I'm in the club, just waiting to get the call from my distro thats its being built. Just found this thread. Lots of good info here

I've been having a few issues.
One has been addressed here with multi-player tilt and the next player ends before it starts. That so happens to me randomly in multi-player games. Especially when the multiball ship lock is involved.
Example. Player 2 has 2 balls locked in ship. Their ball ends. Player three hasn't started ship. They then light ship and lock 2 balls. The ship ball lock seems to get confused and doesn't see any balls, and kicks out all balls in ship but starts multiball with one ball. It eventually catches up, but the weirdness carries over for a few players. Like it ends the next player before it starts because there is an inordinate number of balls out for the previous player.

What was the outcome of this?
Mine has started doing this.

Hammer of the gods seems to be the task? Eluding me. If I don't get it on the skill shot, I find it almost impossible to get the ball up to the rollovers and light all 3 lanes. I've almost gotten to Valhalla multiple times.

What do you mean twice?
You have to light all 3 lanes 2x?
Thats damn near impossible. I can,t light them once, nonetheless 2x.

So far this area of the game is the most frustrating. Being repeated by all who've played the game many times.

This is the only task/requirement that has stymied me getting to Valhalla. The game plays itself and lends to aid in the other tasks. There should be one in the group that the most difficult. This one is mine.

So in my observations, soft plunging for the initial skill shot is tough. In my game there is no sweet spot for this shot. We have changed the plunger tip to a brighter color so we can see it and have made it a very small percentage of the times. It either goes past or gets to just before the rollovers and hits an invisible wall and returns down the right orbit.

I'll take into consideration using the combo hammer shots to the orbits. That is if I can make that shot accordingly.

LoV is unique in my experience where the shot to the rollovers don't have gates on either side and there is no way once you get the ball up there to stop at the rollovers and allow you to get the ball to them. If you do its blind luck.

I'm not asking for any changes or mods to the game. I'm solely asking for advice to improve my ability to get this task done if I have missed the superskill shot.

That was my initial impression. A super skill shot.
I do like that there is another way to get there, albeit many times harder to achieve, yet still there.
As I've said prior, soft plunging isn't really a thing that happens in our game. We just full plunge and hope to hit the boat and get the super skill shot. It possibly the most rewarding shot in the game, as well as hitting the boat lock for war at sea.
It takes a few plays to realize its not a trap and shoot game, which makes it more "funner" and suited to how I play.
I'm not advocating for rule changes, i was just looking for some clarity on that shot.

Another question from me is there a way to turn off the hurry up call outs. When Odin/Teolis asks you to play the ball or whats the hold up?

Another thing I've noticed is in the replay awards. They only are in 10 million. Is there a way to add 5 million point values to them?

I'm im puttering around, I might play a ball then go off to a task. I get shyte from my wife and Odin. I'll come back, but dang. Haha

The other was just a question. So we can incrementally up the target to get the extra ball

My second question from above was to be able to add 5 million to the replay/extra ball settings. But I understand from your reply that its a pain to make that happen.

Thanks for answering my questions and concerns

For the price you're saying. I'd be all over the LOV. NIB prices are inflated and the market corrects. But its a great fun game that has some tough shots and a really fun theme. Quality of build is pretty impressive in comparison to what you get from other manufacturers at the NIB price point. Worse thing for you is you don't like it and can flip it towards another game. Mine gets a ton of plays and its the game friends play when they're over

Can you hit the shot from the spinner up the ramp. It definitely slows the ball down where, after a bunch of practice, I can bit it almost 100% of time. My game is just below 7⁰

Made it to Valhalla last night. Stuff all lined up. Got two weapons then drained. But I made it there.

This is a favorite game in my house. My only ask for in a new code update is to be able to turn off the callouts before I launch the ball.
Whats the delay, etc...

Thank you!

At first I was dismayed at the way the game played. Its not like a new game.
It can be a bit frustrating learning how its different. But I'm a fan of a game that flows. I had to step back from my approach, I was trying to playvthis game like it was a stern or jjp type game. Its not. It flows like an early solid state game with modern lighting scheme. When that clicked, Its become a favorite of mine. I also can appreciate that the designers are here in the forum with tips and tricks to help you along. The playthrough that has been posted with how to reach Valhalla was really helpful and the shots needed are approachable and a kind of intuitive once you understand how the flow works.
Build quality is top notch. Especially for the price. Its an LE/CE build for between a pro and premium price. The "toys" are amazing in design and quality, the callouts are awesome. Though for me between balls the callouts can be a touch annoying. Hoping that they tweak that in an upcoming code update.
I think it's my favorite out of all the American products. I like Houdini, but I'll play 10ish game then move on. I could and have play this game all day by my self and with friends.
You will have to do some tweaks, as stated in previous posts in the thread. I was able to do the minimum to mine and make it smooth.
Its awesome to have a mirrored backglass like an old school game. That just adds to the allure.
Hope my perspective helps

Something new has been happening on my game. The ball eject takes a few attempts if it happens during a multiball mode it ends the ball. Thoughts?

Took out the rubber stopper, didn't have an issue today.
We're hosting a tournament at our house this weekend. Valhalla is one of the premier games that we have.
Its gonna get played, and afterwards its going to get played some more.

Cleaning and removing extra balls for our shindig/tournament.
The audits never lie, but the devil is in the details

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Game played well during tournament.
60 ish games over 11 hrs. Even made up a game we called blind luck. Where we covered the screen and playfield from the slings up, you were only able to see the flippers and slings.
There was a flipper fade at the end and the raid lights were yellow not blue. It definitely was hot from all the play.
Are there flipper fans available, or suggestions on how to cool the machine?

Thanks. I thought it was you

Bring on the code update!

People loved playing LOV, can't wait to see whats changed and improved

How are you downloading code?

I'm unfamiliar with Americans setup. I see that there is the link available, but I'm not sure what to do when I get there. How does the new code get to the game?

Code updated.
Very fun.
The trash talking for poor performance is excellent.
The scoring improvements made tasks like rampage rewarding.

Are you going to TPF?

Shaping up to be an amazing time.
Trying to gauge who will be there. Time is precious. Lots of people to chat with

I'd like to thank luvthatapex2 for helping me find the USB port to put the upgrade into the machine

This happened on mine after long play. It can get hot under the playfield. I installed pinmonk coil fans. Haven't had it happens since, but were having a tournament in a few weeks. That'll be the test

Its a tough nut to chew when you buy a NIB game and it loses about 2k right out of the box.

Mine has looked like this since I've gotten it. I opened a ticket with AP. I got no response for about 2 months then a email asking for pics. Since then nothing.

This is a favorite game of mine. Its only cosmetic, but because of this non-response. Ill never buy another AP game. Such shyte.

LoV showcasing a killer lineup at Adirondack Axe, in Queensbury, NY.

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