Balls leaving the right orbit sometimes go straight down, like they're supposed to, but other times arc out at an angle, for no apparent reason, usually between the flippers or some other area you don't want the ball to be. I thought FS said they'd fix it. They didn't.
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Chris Dunman
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All part of the game I thought. I swear the real thing does this too, but its been a while since I've played one
xAzatothx
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Ryan confirmed it was an issue and said they would investigate it - no fix time given. (I've played the real table quite a bit and the right orbit never does this). Given MM has a similar issue with the left ramp, I'm not expecting a quick fix which is a shame.
This issue takes the edge off the table for me.
This issue takes the edge off the table for me.
Matt McIrvin
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Aha! I wondered if there was a magnet or something there.
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Considering the ramp is still not fixed, I suspect this one will never be either. Shame, it was such a great table otherwise.
Carl Spiby
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What's wrong with a bit of randomness?
xAzatothx
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it's just annoying that at speed the ball can suddenly drain between the flippers and there is nothing you can do about it. Why not introduce randomness so the ball suddenly disappears every now and then!
Carl Spiby
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Learn to nudge and prevent it, real tables are unpredictable too...
xAzatothx
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agreed real tables are full of randomness + spin + chaos theory. However on the real table I could put the ball down the right orbit a thousand times and it would never behave in the random manor that is does in TPA. The ball should follow the path of the rail - it's like a hidden pin suddenly pops up every now and then to deflect the ball.
Carl Spiby
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Now that you've mentioned it it's probably going to really annoy me, I hadn't up to now.
Dont Troll Me
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its a little bit annoying but not as much as the ball speed being way off its going warp speed they fixed this in older tables but now they are doing it again i think all this is due to the ball weight being changed and other things are being changed in a negative way.
warh0g
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This often seem to happen when you do a series of combo shots. Like in ST:TNG, you shoot the left lane for Warp, and then use the right upper flipper and shoot the left ramp for another warp. When the ball comes down from the ramp into the right inlane it sometimes have insane ammount of momentum so there is no way to catch it.
Or the ball going around the loops in lightspeed and drain straight down the middle hehe.
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Dont Troll Me
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i am running in 720p again and it definitely helps i have always been able to save straight down the middle drains i just nudge and flip at the same time it usually works a lot provided i am focused, doing fast warp shots on stng is a major pain at the moment
i need to get the timing right but nothing is more irritating then those STNG left & right drains tho that right orbit on AFM is starting to be a nuisance the more it happens it catches me off guard at times.
phreaker47
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Ah, so this has been a bug on all versions. It's definitely there on PS3/Vita too.