Yes, I think the strategy for Galactic vengeance should be to make a couple of more shots in the regular mission before you switch over to the galactic event to score more points for the vengeance shot. I personally don't have the nerve to wait very long before I go for the away team shot though =)

The galactic modes are cool, but I wish completing them carried over into Kobiyashi Maru the same way artifacts carry over into Final Frontier.

Ha, I actually didn't even connect the dots on how perfect that integration with the movie is. That is great!

I have yet to be able to do it, but I would think a good run on the main Space Jump lv 1 part (say, 7+ shots with some combos) and then the Galactic Vengeance shot as a combo to double it would give you quite a nice payout.

Well, it does, basically. Galactic is tough to activate but you can get some high scores from them. Those lv 1 mission scores are then used in KM as the jackpot values.

I was excited earlier because I got my best lv 1 mission score ever of over 10 M and then I got to KM. But I couldn't hit anything and lost KM quickly. Only got like 500,000 from it.

Could you elaborate on this. How do the level 1 mission scores affect KM jackpots? Has this always been the case, even on the old code?

Yes, this has always been true. The 2nd shot to each shot on KM is a value related to your score on the related mode (by color of insert: this is the same shot as the shot doubler for the same mode, with the exception of the warp ramp/vengeance). If you complete all six second shots (12 total jackpots), you complete KM multiball.

Yeah, you're basically a fool now for timing out modes, unless you're just into playing in the most boring conservative way possible. Galactic modes are fun, they make the level one modes way more interesting, and they'll really add up at KM multiball too I'm sure.

It was a super smart move on the team's part to do them, and combined with letting the last shot to the mode starts also count towards starting the next mode the game's wood chopping is gone as far as I'm concerned.

For the Prem/LE it would be awesome if when the Galactic mode = Warp Ramp if the chase lights on the ramp would pulse to let you know to hit it.

My only gripe with the Galactic modes is I'm not skilled enough to trigger them regularly before the mode 1 timers run out, but I guess that's on me. It's good design to have things for all skills in the game and I won't be winning any tournaments.

Yeah, but it gives you something to shoot for, and builds the pressure on you, so now the Level 1 modes feel like they're worth doing. Even if you're not nailing Galactic all the time you're having fun trying to get them going, instead of waiting for a timer to run out. That's why they were such a brilliant addition.

Same here, but it's cool when you have a good run and rack up some points. I got 10 M in DTD lv 1 today; by far my highest lv 1 score ever.

I swear sometimes I actually do worse now, though, because I get tempted to always go for away team and then I brick it repeatedly and drain.

couldn't you extend the timer for the L1 missions?

Positioning of the awards makes sense… after all

GalacticAwards.png

Don't think so.. Just didn't know where to put the title and it made sense to put it there.. just wanted something to better memorise the award locations as they don't seem to be well advertised visually with some exception.

I don't know if this was a bug or what but I got Galactic Vengeance and I think I had Vengeance Multiball ready to go also. Well when I hit the Vengeance, instead of starting with launching 1 extra ball it launched 2. After I hit the Vengeance ball on the magnet I got a 4-ball multiball instead of 3.

Was this because I started Vengeance multiball while galactic vengeance was on?

Did you happen to bounce off the Black Hole shot on your hit to the Vengence? Black hole can add a ball to the vengeance battle even before you release the ball held by the magnet.

The other day I thought the only Galactic mode that had a visual cue was the Lanes...but a few of them do. I noticed that Galactic Red Matter inserts all turn pink & Galactic Warp ramp Starfleet insignia blinks green. Earlier I said that I thought all the Galactic modes should turn blue....but I see they're going for the color of the mode you're in....so, that's cool - I just hope they do something consistent. So far we've got solid inserts, a blinking insert... maybe inserts for Galactic modes should change to the mode color & pulse. I think a pulse would be a good visual cue for Galactic modes, as I don't think we ever see an insert pulse effect for anything else....and that would be good for Pro owners since they can't change the colors of the lanes or red matter - at least they'd see the pulsing effect.

Third galactic lane scored 770000 for me, then all three lanes lit up again, got a fourth in, but didn't have enough time to complete the rest. So this is supposed to be added to the point value on the second shot in Kobiyashi MB later?

I tried going into the status report, held one flipper in while the ball was in the shooter lane via the away team shot, hit the other flipper to try to speed up the status report and the ball launched instead.

Yeah, this double flipper launch thing sucks, I gotta go into the settings and find where to turn that off. I have a plunger and the Punch It! button already, not sure why I'd ever even want it. Super laziness? Don't have to move your hands?

if the Punch It! button is broken, that would be the only way to start modes. which is what happened to me, mode selection was on and I forgot about this

_{Post edited by briandols: because calling it the Punch! button is lazy}

Hmm, I guess so. I'd rather just fix my button.

Yeah, that default must have changed with the update? I never hit it before but now had it happen twice accidentally already. Going to have to turn it off.

When I went through my settings, my eye did catch that double-flipper launch was set to On as default with this update. Which is unusual as I can't think of another game that defaults that to on.

OK, I'm an idiot....it seems that ALL the Galactic events have lights/inserts associated with them...I just thought they were the main mode's shots that were lit.

