Please Please extend the default time setting to collect kickback on SWESB Table

[katschunka]

Greetings

I purchased the Star Wars Tables first day and all of them are really great. One thing though that annoys me on the Empire Strikes Back table. I hardly can get the kickbacks activated. 5 Seconds to hit the ramps after completing the rollover targets is far too short IMO. You actually have to make a skillshot to hit the ramps in time. Please Please expand this time a little bit to lets say 10 Seconds. Please excuse my bad english.

[tenorhero]

Greetings

I purchased the Star Wars Tables first day and all of them are really great. One thing though that annoys me on the Empire Strikes Back table. I hardly can get the kickbacks activated. 5 Seconds to hit the ramps after completing the rollover targets is far too short IMO. You actually have to make a skillshot to hit the ramps in time. Please Please expand this time a little bit to lets say 10 Seconds. Please excuse my bad english.

Personally, I think it's spot on. It's actually really easy to light the LANDO Rollovers by shooting the left Ramp (EMPIRE) even when the ball comes back withe the light saber effect you can choose which side to have your ball come back. Light the rollovers and you can take the shot to ramp that you need.

[katschunka]

It hardens the overall difficulty of the table. I am afraid I did not yet manage to time my shots right if the ball rolls down from the the ramps at the given speed. So maybe mea culpa. But there are two things about that "Hit ramps to collect kickback" rule. It is hard (for me?) to get it. And it is not possible to get a Kickback if the ball goes down the outlane and you manage to switch the last unlit target to the right lane. Expanding the time to hit the ramps would give the player the time to get the ball in control.

[Lukky NL]

I think trere is nothing wrong now too.

[deep]

If I remember correctly, the time limit is 7 seconds. I think it's more than enough

[Spirit X]

If I remember correctly, the time limit is 7 seconds. I think it's more than enough

Wow, it doesn't feel like 7 seconds!! Are you sure you don't mean that it's 7 seconds when you already have both kickbacks and are going for the double ramp combo for the ball saver?

It hardens the overall difficulty of the table. I am afraid I did not yet manage to time my shots right if the ball rolls down from the the ramps at the given speed. So maybe mea culpa. But there are two things about that "Hit ramps to collect kickback" rule. It is hard (for me?) to get it. And it is not possible to get a Kickback if the ball goes down the outlane and you manage to switch the last unlit target to the right lane. Expanding the time to hit the ramps would give the player the time to get the ball in control.

I know it doesn't feel like it at first but you do have enough time to get the ball under control and then take a calculated shot. I would recommend practicing this:

1. Trap ball on right flipper
2. While holding the ball, use the left flipper to select the L of LANDO as unlit
3. Take the shot at the left ramp
4. As the ball comes back, do a gentle nudge pass (nudge up a little) and trap the ball with the right flipper once more
5. Goto 1

Just keep doing the sequence and then after you light the last letter of LANDO, just do the sequence again (without number 2 obviously) and you'll get the kickback with a good second or two to spare. Sometimes when you do the nudge pass the ball may not quite go far enough to trap it but don't panic, just let it roll back to the left and take your shot at the ramp as you normally would.

Then practice the same thing on the right ramp.

By the time you've done this for a few games, you'll have little trouble getting the kickbacks lit and then you can devise a similar strategy for the ball save!

Good luck.

[surf1der]

The time limit is fine. It took me a little over 3 minutes to light both kickbacks and the ball save.

[ER777]

I think trere is nothing wrong now too.

Same here. Its a pretty common feature in pinball machines to have a rollover briefly light a specific target, with the intent being that the player has to immediately shoot that target as the ball first reaches the flipper in order to get the reward. I think this table even gives more time than most.

[OriginalEther]

Don't know about other tables in the outside world, but most of the Zen tables (at least, the ones I have) are just light up the lanes. No additional shot required.
It does make it more difficult, though it doesn't bother me as much as I have gotten better at it. And it does occur frequently, so you will get chances.

If you don't think the time is long enough, is that a feature you could adjust on the Operators Menu? It would keep you from posting on the leaderboards, but you could change it to what you find a more reasonable setting.

[Mammouth]

On X-Men table, the kickbacks can only be activated by recruiting Jean Grey (right) and Nightcrawler (left). You have 3 kickbacks per side but to reactivate them, you must recruit all the others X-Men to reset the mission and be able to recruit them again.
And X-Men is a table where the ball loves the oulanes.

So, 7s to hit an easy ramp, that's fine to me

[DarkKodiaK]

i could have sworn i got both kickbacks nearly at the same time off of 1 light up of the lando in lanes.

get one, bounce pass, get the other.

[katschunka]

If I remember correctly, the time limit is 7 seconds. I think it's more than enough

Well actually it is 5 seconds in the default setting of the PS3 version. I measured it. Could it be that we have an issue here. Maybe 7 seconds were indended for kickback collect.

[deep]

Well actually it is 5 seconds in the default setting of the PS3 version. I measured it. Could it be that we have an issue here. Maybe 7 seconds were indended for kickback collect.

Then I don't remember correctly

[skyway73]

The time limit is fine, I find the request in this thread unnecessary really It's almost like asking for the gap between the flippers to be smaller because the ball can drop between them! Remember it's the same for everyone so just keep practising and you will get the timing down.

[ER777]

The time limit is fine, I find the request in this thread unnecessary...

That sums it up perfectly.