I like this idea

I would just like to see Extra Ball light up more often, and have a different sound for drone hits. Everything else is perfect. Don't go giving the Mona Lisa a boob job.

me too, I've played mine several hundred times and gotten the extra ball about 5 times on default settings.....

It's not going to happen, but if it does...

1) handless skill shot - make the right lane without hitting a flipper button for the skill shot, make it worth 2x what the one now is.

2) postless skill shot - hold the left flipper to disable the post. Fire the ball in and if it spins the left flipper and then does something (I'd vote Whiplash) immediately next, have it be worth something.

3) instant info - yup.

4) make extra ball earnable - I generally turn extra balls off, but making it earnable would be nice.

5) attract mode flipper sounds - I don't think it has any. Love these.

Having said all that, if these are the only gripes *I* have with the game, it's basically flawless as is.

Would you believe I had two extra balls lit in the same game? Only collected one, but still pretty crazy.

Please Mr Lyman, The Version is still not at 2.0
can we please have another IronMan update.......

Knocker for EB and Special.

Dan

That's why I added a knocker. Put a small screw in the plunger tip and it is loud now!

Dan

Just someone sort out the extra ball - a tiny update would be fine

IM already has best ruleset Stern has ever done........for me anyway

Okay, maybe the Mona Lisa could use a facelift.

Good point about the skill shot. I like the one skill shot that involves the flippers on LOTR (shoot the right orbit). That would be a good one for IM. Better yet, increase the award for every consecutive right orbit shot made without hitting another switch.

The other thing that could use tweaking is the SHIELD award. "Drone added" gets a little old; how about "Extra Ball Lit", "Big Points", or "6 second ball save"?

Is there a finished rulesheet that explains the shield awards given what is going on in the game or explains how EB and Special are lit?

I have not been able to find anything.

Dan

Generally a shield award is the bonus multiplier, but occasionally it will light EB or special instead. If you've started bogey or IM scoring, it adds time. If you're in multiball, it adds a ball and gives you some ball save time.

This is a good start to the list.

Also, I have seen the first shield award 200 K if nothing else is going on. Maybe we should start a new thread?

Dan

Some things I'd like to see (but has not stopped me from playing the heck out of this pin over the past 2+ years):

1. Earnable extra ball(s) (important) and special (less important). I feel earning extra balls would help toward DoDMB. I wrote a long diatribe on the difficulty of reaching this mode on factory

2. Status check with ball cradled for hits needed for Drones and Whiplash

3. Stop the 2x scoring timer that runs during Jericho animation

4. Allow for triple stacking of multiballs (Iron Monger, War Machine, Whiplash) Or as an option with double stacks, with respect to Whiplash and War Machine, be able to stack War Machine (if lit) if a player happens to start Whiplash first rather than only being able to only start War Machine then stack Whiplash. I'd also like to be able to stack Monger and Whiplash somehow.

5. Scoring progression for Monger jackpots. Multiple super jackpots in a multiball should increase in value.

6. Some sort of "real" skill shot. (Not that big of an issue to me though)

Have you disabled the orbit post? That will create a real skill shot for you.

I worry this will take away from the game. One thing I love about IM is the way you have to be strategic with what you stack. On Tron, almost everything is stackable except for disc multiball, so you don't have to consider trade-offs when going for something. If everything stacked together, I think the strategic element would suffer.

_{Post edited by jayhawkai : tried to clarify what i meant}

How about some better call outs for Suuuppppeeerrrr Jackpots!?! I hardly even know if I've collected one or not....

I know it is an option, but as I said the skill shot is not that important. At least as the skill shot rules currently exist.

The skill shot only awards points, (250K+275K+300K). There is no bonus multiplier advance, or progress toward any other goal other than lighting 1/6 of the SHIELD lights.

Now, suppose the post were disabled and then plunging the ball into the lit rollover SHIELD lane immediately advanced the bonus multiplier along with points, that is a vastly different goal.

But to me, disabling the post with current rules and skill shot scoring is just something different to do to make us feel there is a skill shot. I am not playing the game really caring if there is a major skill shot. My excitement is with other features of the game.

Again, not really a complaint. Figured we are talking wish list stuff anyway

Ah, that's right. I was thinking of what the kicker awards when shield is not lit.

