FWIW, that’s Very rare for that to happen on my game. Assuming you are level ...

I’ll bet it doesn’t happen as a percent of center drains even 10% of the time

I knew this would happen. My distributor wanted to deliver my premium today. Well today is the one day I'm out of town getting some tattoo work done. Maybe they will deliver tomorrow.

1. I haven't noticed any wear on the ant man scoop after about 100 plays. Cliff is currently getting his "basic protection" set right now. Once he's done with that he said he would work on the scoops and spinner.

2. I've had a few SDTM drains from the Captain America shots. You really have to nudge the machine as soon as it comes out of the pops in over to avoid drains. This still isn't a bad as the balls getting stuck in the Subway/VUK.

Go play a JP ASAP You'll fall in love 100%

I think Cliffy already has them.

no need to disable any settings .. my "do hickey" broke off and i just keep on playing ..i think the software is built to recognize when it isnt working or just works anyway.

Also willing to admit that it plays better without it . not sure if that will always be the case with code updates , but its unfortunate.

Dont hold your breath waiting for the replacement.

Yep, I think even just by glancing at the layout it's evident that can be a potentially dangerous exit spot at any pitch even if the machine is level.

I started hitting the Captain America shot pretty pure last night and had the ball really whipping the other direction out of Hulk pretty fast a few times. That got a bit hairy too.

Haven't had wear at Ant Man yet but I'd think a little bit of mylar on the rim of it would do the trick pretty easily. Similar to protecting a shooter lane.

I think it’s set high as that shot can be backhanded on the pro making it an easier shot.

Not me.
My infuriating SDTM drains are coming down the right orbit. If you under-shoot the skillshot, or the ball just happens to hang up and roll back down the right edge, it's a kiss off the rubber and you can SDTM or double danger. Every. Single. Time.

I was surprised there wasnt a metal bracket around that hole. Needs a cliffy.

The SDTM out of the pops is really my only frustration point with this game. Im wondering if putting a bigger rubber on one of those posts would help. My two newest games have this issue. Wonka and Avengers. Pops are death sdtm many times.

For some reason I can’t download .92 update. I’ve done this on multiple machines two dozen times and for some reason it’s not a file that any of my computers can read after the download. I downloaded the .91 and had no issues.

For the Marvel shot, it's a 30 spins to 1 ramp hit ratio.

Most of the time, but ramp rejects only hitting the opto won't award the lit shot, so you can complete it on the Pro even with slower spins compared to no progress on the Prem/LE with rejected ramp shots.

Yep, it's my only geometry complaint for the table. I can see it coming and feels like there's not much I can do about it without tilting. I thought the drop on Hot Wheels was bad, I take it back now. Keeps us on our toes, I guess. Seems Elwin likes to throw one of these in on his tables now.

Placing a gem on the Vision and Marvel shots have fixed effects since you can't level up either of the two Avengers.

I've experimented with some of the power settings to address a few issues I've had. My table is level side-to-side, but I'm intentionally leaving out my pitch degree because I'd like to find a good baseline that works regardless of pitch if possible. My goal is minimum viable power settings with consistent success:

Trough eject to 175 - Help avoid lane chipping. No reason to blast the ball eject into the right shooter lane plate, this seems to get the job done with no second eject attempts required.

Both lower flipper strengths to 248 - Trying to avoid or reduce flipper fade after long play times. I used the three ramps as a litmus test and this setting seems to work well for me. At 245 the right flipper struggled to make the left (Black Widow) ramp, and the left flipper had almost no slack on the cleanliness of any ramp shots. 248 seems to be past the point of struggle for both flippers.

Auto-launch power to 250 - Auto-launched balls always fell short of the back ramp and dumped into the pop area. It's counter-intuitive, although lowering the power I get very consistent launches that go all the way around to the right flipper now. I believe at 255 the ball loses too much momentum hitting the rail below the gauntlet (And occasionally airballing off the launch ramp into the gauntlet) to make it up the back ramp.

Reduce subway traversal delay to 600 ms - This is purely patience driven to speed up and smooth out the subway's pacing. I may have an upgraded subway mechanism, so this setting may not work for everyone. I tried 500 ms, although I had one instance where two balls ended up in the second lock position. This was before installing .92, so I may experiment with faster speeds again.

If it helps, you don't need to unzip the file, just download it on your memory stick (that is clean) and pop it in your game.

I have about 20 plays on a PRO last year on location. I really liked it and tried to order a premium this year but they are hard to find. Settled for a tmnt le.

Yes. I still think it's set a bit too high from Stern. I've battled for Soul Gem about 20 times out of 100 games I've played and I can only remember 2 times where I completed that shot with 1 hit and the other 6+ times, it required 2 hits. A few of those times were from a backhand and I realize that I didn't have enough spins too complete but a few times I thought I ripped the spinner and it didn't register. I hit the shot again and it registered almost instantly which leads me to believe it requires around 35 spins and maybe I had 34 spins with the first hit. When I rip the spinner it registers anywhere between 30 and 40 spins.

It arrived this morning. No clue how these rules work. The subway really needs a mirror blade. I’m 6’6” and have to lean way over the game to see what’s going on down there. So far everything seems to be working properly. Fingers crossed. I think my 3 year old might be a little scared of Thanos.

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Looks great nice collection. I found your comment funny with your son standing by the Walking Dead pin but he's scared of Thanos. Maybe just tell him Thanos is a zombie and he'll be good.

Do you have pics of your sorcerer anywhere? Love comparing others to mine.

