Quoted from Aurich:

I finally get to join this thread properly, been wanting one of these for a little bit now. Picked up a really clean LE yesterday from a friend and fellow Pinsider. I'll probably tinker with it a bit, I usually do, but for the moment just hooked it up to a sub and and am enjoying getting the feel for the gameplay.

Quoted from yoshootme:

hitting the captive ball (after completion of all items , snake, sparky and cross) will then lock those items, so when you make that shot again, and till the GAME is over, you will get credit for a snake , a cross and sparky. if you don't lock the lane (by hitting the captive ball) the items need to be relit after a drain. its funny that my highest score to date was done before knowing the rules! imho, the best pinball game out there! waiting for the honeymoon to be over. lol

Quoted from Shapeshifter:

Anybody hit End of Line yet?
I had a freaky ( for me ) game of 292 million with 3 CIU's so wondering if anyone got EOL yet?
And then feeling great, next game was 4 million!

Quoted from Eskaybee:

Holy crap well done! Good to see that a lot of points can be earned in CIU. When I had my measly 300+ mil game I drained on battery CIU just before collecting and the jp was in the 50's with double scoring running so that would have been 100+, I was so pissed! ...but 300mil?!! Kudos to you!

Quoted from jathomp22:

You got to light them twice to get one band member, 3 times for the 2nd band member, 4 times for the 3rd band member and 5 times for the 5th band member. I've only got end of line started one time and I choked and didn't even hit one shot.... Basically, you have to light them all 9 times to start end of line.

Quoted from NightTrain:

What do you guys think about a shaker in this game? I love shakers. I have one in my IMve and LotR. Just wondering if it's integrated nicely and if I should pick one up for this game.

Quoted from BOBCADE:

This worth complaining about?

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Quoted from Roostking:

I moved my outlanes. Its my game, Ill be the one playing it mostly, I paid for it, so Im setting it up how I want lol
My lip is a bit higher and its just something I think you have to deal with.

Quoted from phishrace:

No, what you're describing is what happens after you finish a shot. At the beginning of the game, one major shot will be 'marked'. You can tell the marked shot by the flashing arrow insert on that shot. You can either change the marked shot by shooting another major shot, or you can work on the already marked shot.
Once a shot is marked, you can 'finish' it by shooting the other major shots while that shot is marked. Hit Sparky and the Sparky insert below the marked shot lights. Hit the snake and the snake insert under the marked shot lights. Once you get all four inserts lit, you get a hurryup at the captive ball to finish the shot and lock it in. Once it's locked, it acts like you described above. Each shot gives you credit towards CIU for Sparky, snake and graveyard. *The marked shot can move.* Keep your eye on the flashing arrow. That's the currently marked shot.
The captive ball hits have their own shortcut. The inlanes start a brief hurryup for double hits on the captive ball. Can't recall if it's just double for coffin MB or if it's just for CIU (don't own one). Using instant info to see how close you are to the next CIU mode is a must. There's a screen specifically for CIU requirements. Use it. Most often, you'll have everything but the coffin finished. There's no point in hitting any other shot if all you need is coffin hits. From watching others much better than me, I've learned that the right ramp is the best overall shot to get back to CIU. Post passing is easy on MET. If the ball is on the right flipper, I'll pass it to the left flipper and shoot the right ramp. The right ramp is safe and it returns to a flipper. Easy money.
I also always go for the super skill shot on the right ramp. If I'm really lucky, it's marked for the super duper (flashing arrow) and I make the shot. One flip, right ramp completed. If it's not the super duper and I make the shot, I collect the super points and have the right ramp marked. If I miss, I quickly look to see which shot is the super duper and see if I can make that shot before time runs out.

Quoted from Aurich:

A better question is when are you replacing those red dots with a ColorDMD?

Quoted from Aurich:

I can hit the scoop just fine. (Unless CIU is lit. )

Quoted from LOTR_breath:

This happened to me the other night. On 3rd ball, shot left ramp which started both SnD and Lady Justice at the same time. Hit a pick target and immediately drained. Scored 100k for Seek and Destroy and 100k for Lady Justice! Top that!

Quoted from pinchamp:

I love my block bounce shot into snake mouth on one side for double hit and the block bounce shot to sparky on the other. It would kill me to give it up and I know the captive ball won't do the same... Or does it?

Quoted from Guinnesstime:

Mine still has the block from 2 years ago. I get bounces into the snake and magnet depending how on force/direction.

