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<blockquote data-quote="rob3d" data-source="post: 153588" data-attributes="member: 18"><p>Pinball is not easy, it was never meant to be. It requires timing, skill, and luck to keep the ball from draining. Even if you made a table where every shot has the "magical can't miss vortex effect" that the catapult shot on medieval madness has, you still have to contend with rules memorization, situational awareness, and effective point strategy. To ask thousands of pinball arcade veterans to back a kickstarter where a high profile table is gimped to please an uncertain number of newcomer customers is kickstarter suicide. </p><p></p><p>These tables are meant to recreate actual existing machines. I get what your saying about approach-ability for new comers but that kind of thing can be left for when farsight begins developing their own original tables. </p><p></p><p>The only reason I was ever interested in TPA was because of the then unlikely possibility of a TZ release (it was literally the only pin I can remember playing as a kid, and I am fanatical about all things TZ), but it was TOTAN that cemented the fact that I needed to have every table FS releases. I knew nothing of pinball, I was a keep flipping till the ball drains kind of player. I didn't even know there were actual rules to a pinball game till I saw the ruleset in TOTAN. It is a fairly easy table to get into, the modes are clearly accessible through a single easily repeatable shot, and the dmd tells you exactly what to do to complete a mode. That coupled with the amazing rulebook FS includes is the winning combo that has made me by all 3 seasons on 3 separate devices like a crazy person.</p><p></p><p>As it stands TOTAN is the free table when someone first gets TPA. I believe that to be the perfect intro to TPA, add to that the free monthly table and anyone who can have even a remote interest in pinball will latch on.</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>Again I understand where your coming from and your heart is in the right place, but its a disservice to TPA customers and the tables themselves to nerf them beyond playability just to appease a new customer who may or may not like pinball at all.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="rob3d, post: 153588, member: 18"] Pinball is not easy, it was never meant to be. It requires timing, skill, and luck to keep the ball from draining. Even if you made a table where every shot has the "magical can't miss vortex effect" that the catapult shot on medieval madness has, you still have to contend with rules memorization, situational awareness, and effective point strategy. To ask thousands of pinball arcade veterans to back a kickstarter where a high profile table is gimped to please an uncertain number of newcomer customers is kickstarter suicide. These tables are meant to recreate actual existing machines. I get what your saying about approach-ability for new comers but that kind of thing can be left for when farsight begins developing their own original tables. The only reason I was ever interested in TPA was because of the then unlikely possibility of a TZ release (it was literally the only pin I can remember playing as a kid, and I am fanatical about all things TZ), but it was TOTAN that cemented the fact that I needed to have every table FS releases. I knew nothing of pinball, I was a keep flipping till the ball drains kind of player. I didn't even know there were actual rules to a pinball game till I saw the ruleset in TOTAN. It is a fairly easy table to get into, the modes are clearly accessible through a single easily repeatable shot, and the dmd tells you exactly what to do to complete a mode. That coupled with the amazing rulebook FS includes is the winning combo that has made me by all 3 seasons on 3 separate devices like a crazy person. As it stands TOTAN is the free table when someone first gets TPA. I believe that to be the perfect intro to TPA, add to that the free monthly table and anyone who can have even a remote interest in pinball will latch on. Again I understand where your coming from and your heart is in the right place, but its a disservice to TPA customers and the tables themselves to nerf them beyond playability just to appease a new customer who may or may not like pinball at all. [/QUOTE]
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