He has no problem with TWD. It’s the deep voice of Thanos. And when you start a game he threatens you. He’s afraid to play it, but likes playing TWD.

https://pinside.com/pinball/forum/topic/wanted-sorcerer-cabinet-stencils?tu=vicjw66

There are some in the Sorcerer thread. The playfield was sent to John Greatwich for restoration.

Thanks mate, mine also has a Greatwich playfield.

https://pinside.com/pinball/forum/topic/to-save-a-sorcerer-or-how-to-spend-3000-on-a-1200-machine

I put a mirror in mine without attaching it to see what it's like. The game is off so it's a little dark.

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I’m not really seeing the point of the subway mech. It seems over complicated. You can’t see the balls traveling through the teeth very well, so what is the point? Why not just have it work like a ball trough?

Stern could have done that before they sent it out like that then?

I can see the top half or so of the balls that are in there, but that window should be larger so you can really see better.

Yes, I asked how these incredibly tight PF glass fittings weren't caught at the factory. Oh well.

Just my thoughts, but I think it's nice to have a ball lock that isn't taking up room on the playfield so it maybe allows for more room to work with in the shot designs on the playfield. And if you're going to have a ball lock underground, why not maybe try to liven it up and innovate a bit with a mech that lets you see balls progress through it?

I'm guessing its a fine line designers have to walk between using the same old mechs vs. taking a bit of a risk in developing a new one to keep things interesting. And probably no matter what route they choose probably 1/2 of people will wish it were different somehow. Unfortunately that sometimes will mean there are issues with the new mech. I'd bet on them being able to resolve the issues on this one though.

Good points EaglePin. Personally, I do like the subway but it has also caused a minor hiccup during multiball on my example with the ball sitting on the far right side by the vuk. It can always be nudged forward fairly easily.

I’ve emailed Pablo at Stern explaining the issue & included a pic of where the ball occasionally sticks. He has escalated to their engineers.
As others have mentioned in earlier posts, my hope is that it’s software related & an update will remedy the problem. It’s only during multiball that this has happened on my example.

It’s quite a punishing game- the outlanes can be deadly.
Still, my family is really enjoying the fast, frenetic gameplay.

Same

Make sure your plugin is formatted for FST32. I had this issue when i first tried.

Yep, same thing has happened to me a couple times in multiball where two balls get together between two fingers in the subway and the game loses track of them, then I drain and it takes a few cycles of ball search to find it. The balls get kicked apart from each other and then they march toward the VUK to come into play. I haven't seen it actually happen to notice if it's an issue with a ball scooting around a finger or a timing thing. Happened again last night too.

I'm really, really having fun playing this game. Had a game last night where I got 5 gems and over 500M. Brought 2 portal locks into at least two of the quests and had the Soul Gem early too but screwed up my shots trying to collect any Soul Gem jackpots or my score would have been a lot more. It's a lot of fun deciding where to put gems based on what you've already got and what you're thinking about going for next. And don't even get me started about how great it feels to shoot so many smooth 3 and 4 shot combos during a game.

well finally beat the soul gem mode for first time, that was a thrill. Of course I drained right away on balls 2 and 3 and ended up just beating my previous best by a few thousand. my GC is 113.5m.

Had the same issue. My fix was to unscrew the post to the left if your facing them and try to secure it down while pulling it toward you. This helps the rubber stick out just a bit more. I also pushed in the ball guide just slightly. Now the ball bounces to my left flipper, like it did in the reveal video with Keith, every time. Hope this helps because it’s frustrating, I know.

That’s funny my grandkids were afraid of the Black Knight. They wouldn’t go into the game room so I sold it.

Glass channel most likely.

I had this one time and hoped it was something that wouldn’t happen on location. There is no way to fix it other than remove the glass.

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I am still in this club as well. I switched the balls thinking they had become magnetized but that wasn’t a fix. It almost seems like the ball is resting on something inside the channel. I feel like the channel is tilted enough to make the ball roll even if it is the last one. I am starting to suspect that the metal fingers don’t retract enough to let the ball move??

I would love a fix because as is you end up cheating the game without even knowing.

It appears it’s getting stuck in the slot of the last finger. Cover the bottom half of it with Mylar. Should still be plenty of room for the finger to move up and down and the ball won’t get caught there. Same issue as Flight 2k sometimes.

Thanks, I may mess with that.
I wonder if anyone makes a thicker post rubber with the same inner diameter that would accomplish the same thing. Might be worth a try also

I’ve noticed when I get portal lock and the ball locks then the next time I get the gem quest it will eject both balls. There is no ball save so I know it’s not a multi ball. Any thoughts?

The portal locks are for the gem quests; that behavior sounds normal if you're getting multiball at the start of the quest. Are you sure there is no ballsaver? Is it disabled in adjustments?

Just received tracking for my Premium from my distributor! Patiently awaiting the call from FedEx and hoping for delivery tomorrow or Friday!!

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FEDEX strangely required a 24 hour notice once they called to set up delivery. So, once they do call you might need to wait a day. Patience!

In the club!

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My wife just asked me why an Avengers game has Worf from star trek talking about trophies.

Can't un-hear that now...

In v.91 of the premium, some of the multiball gem quest ball saves are either nonexistent, or so short they end by the time all the balls are ejected. Seemed to vary by mode. I know at least a couple times I insta-drained out a multi gem quest. Never had that issue on the pro.

Haven’t played v.92 code so I dunno if it’s fixed.

Ha! I have STTNG also and as soon as I read your post I could hear the similarity in my head. Now I probably won't be able to play either machine without it coming to mind. As soon as I hear Worf's voice in STTNG I'll think "trophy collected"!