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<blockquote data-quote="Eternal21" data-source="post: 275911" data-attributes="member: 7302"><p>Congrats and damn - you beat me by 1 day <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite1" alt=":)" title="Smile :)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":)" />. It's definitely harder than 3M on Genie, which I think took me about 1 month (spent 6 weeks on this table). </p><p></p><p>After a while, I got so sick of this table, I would only play one game a day. I didn't bother restarting on bad initial balls, I would simply play through the 3 balls (and whatever extra balls I earned), until the game was over, and then do something productive for a change. Got as high as almost 9M pts, because of the constant back and forth between losing the ball and then getting 2 balls cycle. In the game I finally reached 360, I must've done that 2 ball restart at least a dozen of times.</p><p></p><p>I got 240 for the first time after about a week or two of playing. Then I'd get into 200's every couple days afterwards. A week ago I got all the way up to 305. Today I got lucky because just around 280 I got 3 balls and was able to score 60 pts which brought me to 340. At that point, my heart was racing like crazy, because I still had to hit 10 targets to get to 360. Ended up just making it and going down to 1 ball a few seconds afterwards (not on purpose). At that point, I obviously drained on purpose, to get the 500,000 bonus goal done. </p><p></p><p>Glad I'll never have to look at this table again. I got so used to playing it, that now that I moved on to the next table (I'm trying to get all trophies in the <a href="https://psnprofiles.com/trophies/2335-pinball-arcade/Eternal21" target="_blank">PSN order</a>), I would start the game and wait, while nothing was happening. Got so used to Goin' Nuts launching the ball on its own, I keep forgetting I need to use the plunger on the new table.</p><p></p><p><strong></strong></p><p><strong>My strategy:</strong></p><p></p><ol> <li data-xf-list-type="ol">I could never get the left backhand shot working on PS4. So in my games I relied on 2 ball restarts. Hit the lower right target to light the left bulb. It's better than the right bulb, because you can hit it from either right flipper, or left flipper (by going through the top loop, and then holding upper flipper, so the ball rolls off it and hits the gate - see my video below at 13:00 minute mark to see it in action). It works 90% of time unless your ball is going really slow through the loop at which point you want to attempt hitting the captive ball instead as the ball is coming down.</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ol">Use bright balls that contrast with the table. The best ones I found were the green glow balls. You can see the ones in the top field, even when you are focused on the ball in the bottom.</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ol">Whenever I had multiple balls in the bottom field, I would try to hit them into upper playfield. But as soon as I had only one ball on the bottom, I would go for green targets in the center. There's just no point in wasting time shooting the ball in upper playfield, because it's not much safer, as it will oftentimes just fall at the right angle at a high speed when you can't catch it. I found that quickly racking up points by shooting the green targets (and red every now and then) is the best strategy. I would keep hitting the right flippers every few seconds to score lucky shots with the balls in upper playfield.</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ol">Turn off the sounds, and listen to your favorite podcast instead. I ended up playing just one game a day after a while, because I got sick of it, but if you listen to something you like it, makes the whole experience bearable.</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ol">For the 500,000 bonus you need to drain at at least 300 seconds, because with all the bulbs light you only get 200,000 pts (not 250,000 as some people assume).</li> </ol><p></p><p></p><p>Here's my video:</p><p></p><p>[MEDIA=youtube]VCW5YDUDb5Y[/MEDIA]</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Eternal21, post: 275911, member: 7302"] Congrats and damn - you beat me by 1 day :). It's definitely harder than 3M on Genie, which I think took me about 1 month (spent 6 weeks on this table). After a while, I got so sick of this table, I would only play one game a day. I didn't bother restarting on bad initial balls, I would simply play through the 3 balls (and whatever extra balls I earned), until the game was over, and then do something productive for a change. Got as high as almost 9M pts, because of the constant back and forth between losing the ball and then getting 2 balls cycle. In the game I finally reached 360, I must've done that 2 ball restart at least a dozen of times. I got 240 for the first time after about a week or two of playing. Then I'd get into 200's every couple days afterwards. A week ago I got all the way up to 305. Today I got lucky because just around 280 I got 3 balls and was able to score 60 pts which brought me to 340. At that point, my heart was racing like crazy, because I still had to hit 10 targets to get to 360. Ended up just making it and going down to 1 ball a few seconds afterwards (not on purpose). At that point, I obviously drained on purpose, to get the 500,000 bonus goal done. Glad I'll never have to look at this table again. I got so used to playing it, that now that I moved on to the next table (I'm trying to get all trophies in the [URL="https://psnprofiles.com/trophies/2335-pinball-arcade/Eternal21"]PSN order[/URL]), I would start the game and wait, while nothing was happening. Got so used to Goin' Nuts launching the ball on its own, I keep forgetting I need to use the plunger on the new table. [B] My strategy:[/B] [LIST=1] [*]I could never get the left backhand shot working on PS4. So in my games I relied on 2 ball restarts. Hit the lower right target to light the left bulb. It's better than the right bulb, because you can hit it from either right flipper, or left flipper (by going through the top loop, and then holding upper flipper, so the ball rolls off it and hits the gate - see my video below at 13:00 minute mark to see it in action). It works 90% of time unless your ball is going really slow through the loop at which point you want to attempt hitting the captive ball instead as the ball is coming down. [*]Use bright balls that contrast with the table. The best ones I found were the green glow balls. You can see the ones in the top field, even when you are focused on the ball in the bottom. [*]Whenever I had multiple balls in the bottom field, I would try to hit them into upper playfield. But as soon as I had only one ball on the bottom, I would go for green targets in the center. There's just no point in wasting time shooting the ball in upper playfield, because it's not much safer, as it will oftentimes just fall at the right angle at a high speed when you can't catch it. I found that quickly racking up points by shooting the green targets (and red every now and then) is the best strategy. I would keep hitting the right flippers every few seconds to score lucky shots with the balls in upper playfield. [*]Turn off the sounds, and listen to your favorite podcast instead. I ended up playing just one game a day after a while, because I got sick of it, but if you listen to something you like it, makes the whole experience bearable. [*]For the 500,000 bonus you need to drain at at least 300 seconds, because with all the bulbs light you only get 200,000 pts (not 250,000 as some people assume). [/LIST] Here's my video: [MEDIA=youtube]VCW5YDUDb5Y[/MEDIA] [/QUOTE]
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