Stern just posted 1.21 for GOT LE
http://www.sternpinball.com/games/game-of-thrones/le

I think we're back to awesome. My game is playing flawlessly so far.

Yes and no. Some minor adjusting may be necessary but don't forget that a lot of people just can't leave well enough alone and have to try and improve some things that aren't broken. Every machine will be different, Most will be error free out of the box, some will need tweaking. The early adopters will have this all sorted out by the time you get your machine and Stern will take care of you if you have any problems. What are there five or six hundred LE's? and we have a dozen people posting issues. That's just the learning curve. This game is awesome. Any minor issues you might have will soon be forgotten once everything is up to speed.

Nice. It's funny, with the original code I was having a blast. After the first upgrade I could not get a decent game going with the WIC bug as it ruined the flow of the game for me. With the latest code I'm loving the game all over again. My complaints are pretty small now, the black trim shows fingerprints worse than chrome and the slingshot plastics should have chicks or dragons on them, not gearwheels. Somebody please make some good looking slingshot plastics, please. I'd also like to be able to battle as may houses as can be lit at once and not just two. It's not that easy to light more than two houses at once, anyway, so why not just be able to thrash away at all of them at the same time if you can light them?

You're overlooking the fact that this is a full featured and complex machine. Stern usually completes the learning curve with the pro model. In this case the LE is vastly different from the pro and has tons more parts and features. They are really two different machines so the learning curve had to start all over again on the LE. Mine had a stuck switch, that's not even worth mentioning. I posted the washer spacer fix for the elevator screws. I can see how that got overlooked. No biggy at all to throw a couple washers in if necessary. Overall the awesomeness of this game far outweighs any minor inconveniences for me. New machine has a new learning curve, that's all, the people that don't want to deal with it can wait for the premium.

Then it's all about expectation. There is no such thing in all the world as "perfect" Anyone who expects perfection has only disappointment to look forward to. There is no assembly line in the world that can produce 100% perfect items 100% off the time. I see all these issues as minor. You can disagree if you want to. This game rocks even with minor problems and yes I think a broken throne is a minor problem. A cracked ramp can easily occur but it does not impede gameplay in any way. You obviously love to tear into a game to see what makes it tick which is great, but that doesn't mean that minor flaws that you find make this a bad game. Even if your backglass is scratched , so what? Stern will replace it. There is no hardship in waiting for another one. Your game can still be played until a replacement arrives. You seem to think the assembly line worker intentionally put bad parts in your game. Isn't it possible they didn't notice it was scratched? Stern is running full bore just to get machines out. I think it's amazing they can get as much done as they do.

There is some room for assembly line variations. Any part can be mounted in a slightly different position because there is a small gap between mounting screws and the screw holes they go through in the part itself. If a weldment is mounted with four screws and you loosen the four screws a bit you can spin or adjust the part and retighten it in another position. With as many parts as there are in a machine it's truly impossible for any two to be exactly the same. You can put ten machine of any title next to each other and no two will play exactly the same. One of my first jobs was joining the United Auto Workers (UAW) and working on the assembly line at a GM assembly plant so I'm sympathetic to an assembly worker. The job just plain sucks. Endless muscle pain and cramps from repetitive motion and it's boring, boring, boring. Assembly workers have some of the highest rates of drug abuse, alcoholism, and depression, at least they did at GM. When I was there way back when in the early eighties it was scary. The average 35 year old on the line looked 60 years old. They were all just sticking it out for the benefits. I got out fast.

and removes all switch errors and tech alerts.

I'm not making excuses, I'm just posting what I've experienced. This is a forum, right? As stated before only a handful of people have had issues. Isn't it funny that that 99% aren't having problems? There will always be the guy that takes a high res close up of an 1/8th" crack in a ramp to try and make it look like the Grand Canyon and then jumps on the internet screaming Stern sucks!! I'm just saying this game doesn't suck, it's amazing. GOT has the potential to become a long term classic and I have never said that about any other game before, ever.

Have you called Stern tech support directly? Chas will have the latest info and can probably help you sort through your issues faster than anyone else.

Stern had a bad batch of node boards. They are super fast getting out replacements. This shouldn't be a problem moving forward. If you want to test further Node board 8 and 11 are interchangeable if you want to confirm it's a board problem. There is a position switch you have to adjust if you swap the boards into other positions.

Thread title updated to 1.22.

There are two USB ports in the Spike board. I have had updates fail in one port and then work in the other. It seems obvious to try this if you're having difficulty but thought I'd mention it anyway.

I just posted an easy battering ram mod if you want to make your battering ram shot much easier:

https://pinside.com/pinball/forum/topic/game-of-thrones-battering-ram-fix