3x H2H is where the real points are at. The others dont amount to much.

Rob_G: I believe that the points on the lower playfield affect the scoring in the rest of the song, but don't quote me on it.

<<3x H2H is where the real points are at. The others dont amount to much.>>

But I thought Hells Bells was the most lucrative mode to play on this game? Some guy does nothing but play this song over and over and never switches and gets like hundred millions of points. Something to do with VIP but also mini-playfield exists on this mode too, so it must be part of it! Rules should not allow same song from jukebox more than once, this is just silly!

Note: mini-playfield is exploited by tourney players because you build jackbot values without ANY risk of draining your ball. So they stay in mini-playfield again and again and end up living in hell. And remember face shots are worth like x3 amount of side shots, so shoot face only and then you win the tournament and get a trophy at PAPA. Game over.

It is not silly ,it is a choice and choices in pinball are a good thing. That is what makes AC/DC so bad ass .

The strategy behind Hells Bells is two fold

1- the VIP pass in Hells Bells means hit the bell. Hitting Bell 3x lights 2x and then 3x playfield. So it's easy to get the playfield multiplier 'on-demand'
2- the lower playfield builds song jackpot without any risk of draining and does not require any additional qualifying shots except for getting the ball to the saucer behind the bell. Hitting the bell once also lights all shots to build song jackpot

So combine those two factors... get playfield multipler to 2 or 3x... get ball to lower playfield. Build jackpot like crazy... and/or use VIPs to easily light playfield multiplier before collecting that crazy jackpot.

The fact VIP hits the bell it makes it much easier to get the playfield multipler when you really want it.. and the song jackpot builds like crazy on the lower playfield.

But all of this being reworked by Lyman to balance the game out.. making it harder to qualify the song shots and adjusting the lower playfield modes. The software has already been used in tournaments.

<<The software has already been used in tournaments.>>

Are you saying a home release of new ACDC software code is imminent then? That would be great news

Not imminent, but I heard it will be released 'next week'.

<<Not imminent, but I heard it will be released 'next week'>>

Nah, it's probably just for tourney players on location at competitions. I've heard rumors of this code being used for quite awhile now. But home folks are not worthy enough to receive it.

The code didn't have anything else beyond some of these rebalancing changes. Probably Lyman doing it all on his own time so the game would stay competitive in competitions. They had been updating other titles a good bit over the winter. AC/DC is probably just low priority given it's pretty complete nature.