Nope

No!!

No...it is so satisfying when i make double loops
or 1ramp then the post disable itself and make a
loop or 2.i made it to 3 loops in a row one time

I did.
Strap yourself in

this only hurts you.lol

Nope. Like it too when it goes all around 2 or 3 times in a row from right to left but not altering anything until I see the full game as meant to be.

Yep 100% better

No way. When the ball finally goes all the way round on combos, it feels fresh because I am used to it landing in the pop bumpers and it adds even more to the game when you can mix it up. I am probably one one the few that like it as it is (when it is not rolling back down, that is, he,he)

I do. Fuck that post. It rejects balls in the orbits almost all the time, super annoying. It never goes into the pops anyway because of that. I'd say the left side rejects 90% of the time, and the right orbit shots rejects around 50% or so.

I do not either.

I did not disable

same here. like to keep all my machines on factory settings.

on another note where is that lying pos birdie? that little foul bastard promised a met code update today. i have my usb in hand to beat that birdie with

Me three! This pin has exceeded my expections so far, and I played it a lot before I bought my premium.

Pin has potential to be one of the great ones when Lyman is done.

With the post down I have been enjoying it more

This is what happens on mine

Code between now and expo when I said end of next week I had my expo date mixed up. It's coming, I assure you.

No more, didn't work for me

You need to junk that stock plastic post and replace it with a metal up post. I'd say im down to around 10% or less on rejects from the left orbit and 0% on the right orbit.

I know it was mentioned before (I think in a different thread), but can you tell me the part number of the metal post? I'd definitely like to give ti a try at least. If I have anywhere near the results you are having with it, that'd be fantastic.

http://www.marcospecialties.com/pinball-parts/A-17986

I disabled the post for now

I hope new code will address the complaints

Replace that plastic post with a metal one. I did, and now the ball goes into the pops 80% of the time.

Edit: oops, Smassa beat me to it.

i did this--- mo betta yo

I put the the same post in and had to remove it because the ball would get stuck on the post when it was down because there is a little space between the playfield and the post it self because of the diameter of the armature.
Mabey I will try again

F that post, it is so pointless and a flow killer.
It's only there because Gary has a rule for every game:
Get the ball in the pops !

Just like my TRON, MET will have the post disabled for life.

I really don't know why you guys are so against the post. Its not that bad and does serve a purpose.

The purpose it serves is useless. Just like on Tron....

On Tron at least theres a super pops mode you could argue needs the post if you want to feed the pops (although Gem and left orbit are plenty for me) but on Metallica there is yet to be any reason to want the ball in the pops except for fuel mode (and on the premium/LE the spinners are better anyway) so the post will stay disabled until it only feeds the pops when it makes sense imo.

It's a flow killer.

It's purpose is to reject balls back the way they came? I don't think so. If it worked properly, then I'd agree.

That said, I'm going to order one of those metal posts to try to fix Stern's screwup.

I didn't mind that they would need more time to make the metallica code great. But now it's getting
ridiculous, still no announcement from STERN that we will get an update. There are threads and posts over posts with people crying for new code. You can't ask for it on facebook, the posts are getting deleted very fast. And if you ask the Stern support you will get this answer: "Please check our website periodically for future software updates."

How good and how big will this update be? When I take my WOZ as an example and what big steps this game took in the same time? I doubt they can realy compete codewise. Metallica is a keeper for me, layout is great, artwork is awesome and the theme is a dream theme for me. But in the future I will vote with my wallet, there are now enough other options, and I will not buy any more games that are lacking in one of the important areas of game designing.
STERN PINBALL, INC. is the leading maker of for short time fun but then boring and unfinished pinball games in the world!

That's one angry dude

Really we have read posts after posts...it's coming....next week, 2 weeks max, at the expo.

The expo came and went. Even worst at the expo we learned that we have now serious players who wants a piece of the pie. MMR, remakes threads after threads now I think Stern is focussing on that and codes are on a quo status.

X-men, Avengers, AC/DC, Metallica now Star Trek and who knows we have tons of rumors about Walking Dead. If they keep popping up pins with unfinished code whats the point besides making money asap to make sure they filled all our basemen and we can't buy pins from the competition.

