to the upper playfield and use the other to bash the crap out of those greenies. The ball in the upper playfield is good for random points but green is the bread and butter.

If I'm down to 1 ball I'll light the left rollover shoot the ball and pray I get multiball going again. Sometimes I'll luck out and nail the 3 ball multiball and that's about it.

On a side note, I managed to get to the last boxer during the Ultimate Challenge and was knocked out an hour ago. So close.

 

[inspector42]

Finally got the 360 goal.

I followed Gooche's advice, stopped trapping up at all, and just started flipping away, trying to keep only one ball near the bottom, and shooting the green and reds targets with the remaining ball.

I actually kept getting to 300, then would get really nervous and do something stupid to end the ball. So for my final run, I disabled the HUD when I hit 250. This let me listen to a podcast and forget about the game long enough to hit the 360.

Cristobal and Gooche, thanks for your tips and thoughts. I honestly thought this was the one I would never get.

 

[Storm Chaser]

Congrats, I am glad you finally made it. You got 'em all now, right?

I feel the same way about 3M. UltimateChallenge I feel I can do if I really put some time and effort into it.