I think there is some beauty (and strategy) in multiple multiball stacks when you have to think of how to set it up right. BSD, ACDC, CV immediately come to mind

But I see your point

Now I want to play those games. I've played all three, but have very limited time on each.

Perfect.

The current rules...
0. Turn on machine
1. Push "Start" button
2. Plunge ball
3. Enjoy

They look good to me.

Loved mine while I had it.

If peoples want stern to do a rerun of IM they need to write to them in bulk. once stern know theres a sizable market out there they will make a run. They need to know...

I agree ,, IM 3 looks to be another Killer movie !!~ And to see Stern bring back the Pin ,, Noooo !~!

But , a New Code incorporated w/ the 3rd Movie ,,, Yes !~!

I would love to see a new code release for IM. I think a lot of the suggestions you guys mention are neat. The ability to "earn" an extra ball would be #1 on my list! As for them doing a re-run I doubt it but I've been wrong before.

I strongly agree with all of these; I only deleted the stacking bit as that might change the game too much, is part of the appeal the limited stacking options (e.g. making it more tactical, and locking you out of certain options if you just flail about).

Other ideas: Making DoD multiball less ridiculously hard by lowering or changing the requirements for it? e.g. a certain amount of score off of most of the modes rather than 100% completion?
It could be set to be an option, I do like it the way it is but it is unattainable. I have never heard someone claim to have seen DoD multiball during a game, let alone on factory settings.

Still, part of the appeal of this game is the unattainability. It is like being almost able to reach valinor in ~10 minutes, and never making it (iron man, monger, war machine flashing... followed by drain... ).

I had an extra ball and a Special in one game today.

Got Do or Die jackpot then straight into Jericho at 2x. Nice!!

Unfortunately the Jerico lasted exactly 10 seconds doooooooooooh

rd.

While playing recently I had an idea I really liked on how to make DoD multiball more attainable, or an alternate goal to do with getting the character inserts flashing. Of course I can't remember it now

I don't think this is it, but one possibility would be to make inserts flash if you complete them in Jericho, in addition to normal completion during play. This would only usually be valuable if you make it to Jericho on your first or second ball, and Jericho completions are so rare that I don't think this would lead to DoD automatically. But it would allow for you to get up to several inserts lit on a great game in Jericho, then you just have to focus on whatever is left on your remaining balls (hopefully its not drones or IM targets ).

One caveat: This should then get rid of the 50mil bonus for completing Jericho, having DoD Multiball lit if you complete it should be enough of a reward

One negative with this idea is it causes you to value your balls differently, e.g. some players might get into the mindet that "if you don't have Jericho on ball 1 or 2, then reset the game". IM is great in that it is essentially 3 single ball games, and any ball can be that insane game breaking one.

^^^

I always value my balls ....

rd.

I think I've seen 2 extra balls in the year I've owned IM.

I think this would be a great addition, but I would vote right ramp instead of Whiplash as a super skill shot. I would also agree with the "hands free" skill shot on the rollovers that someone else mentioned...and make sure it is a random rollover lane lit each time.

I'm not super familiar with Iron Man, but I have played it a few times. I went to a friends last week and played and instantly knew something seemed different. It ended up he did have his top post disabled. It felt so much better at the plunge that it wasn't just plunge at full strength and you automatically get the skill shot (as I remembered it being). I was wondering though, what else is the post used for? Anything...or did it only pop up at the plunge? Does it normally pop up when balls are auto plunged during multi-ball?

I really think Iron Man could be like AC/DC was for me. A game I didn't care for at first, but I think I would really like it after getting a feel for it.

The ball spends a lot more time in the pops with the post enabled. With the post disabled, pop bumper scoring is less relevant - but who cares. With the post disabled, you need skill for the skill shot. But I think the real skill shot is to plunge lightly, so that you can quickly get the ball under control on the right flipper.

Is the Mongrel only in the Australian version of the game?

IRON MONGREL! HES A REAL MONGREL!!

Must come from West Sydney!

haha couldn't resist!

rd

if they were to change anything on Iron Man

2 things

1 - Shooter Lane sound
2 - add a loop champ feature as those balls whip fast and would be sweet if awarded
3- combos
Animation - tony flying arcoss the world at different thrust speeds displayed on the DMD

Im3 came out already in the uk on 25th April