OK, so quick question. Can you complete the Galactic events? Like - I had Galactic Spinners going...there doesn't seem to be any indication on the DMD that you have a certain amount of spins to go or something.

Why does Galactic Spinners light the spinner & Mode Start inserts?

There's no goal to galactic events as far as I can tell. They just keep paying until time is up. The extra insert on G spinner seems to be there so you can combo every shot. You don't have to send the ball off to some unlit ramp wasting a shot to setup a combo.

Galactic events are just for bonus scoring. Rack up the galactic shots then hit the multi-colored final shot insert (when it's time) and watch your score go WEEEEEEEEE

Edit: I was able to pull off an 18M space jump 1 with a galactic vengeance shot of 12M

Only in the scoop: in the plunger lane, you can just plunge the ball. Y'know, with the plunger.

Yep, I must have done. I just tried it again tonight (Vengeance Battle while Galactic Vengeance was on) and it just added one ball like normal. So I think that I must have hit Black Hole or something before.

Every time I start Galactic Vengeance, it's always one hit & done...mode ends. Not sure if this is a bug or as intended...I mean, it makes story sense - you're trying to space jump into the Vengeance! So - you hit the shot...bam, Kirk & Khan land in the ship! However, isn't the point of the Galactic modes to rack up more points? Seems weird that you only get one shot. SKB is the points-master...what do you think?

I also just realized how well the Galactic shots were picked for the stories of the modes. Nero gets red matter cuz the red matter is in his possession....Save the Enterprise gets the Warp Ramp because Kirk & Scotty are trying to fix the warp drive...the Beam Me Up lanes work with Prime Directive since Kirk & Bones are trying to escape the aliens (and later on they have to beam Spock out of the volcano). Clever coding!

I'd like to find out more about how that one multi-colored insert out of all the final shots works. Unsure if it was tied to galactic mode or not when I played and perhaps the location of that shot is another goal tied to the shot<->mode map. That's my hope for tomorrow anyway.

The dual-colored final shot is worth 2x. Not tied to Galactic mode...was there in the previous code.

I was racking in combos and shots during SJ which was increasing the galactic event scoring. Then when I hit the away team shot and started galactic vengeance, I hit warp 9.1 for double scoring then combo'd into the vengeance. I was amazed to see a 12M galactic vengeance SJ hit followed by 18M total cause until that point I thought it was a pointless mode with it being one and done as rare hero mentioned.

Sort of on a side note: a few times I hit. 3 space jump shots, started galactic vengeance, finished it and started another mission all within 15 secs. Was kind of nice to just breeze through a mission for a change. I like the one and done aspect of that mission and as RH mentioned, ties into the story line perfectly.

Unless I misunderstood the question I have reason to believe it does tie into the galactic mode. For example, I was doing DTD, and started galactic spinner for 25k spin hits and got add time so had approx 40 secs of hammering the spinner and that's all I was focused on. Then I hit the multicolored final shot for around 10+ mil - would have been 20+ had I combo'd it or lit double scoring.

I've had games where I only get 2 or 3 mil from missions, then others where it's off the charts at 15M+! It's those games I need to focus on the kobayashi Maru and see how big those JPs are. It's this diversity and randomness based on play that I love this update thus far (bugs aside).

Exactly; except there is a timer so a risk/reward of unlimited potential scoring is non existant. They're all a bunch of hurry up modes which is awesome! (IMO). It keeps the game speed fast, fun, and intense!

No; the final shot does not appear until your galactic mode timer expires. Then every main shot (even blackhole i think?) lights up for the final shot except one (sometimes two) multi-colored 'bonus points' shot. If memory serves the bonus shot for each mission is:

DTD - Left Scoop
Klingon Battle - Left Ramp
Prime Directive - Right Ramp
Space Jump - fuzzy memory....right orbit? but none for galactic vengeance as it completes the mission
STE - Left or Right loop
Nero - hmmm, dont remember.

I don't believe Black Hole is one of the final shots; it's the main 7 insignia shots, plus Away Team now in 1.5 (possibly only if it was lit from 3+ shots during the mode -- not sure).

Space Jump's final shot is the Vengeance. Nero -- going along with some of the previous comments -- doesn't seem to have one. At least not lit differently.

I played a game about an hour ago. Nero did NOT have a final "bonus points" shot lit.

Nero just has every shot lit when it's time for the final shot. Perhaps by design? Like…Nero 1 is just a super easy mode for newbs?

Perhaps.

If that were the case, though, I think that all the shots would be multicolored to cash out on the galactic mode. I believe I saw a mode that had multiple (2?) multicolored inserts flashing at the end of the mode. It would maintain consistency throughout the game.

The dual-color shot isn't a "cash out" shot…it's always been there as a 2x shot.

Space Jump's Galactic shot is Vengeance - and you only have to hit it once, and it ends the mode. There's no cash out, you just get the points for hitting that shot.

One of us is confused. Some Level 1 modes always had a dual color 2x final shot. They still do, but now if you start Galactic event, it comes after your Galactic timer runs out. I don't think it has anything to do with cashing anything out, because some modes (Nero, Space Jump) don't have dual color final shots.

No. All shots become active for final shot even if you were in a galactic mode. But it would be cool if only the galactic mode shot and maybe the mission start were lit as final shots if you started a galactic mode, so you can do a setup combo for a final shot