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<blockquote data-quote="vikingerik" data-source="post: 116978" data-attributes="member: 3745"><p>I just put up the #2 leaderboard score at 8.2 billion. Took something like 6-8 hours (I'm fairly unsure as it was played over several sessions including one overnight break.)</p><p></p><p>Like many tables, the upper reaches of scoring are about getting extra balls faster than you use them in order to play forever. NGG gives out so many. Each golf course of 18 holes would rack up 4-5 EBs between the wheel (directly or lighting outlanes), the automatic one at each hole #4, and from the Hole-in-One Challenges. This means that golf holes should be the main course of action, rather than just multiball. You can push through golf holes really quickly if you don't get distracted by other stuff. And each EB turns into tens of millions in bonus, as much as a jackpot.</p><p></p><p>Also, I got the right outlane lit for special probably a dozen times, though I'm not sure what caused that. It wasn't always the wheel award. Buzz said "Drain and you gain" quite a few times from no cause I could identify. Maybe something during Hole-in-One Challenge lights this special?</p><p></p><p>Got 77 for Hole-in-One Champion, although about 70 of those were during multiballs. It's way easier to hit that shot during multiballs when you get a much greater variety of balls rolling around and through the left inlane. The shot is just about impossible from a normal ramp inlane feed. You need the incoming ball to already have some unusual speed or spin to have any chance.</p><p></p><p>The best way to hit Hole-in-One is just to take a <em>lot</em> of shots at it and eventually something will drop in. Like, a serious ton of shots. A hundred or more. During multiball or Hole-in-One Challenge, just keep looping balls up the slam ramp around the middle and eventually you'll get the right angle to drop in.</p><p></p><p>Tip: During multiball, pay attention to relighting the jackpot at the right ramp, but there's no need to actually try for it at the upper ramp past the first jackpot. As long as the super jackpot is lit, just keep whacking balls up the driving range and eventually one will carom near the upper ramp switch to collect the jackpot for you.</p><p></p><p>Tip: When the drive shot is the upper ramp, it's often easier to skip that tough shot. Get the drive shot credit by way of the captive ball, or by locking a ball and collecting the upper ramp on the plunge.</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>Yeah. Past the first billion, the only scoring that matters is the progressive stuff. Anything that isn't progressive becomes laughably small chump change. I had in my game:</p><p></p><p>- Hole-in-One value over 70 million</p><p>- Jackpot at 38 million</p><p>- Cart Attack at 14.5 million</p><p>- Sand Trap at 14 million</p><p></p><p>Compared to 200M from a good multiball or Cart Attack or 70M from a single HI1 shot, stuff like Short Circuit for 2M is a total waste of time. Even Speed Golf or Ripoff Multiball wasn't worth playing for like 5M from the mode. I'd just trap a ball and drain the rest.</p><p></p><p>The Range Value is a bit unusual in the progressive department. It scales faster than everything else and dominates the scoring for a little while, perhaps even exceeding the jackpot value. But it maxes at 6,250,000. By the end of a multi-billion game, that's OK but not great. (Still always worth skipping the skill shot to plunge up the ramp for a shot at either Range or Hole-in-One.)</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="vikingerik, post: 116978, member: 3745"] I just put up the #2 leaderboard score at 8.2 billion. Took something like 6-8 hours (I'm fairly unsure as it was played over several sessions including one overnight break.) Like many tables, the upper reaches of scoring are about getting extra balls faster than you use them in order to play forever. NGG gives out so many. Each golf course of 18 holes would rack up 4-5 EBs between the wheel (directly or lighting outlanes), the automatic one at each hole #4, and from the Hole-in-One Challenges. This means that golf holes should be the main course of action, rather than just multiball. You can push through golf holes really quickly if you don't get distracted by other stuff. And each EB turns into tens of millions in bonus, as much as a jackpot. Also, I got the right outlane lit for special probably a dozen times, though I'm not sure what caused that. It wasn't always the wheel award. Buzz said "Drain and you gain" quite a few times from no cause I could identify. Maybe something during Hole-in-One Challenge lights this special? Got 77 for Hole-in-One Champion, although about 70 of those were during multiballs. It's way easier to hit that shot during multiballs when you get a much greater variety of balls rolling around and through the left inlane. The shot is just about impossible from a normal ramp inlane feed. You need the incoming ball to already have some unusual speed or spin to have any chance. The best way to hit Hole-in-One is just to take a [i]lot[/i] of shots at it and eventually something will drop in. Like, a serious ton of shots. A hundred or more. During multiball or Hole-in-One Challenge, just keep looping balls up the slam ramp around the middle and eventually you'll get the right angle to drop in. Tip: During multiball, pay attention to relighting the jackpot at the right ramp, but there's no need to actually try for it at the upper ramp past the first jackpot. As long as the super jackpot is lit, just keep whacking balls up the driving range and eventually one will carom near the upper ramp switch to collect the jackpot for you. Tip: When the drive shot is the upper ramp, it's often easier to skip that tough shot. Get the drive shot credit by way of the captive ball, or by locking a ball and collecting the upper ramp on the plunge. Yeah. Past the first billion, the only scoring that matters is the progressive stuff. Anything that isn't progressive becomes laughably small chump change. I had in my game: - Hole-in-One value over 70 million - Jackpot at 38 million - Cart Attack at 14.5 million - Sand Trap at 14 million Compared to 200M from a good multiball or Cart Attack or 70M from a single HI1 shot, stuff like Short Circuit for 2M is a total waste of time. Even Speed Golf or Ripoff Multiball wasn't worth playing for like 5M from the mode. I'd just trap a ball and drain the rest. The Range Value is a bit unusual in the progressive department. It scales faster than everything else and dominates the scoring for a little while, perhaps even exceeding the jackpot value. But it maxes at 6,250,000. By the end of a multi-billion game, that's OK but not great. (Still always worth skipping the skill shot to plunge up the ramp for a shot at either Range or Hole-in-One.) [/QUOTE]
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