My best scores are around 430m but anytime I get over 200m it is a good game. My strategy is just trying to max scoring in every mode. I try to coordinate double scoring with kobi m but that doesn't always happen. Gat is the key to scoring big on lv1 modes. Combos are extremely important because it doubles the score. Klingon multiball can be worth a ton of points when making shots back to back. Getting extra balls is also key. Getting EB from warp is tough but not too hard in vengeance battle.

GAT - Galactic Away Team

I love playing vengeance modes. In vengeance scoring, you get an extra ball for finishing which is huge for me. Sudden death in vengeance battle is one of the coolest things in the game. I try to get it on a combo and that makes it pretty challenging. If you have a big score like over 200m the pay off with a combo is huge. The magnet does fling the ball pretty fast but I think that is a cool feature.

One thing I did in the past and what a lot of inexperienced players do is hit the punch button whenever lit or at the end of ball for whatever reason. If you save up all your shots for vengeance multiball, you can destroy the vengeance very quickly and start doing victory laps with ball save still on. I fire off a few shots to get close to activating the vengeance mode and don't hit it again until I am ready for the mode. Once a vengeance mode is available, you will not be able to automatically start a mode on a ball launch. I didn't understand that for quite a while.

Agreed. You can get 10m for getting the last shot on a combo but you can more than that for playing any mode. I don't know why scoring is so low in that multiball but huge in Klingon multiball. Once I got over 40m just by getting a lot of shots on combos - no super jackpot or multipliers. It's very hard for me to get to the super jackpot. I think I only did it once.

Not sure it helps but I have super bands. They feel more firm to me and help make better shots. Some have the opposite opinion so who knows. If the ball is not coming back cleanly to the flipper at all you can try to adjust the warp ramp exit. I think I hit the flipper more on a sense of time then where the ball is on the flipper. The ball goes so fast that if you wait for the ball you will be late.

One trick is that if the ball comes straight across the playfield towards the upper flipper (often on missed warp shot), hold the flipper up. That will deflect the ball back up the right orbit and line you up with an easy shot.

Generally, I shot for the warp every chance I get. Sometimes I am able to get warp 9.1 at the right time but that's not easy.

I don't know if the skill shot is worth going for. It's probably better in the long run to get the ball into the pops and then take a shot at the warp when it comes down. Bonus points are often more than a million so getting 2x or 3x can be more important. I still go for skill shots just for fun. I hold down the right flipper and short plunge for a shot at the warp. I then hold the left flipper for the other skill shot on the next plunge during the same ball. Someone else pointed out that you can go for both skill shots during a ball. It's sometimes advantageous to use the left flipper hold skill shot to get the ball quickly to the flippers for a timed shot.

I get hot and cold with the warp shot. Sometimes I can get a string of 4 or 5 in a row and other times I can't hit it once. My only advice is to try and keep track of what warp you are on and how many locks. If I am close to a mb or km and on warp 8/9, I will hold off shooting warps until the right time. Rarely does that work out, though.

I'm far from getting 40+ warps. I did have my best game tonight and was hot hitting the warps. This time I actually did well with double scoring. At the first warp 9.1, I started Klingon Multiball but didn't do all that great. At 9.9, I started Koby Maru and did well with 146m. Hard to keep the 2nd ball in play with all the lights out lol. I got to warp 9.1 again but only made it halfway through the lv2 modes. In the end, I got my best score of 454m and very pleased. It's been a while since I had a good game. The funny thing is I started the game bad and drained the first two balls fast.

I set my game up to be a little easier. I narrowed the outlanes, reduced the sling power, changed awards/specials to extra balls, and installed super post rubbers (easier to nudge ball out of danger imo).

Great tips, ectobar. I would love to see more tips on level 2 and 3 modes. I forget which ones, but some are confusing with how you are suppose to play them.

Agreed. It also does that when starting a Vengeance mode. All lights go out and the fire button is disabled until you start a Vengeance mode. Once the mode is started, you get all the torpedo shots you had before. For a while, I also thought shots were lost when playing Vengeance modes.

A video may help. I usually can get a good shot at the warp but it's not always perfect being pinball. My ball usually falls out of the pops at the bottom, rolls down the bottom wall (where it likes to get stuck), and slowly roll out into the right orbit.

Great info, thanks. I am going to try the spinner strategy with Nero. That sounds fun.

Isn't there one level 2 mode (DTD2?) where multiple shots are lit and others are flashing? Hitting lit shots didn't count - only the flashing shots would progress the mode. At least it seemed like that. I don't play the lv2 or lv3 modes very often. Getting to Kob. Maru is a decent enough challenge for me.

Makes sense now. Thanks for explaining that!