Quoted from yzfguy:

Man...I got my monsters last November and in four months I have 1098 games played.

Quoted from rawbars:

I assumed the post was meant to not only send the right loop shot into the pops, but the left as well. So are you saying the left loop shot is meant to reject back down the left side? If so then it is definitely doing its job.

Quoted from centerflank:

Maybe it needs to hit the stand up target and not just the rollover?

Quoted from yzfguy:

This is the opposite of what is true on my game. With the metal post installed, he ball comes up the left orbit, stalls and then falls down into the pops.

Quoted from Aurich:

FWIW my guy still wants to do this, he even built a rotocast rig for it, I've seen the video of it in action. Just busy like me is all, hard to make pinball mods a priority sometimes when life keeps throwing other things for you to juggle. I'm just now catching up on this thread for instance, which is why I'm replying to an 11 day old post!

Quoted from Aurich:

I talked to him yesterday, it's still something he's working on doing. I'll update when I actually have news.

Quoted from kpg:

I love the hammer, two stage snake, rising cross, light show, and art of the Premium. I'm sure the Pro is just as fun, but the small amount of extra $ it costs to go Premium, it's worth it for these extra features that add so much to the MET experience. It really just depends on budget and if those features are worth it or not- to some they are, to me- "Hell ye-ahh!"

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Quoted from Sparky:

I owned the LE since release, and sold it last May. I've owned the Pro LED since then, but I don't miss the LE. The only thing I "miss" are the spinners and rgb inserts, but I don't miss the hammer, snake jaw, or motorized cross at all. In fact, my pro plays so much better without the hammer and snake jaw.

Quoted from TOK:

Its just a little thing, but I wish they'd update the ball saver text to a font/graphic that matches the game. Everything else is so cool, and this frequently seen message is just generic text.

Quoted from mtp78:

Just got it and have no idea what I am doing . Action is fast and furious.I can't even end look at the dmd . Really great game

Quoted from yzfguy:

Same here...played a dozen or so games and heard no new call outs.

Quoted from roddog:

I did flip dip switch 8. Still nothing. When I insert the USB stick, a green light lights up. This leads me to believe that the machine recognizes that there is indeed a USB in there. However, it never advances from this screen.
Side note: I can also not back up data to a USB. No USB functionality seems to work. I have tried multiple sticks as well.

Quoted from gweempose:

No choice. Seek and Destroy starts as soon as you nail the 5th hurry-up, which is usually about 10 seconds before I drain ...

Quoted from konghusker:

Was playing tonight with people over and suddenly the mystery hole gave an error message. Opened it up and found a wire broke off of coil and what seems to be a blackened plastic where coil and wire connect. Anybody else ever have this and aside from resoldering wire on, is there anything else to be concerned about? How does a wire suddenly break off?

Quoted from Sparky:

Maybe it's just me, but the snake's tongue looks crooked in your pic.

Quoted from Dee-Bow:

shitty deal! Looks like she's getting old and developing granny boobs.

Quoted from Sparky:

I have seen people mention MET is like chopping wood, but I don't really understand this. If they mean they have to keep bashing something over and over, I'm assuming they're only playing for specific multiballs for competition purposes(?). If you're playing the game to progress through the game (reach CIU modes), the coffin is the only thing you need to bash multiple times (7 times, if you take advantage of the double-hit inlanes). Everything else you can collect by hitting the lit insert lanes. Setting a few of the lanes up doesn't require repeatedly bashing graveyard, Sparky, or Snake. Avoiding Seek n Destroy also helps reach the other CIU's faster.

Quoted from Macca101010:

I've had a few balls get caught behind the hammer. Just wondering if there's a fix for it?

Quoted from ChipScott:

My right ramp flasher on my MET Pro went out this evening while playing. (For completeness sake in this querry, I do/did have small strip UV LEDs attached/alligator-clipped to both ramp flashers that I had brought up to the pf to light installed spinners when flashers go off, had been working fine and looked cool)...anyway, I thought is was a bad bulb at the right flasher, had a spare and replaced it, but didn't fix the issue. Went through test, every other lamp and flasher were working fine. Examined the flasher housing and all wires looked good on inspection. Went to the backbox and didn't see anything unusual. Removed the alligator clips holding the LED strip on both sides, no difference. Ran test again...everything working but right ramp flasher.
It's driving me crazy!
Any ideas? Thanks!