Star Wars: Episode V – The Empire Strikes Back

[Yakass]

That is a great score, way better than mine, but its only about 1/3 of what Ty has. I know he's been up really high with the balance jackpot levels himself, so if he's saying the empire awards are the way to go then I would believe him.

I also don't think he meant that balance jackpots aren't something to go for though. I think he was just clarifying a prior comment he made to me about going for wizard mode loops to get huge scores. I know he goes for balance jackpots quite a bit himself.

well i am up to 4.4bill now and am pretty sure ill crack 10bill focusing on jedi sith soon enough, though im out of action for a couple of weeks as i am currently in hospital nursing a collapsed lung. i do go for empire awards of course (chasing collect bonus when it makes sense) but dont priorotize it like i do stacking mballs

[OriginalEther]

Well, that's a lot easier than what I had

Guess I'll have to check that out for more of the specifics. Thanks!

[deep]

Dark side bonus
related to the multiball modes, particularly the Jedi/Sith. See an attempt to explain below

The Dark Side bonus can be built with unlit lane shots in multiballs

[ER777]

I disagree with that. Dual jedi/Sith Multiball and specifically, Balance Super Jackpots is the way to rack up the biggest scores. I've managed to get Balance jackpots of over 60mil. It took me a while to figure out how this super jackpot wiorked, until I pondered its name: 'balance'. I scored over 3.5 billion last night, but did it in offline mode, and although I uploaded local files to the cloud immediately after, the leaderboard still hasn't been updated. I did it by smashing Sith MB.

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That is a great score, way better than mine, but its only about 1/3 of what Ty has. I know he's been up really high with the balance jackpot levels himself, so if he's saying the empire awards are the way to go then I would believe him.

I also don't think he meant that balance jackpots aren't something to go for though. I think he was just clarifying a prior comment he made to me about going for wizard mode loops to get huge scores. I know he goes for balance jackpots quite a bit himself.

[OriginalEther]

End of ball bonuses:
Multipliers are gained by spelling SKY, WAL, and KER via the upper rollovers.

Rebellion bonus
2,000 points up to 1 million points.
From what I can tell, simply keep the ball in play. The longer the ball is in play, the higher the bonus. Don't know how long it has to stay in to get the max of 1 million points.

Ion Cannon bonus
10,000 points per Ion Cannon hit per ball.

Yoda's Hideout bonus
10,000 points per letter of YODA per ball

The Force bonus
100,000 points per Force Mode started per ball

Training bonus
200,000 points per Training mode started per ball

Movie Scene bonus
100,000 points per checkpoint per ball

Empire bonus
50,000 points per Empire Award per ball

Dark side bonus
related to hitting unlit lanes in the multiball modes.
Thanks Deep

Commentary
Much like the table itself, it's slow to build a high score, but usually worth it. That's not factoring that you get an extra ball if you max out the multipliers.

[Yakass]

turns out that going through the scenes isn't the best way to score big. the empire bonus is the way to go.

I disagree with that. Dual jedi/Sith Multiball and specifically, Balance Super Jackpots is the way to rack up the biggest scores. I've managed to get Balance jackpots of over 60mil. It took me a while to figure out how this super jackpot wiorked, until I pondered its name: 'balance'. I scored over 3.5 billion last night, but did it in offline mode, and although I uploaded local files to the cloud immediately after, the leaderboard still hasn't been updated. I did it by smashing Sith MB.

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[Ty-24-]

This is a good point to mention because it adds some strategy into how you progress through the scenes. It saves what you've raised the reward value to when you reach the mission checkpoints too right?

turns out that going through the scenes isn't the best way to score big. the empire bonus is the way to go.

[ShoryukenToTheChin]

I agree. I think a LOT of the info from those PDF guides that are on the site should be in the actual game in a menu somewhere to read. The How To Play is super basic. There really needs to be guides to all the missions etc that are easier to access. I think majority of players are playing with a "just stop the ball from going down the hole" type mentality and are completely in the dark when it comes to all the content in these tables.

Achievement descriptions for example actually need to explain a LOT more what needs to actually be done. 90% of them make no sense at all.

So much work gets put into these games and it's a shame a lot of players don't get to experience them to their fullest.

Would be awesome to see the Guides be implemented into the Tables 'How to Play' section perhaps in a section called Table Guide *Spoilers ahead!*

Its great to see that the community loves them so much that they would like them within the core game, hopefully one day it will happen.

[Brad]

I just learned that today reading you Not only it's important but it's also a cool subtle feature that puts players deepens into the Star Wars universe.

I think Zen should release more complete table guides when new tables are released instead of letting consumers in the dark having to figure out complex tables by themselves. If it took some of the pinball Wizards days to figure this out we can guess that the casual player might never figure it out.

Maybe they should include a tutorial mode that lets user learn the tables features.

I agree. I think a LOT of the info from those PDF guides that are on the site should be in the actual game in a menu somewhere to read. The How To Play is super basic. There really needs to be guides to all the missions etc that are easier to access. I think majority of players are playing with a "just stop the ball from going down the hole" type mentality and are completely in the dark when it comes to all the content in these tables.

Achievement descriptions for example actually need to explain a LOT more what needs to actually be done. 90% of them make no sense at all.

So much work gets put into these games and it's a shame a lot of players don't get to experience them to their fullest.

[Lazareth]

Empire Strikes Back is my favorite Zen table by far, one of my favorite tables of all time. Such a great job on this one. I can't wait for the classic Star Wars and Return of the Jedi tables I hope will be coming out someday.

Hmm, so how about a Princess Leia table included in one of those future packs? Maybe a bunch of hero specific tables inlcuded in the mix. Just promise me you'll never make a Jar Jar table and I'll be happy. haha

[ER777]

I couldn't forgive myself if Master Yoda would suffer from your kung-fu talent
I'll adjust that time. BTW its 15sec now.

LOL, thanks man. I'm sure I would just end up losing my hand to his lightsaber so this will be better for everyone.

[deep]

Same here! Increasing the time between reminders would be a good tweak to include in the next patch. I think it should be at least 30 seconds between each time he says it..

I mean, this is the first time I ever thought that I'd really like to backhand Yoda and tell him to shut up..

I couldn't forgive myself if Master Yoda would suffer from your kung-fu talent
I'll adjust that time. BTW its 15sec now.

[ER777]

LMAO! he says it every 5 seconds. gets on my nerves so bad i finally hit it just to shut him up.

Same here! Increasing the time between reminders would be a good tweak to include in the next patch. I think it should be at least 30 seconds between each time he says it..

I mean, this is the first time I ever thought that I'd really like to backhand Yoda and tell him to shut up..

[s-carnegie]

LMAO! he says it every 5 seconds. gets on my nerves so bad i finally hit it just to shut him up.

LOL I know what you mean, even the looks of him wants me to give him one good smack. Think its time to change my avatar. 'Yes... an extra ball you got'

[hunter328]

LMAO! he says it every 5 seconds. gets on my nerves so bad i finally hit it just to shut him up.

I find that almost as annoying as when Yoda turns into Confucious during combo's on Clone Wars. How many sayings can one cat have?