Nice, SKB. That's got to be tough to beat for anyone. Strange that you can get an incredible score and still not finish the game.

Being impatient, I hit both flippers to bypass medal count for Koby Maru. Don't do that lol. The game still turns off the lights and back on as if it is counting the medals while you are playing. Good thing there is a long ball save. Music is also stuck on Koby Maru until you drain.

A billion and 5 year mission will probably always be out of reach for me. My big goal is to make it to EA. I got so close once but choked.

Nice nokoro! Great score. I get the same way when I have a really good game. It's tough to play well that deep into the game.

I'm not sure how scoring works but I have got 40+m in DtD in GAT mode with just two warp hits. I think the key is to hit many shots and then activate GAT near the end of the timer.

My other fav GAT is StE. Spinner shot is fairly safe and easy. Nero can pay off but I shooting for the targets is dangerous for me. Other ones don't really add up for me but still fun to go for it.

Like the others said, best thing is to gain control of the ball on the left flipper, hold the right flipper, and hit the ball of the edge of the flipper. It took me a long time to get a feel for the shot but it's never an easy shot. I have my slings dialed down and often the ball gets slung up around the right flipper. If it looks like the ball might get a bounce up around the 3rd flipper, hold it open.

The warp shot is also a tough shot. If you miss high, hold the right flipper to catch the rebound. Often the ball will be directed back up the right orbit off the flipper and give you another chance. It would also be good to check the level of your machine.

True but to clarify - When holding down the left flipper, the skill shot could be either the right ramp or the vengeance. Whichever red insert is flashing quickly is the one to shoot for. It has a long timer so you don't have to rush the shot.

When holding the right flipper, you have to plunger hard to get the ball to come back around to the upper flipper. If not hard enough, the ball will just fall into the pop bumpers. I've played a ST that couldn't launch hard enough to go for this skill shot. On mine, sometimes the ball takes a weird bounce and doesn't make it out of the gate.

I am inconsistent at hitting the warp ramp. Some days I can easily get 5 or 6 in a row but other days I struggle to make just one. I've adjusted the warp ramp in the past but don't know if it makes much difference. You just have to get a feel for the shot like any other shot.

It may not be the best scoring strategy, but I always go for the warp super skill shot. Save left left flipper hold skill shot for later. Use when you need the ball quickly served to the flippers to make a critical shot.

I don't know why you would turn down flipper power. I turned my slings down a bit to make things a little easier. Just a preference. I had to turn down the left eject because the ball often hit the top of the sling and then sdtm. Hate when games drain the ball without being able to put a flipper on the ball. Hitting the warp ramp is not easy. That's what makes it fun to hit. Once you get a feel for it, it becomes a lot easier. One little thing I do is hold the flipper up after a shot at the warp ramp. If I miss, the ball often bounces straight back, bounces off the flipper up the right orbit, and makes for a nice controlled 2nd shot.

I think I might have done that once when I was dialed in on the warp shot. I had warp 2x going into k. Maru and then another in k. Maru. Hard to say because I think the doubler stops after medal count and I find most of the scoring a mystery anyway. I rarely make good use of 2x. I know you can get 4x on shots with the reward for finishing the 3 modes in a column and with a warp doubler.

Also Can get 4x on vengeance mode shots with hitting the shot in a combo and with warp 2x.

Lol. Me, too. I got TS and MET this last summer and can't stop playing them. Got my ST almost exactly 3 years ago, too. Day after new years if I remember right. I finally got around to doing maintenance and fixed issues on all my pins. ST has been down for a while with a bad vengeance opto. Thought it was going to be a chore to fix but turns out it was the easiest one to get to. I just had to take off a few plastics. Nice to have it fixed but still playing my newer pins. I need to get back into ST and try to get to Amok. Came close a few times but never made it. I cannot imagine ever getting to 5 yr mission even with easier settings. Nice job. It seems so easy to make shots on level 1 missions but tough on level 2 and 3. It also seems like there is a point in the game when both start mode shots get 10x harder. I still wish there would be a code update to make starting modes a little easier.

I have the setting to stop level1 modes once you get the gold medal. Sometimes I do wish I had set that to 'no' so I can blow up the score in certain modes. However, I really don't like how long some of the level1 modes drag on. With time stopping when the ball is in the pops and when you craddle, modes can last a really long time. Then if you accidentally hit black hole, it always adds even more time. Ugh. Shortening the time in the settings can affect timed level2 and level3 missions as well. If anything I would like to see a separate settings for getting through the level1 modes a lot faster. It would make it harder to get medals but that would be fine with me.

I know right? There are so many cool details with the code yet some really obvious bugs.

Don't forget warp ramp is lit for shots in some modes including pd2.