Loosing fate guys, really this close to skip a few Sterns and go to Hobbits paradise

Unfortunately I have to agree. This will be my first and last NIB 'early adopter' purchase from Stern, or likely any manufacturer right now quite frankly.

What does loosing fate mean? Did you let fate go? Hopefully she wasn't "the one."

Nah not that kind of fate. Faith, sorry guys no big secret now : english is not my first language

Anyway, these are exciting times for pinball but I would really want my pins with a complete and full code before moving on. As you can see with my collection : AC/DC, Avengers and Metallica I pretty much had up the a$$ with full codes.

Can live with Avengers, solid game to me. AC/DC Premium is my favorite game and is pretty solid as it is but with final code could become the best of all time, to me. Metallica is missing a lot of basic features such as : end of the line, group feature and that son of a mystery with that 500 000 or fuel &@$?!

No worries, I'm sure it's 1,000 times better than my French.

IMHO, the only real problem with the current code is the mystery hole that gives only 500 000.
This pin is so sharp and unforgiving that the top combo modes and other rewards are pointless.

I truly believe that this playfield is not well designed, with way too many SDTM and outlane loss. And obviously, when you see how difficult it is to hit sparky without losing the ball, setting the number to 10 to have a multiball is simply unplayable. Same remark for grave markers, and no comment about Fuel.

At this point, I'm really disappointed

Really? Sounds like you have more problems besides the code. I have the same pin, and haven't experienced these ''playfield design issues''

This pin is awesome, and it's with unfinshed code.
Patience.

I'll shoot a video so you can see how bad is my experience.

D'ont waste time on a video,instead you should practice

Yeah sorry this is skill stuff you're describing Metallica is not an easy game to keep the ball alive, but it's no Iron Man drainfest either. The only playfield issues I have are the rear up-post and an occasional snake spit SDTM although that seems to have been remedied. There are far fewer dangerous moments in Metallica than ACDC for instance.

Sparky is almost too easy to get, and is easily one of the safest shots in the game... no damn pick targets to rocket things back at you. I actually don't focus on Sparky right now because the game is so cookie cutter to play. Every game would be the same so instead I try to progress the harder shots for something to do. In a tournament, it's Sparky all day.

The only thing i'll agree on is that the combos, fuel jackpots, justice for all mode, and even Fuel mode occasional amount to essentially no points compared to a good high score. Why would I shoot the Fuel 'End of Line" jackpot on a combo when its a paltry 1-2 mil, only to have the ball over in a dangerous area? Lady Justice is like, 300k a shot, on ramps that are quite difficult to combo continuously. Then get into a MB and boom, every shot is worth 300+k and can be multiplied by 4x. Makes the other shots pointless.

Nadda. Factory settings for this kid.

Disable the post. I dare you

And what? I might discover some unearthly delights?

Before I call someone out on English grammar, I always check to see where where they are from. In this case - Quebec.

Can't they just copy it from someone else? Isn't that what he has done his whole career?

I hope I'm wrong, but I'm not expecting Metallica code any time soon, even though it's already been a ridiculously long time even by Stern standards. I've heard that Lyman has more or less moved away from Metallica. Stern has too much riding on Star Trek right now and I don't think it's selling as well as they were counting on. They've already made 90% or more of the money they could ever make from Metallica, whether they finish the code or not. The timing sucks and that stupid hammer on the premium/LE used up all of the dedicated coding time from Lyman.

I will not be upset if I'm eating crow in short order here.

Then maybe they should understand that Metallica unfinished code is the reason why people are waiting on ST ?

Stern doesn't normally bring a developer onto a game they never worked on...e.g., Lyman was not brought onto X-Men, so if Lonnie is the main or overseer of ST, I can't believe Lyman is spending much time on ST, with Metallica code unfinished.

In the end, Lyman's name and reputation is pinned to Metallica, not ST... as well as Stern's reputation for not finishing code. It is in Stern's best interest, by far, to let Lyman finish Metallica.

Well, IF Lyman was completely dedicated to finishing Metallica still, I think we would have had a major code update by now. He must be spending time on something else, even if it's not ST.

Uh...

the playfield design is by far the best thing that this pin has going for it. It is excellent.