Basic Advice For a New Zen Pinball Player?

[skyway73]

I think one of the best tips is knowing when not to flip, if that makes sense. There are many times when the ball is dropping on your flipper and it's tempting just to volley it first time, whereas more often than not it is better to let the ball hit your un-raised flipper and bounce across to your other one. You can then catch it and more accurately hit a placed shot, or nudge it back across to the other flipper.

[shogun00]

I think one of the best tips is knowing when not to flip, if that makes sense. There are many times when the ball is dropping on your flipper and it's tempting just to volley it first time, whereas more often than not it is better to let the ball hit your un-raised flipper and bounce across to your other one.

Yep! This is called the Dead Flipper Pass (or Bounce Pass). It's covered in the YouTube video I provided in my previous post (the "ball control" link).

[Expertis]

Yep! This is called the Dead Flipper Pass (or Bounce Pass). It's covered in the YouTube video I provided in my previous post (the "ball control" link).

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[EmrickJack]

Basic Advice For a New Zen Pinball Player?

Hello Everyone

Welcome Binko to the forums. I have been playing Pinball FX 2 since it came out and my story is pretty much the same as yours. Since I started playing it, I haven't really played anything else. I also started from no pinball skills but was able to become a much better player to where I am now able to beat wizard modes and consistently score in the top 20 of tables. I'm not so involved on the forums as I was but have posted quite a bit in the past on various aspects including some advice for new players. If you follow my signature you will go to a thread I started to keep my posts together. I suggest that you start with the "New Player Tips" lower down in the first post.

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