Okay...I just fixed this on mine. Thanks to Trekkie1978 , whose advice I've been following since I got my machine, I lowered the pitch so that the bubble was between the lines on the level...more along the lines of a 6.5 degree pitch (it's already fast enough!). That has pretty much fixed the problem, believe it or not.

I love a 7+ degree pitch as much as other adrenaline junkies, but this game seems to have been designed with the standard 6.5 in mind. You may still have to play with the side-to-side level, but try it perfectly level around 6.5 (bubble between the lines) and see if you're doing better with that.

The bitch is that the inner loop will still send the ball screaming toward my flippers where it will literally skip right over them and drain. Not sure what anybody can do about that...sounds like a Ghostbusters thing.

you already got your LE ?

Put some more dimples in the playfield and maybe it'll slow down a bit

Yes.

Yes

Yes.

To do that, I'd have to not suck. That's why my games always look so perfect.

They all are

Never trust a bubble

I never do...because mine are usually all the way at the top where I can't see them.

Premiums are shipping! Today I received shipping confirmation from The Pinball Company that my Premium SW is officially in transit. Thank you all for the detailed setup and game config info! Like many others, this is my first NIB pin too!

Congratulations! Mine is sitting in the loading dock being delivered Friday.

Premium has landed.

Funniest thing is my power was out (someone hit a pole) while I was waiting on it. Then as soon as they got it to the door the power flipped on.

Now for setup and playing.

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Where did you get the Music Note Topper??

What's funny is you can't even see my wife's grand piano behind the box. The pin wall is to the left out of the picture (Tron is going out in my game room).

Tron won't be gone for long........

I'm worried about that hole in the box

It was a tiny hole. Distributor ripped it open to make sure it didn't touch anything before accepting. I also checked. All good.

I've been playing the crap out of it. I posted in the other thread too but essentially this is a blast and it looks fantastic with the metal Ramps and all.

My hyperspace ramp is working perfect. I can easily hit it from the right flipper. I can also back hand it from left but it's tight. Ball hasn't fallen off once. Game is at 6.5 and leveled left to right. Although I will have to check that again after it settles in.

Only issue I had was having to adjust an EOS switch on right flipper.

Came with .89 code and my scores aren't near as high as older code in a pro. Seems much more sane.

I'm probably going to do white powder coating or all chrome trim sooner or later. My plan was to always upgrade my premium with he money I saved from an LE. This game is begging for mirror blades so probably get those next.

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It's really weird that several of us had the same issue with the right EOS switch needing adjusting.

Rob

Yup, couldn't understand why ours didn't want to level - bubble was not attached properly...

Just got the e-mail. My premium is coming next week! Gonna have mirror blades, shake motor, and blue lighted flipper buttons installed. Kinda sad as my TZ and Cyclone will be leaving, but I find I'm not playing them much anymore, so time for a rotation, and SW is a grail game for me.

It is, but I usually tweak the EOS and the slingshots. The flipper just felt weak and then when I opened the playfield to look it was obvious the switch wasn't set anything close to the left side.

From day 1, I've had mode stacking turned off. I wanted to understand each mode before tackling two of them at once.
Last night I tried stacking modes. Very different experience.
I chose Han Solo, and took "light Tatooine mission", then made the left ramp three times to qualify the final Endor mission.
After completing those two modes, I started the stacked multiball modes for each. During those modes, I triggered tie fighter multiball. Of course, I was able to take down the FORCE target bank a few times, and was able to add a ball and extend the multiballs at least twice.
Much more chaotic. Way more adrenaline. Lots going on.
But I think I prefer the non-stacking modes as it definitely pulls you in to the theme better.

Thoughts?

Just got text from my distro. Going to pick up my premium now.

Funny as I did exactly the same thing as you just last night except I think I did different missions than you. I've been doing stacking of modes since day one and have recently found myself trying to play the modes individually to better understand each one, but the thrill of stacking modes together, throwing in some stacked multiball fun it really makes for a more intense game; however, I feel like I accomplish more doing them separately. I've left the setting on to allow them, and just choose to do what I feel like doing at the time. Feel like going on a journey, play the modes individually. Feel like some crazy intense play, stack the modes and enjoy. However you decide to play it, it's a fantastic game. I could not be happier with my first NIB.

Has anyone had any problems with tie fighter multiball on this latest code where when it starts it spits out two balls into the shooter lane too close to one another and then they both get auto-plunged together? I didn't notice this behavior on any of the older code.

Make sure your "in shooter lane switch" is making firmly and right away. If you happen to have installed a cliffy in the shooter lane, this can change the ball height enough to cause a problem making quick contact in the switch.
We saw this problem on GB. Adjusting the switch (raising it) fixed the problem.
If you test the switch, use a ball to roll over it. The switch test should respond before the ball comes to rest.

Picked up my premium today. Only played two quick games but loving it so far.

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How do you like having both Star Wars AND Game of Thrones in the lineup at home?

Do you feel they're too similar, or do they differentiate enough to keep both long-term together?

The reason I ask is because I want a Star Wars, but the wife wants GoT. lol

I can potentially get both, but have leaning towards getting one or the other, since they're both Steve Ritchie "flow" type games.

I have SWLE and GOT pro, the are completely different in the way they shoot.
Layout may look similar but the gameplay is not the same at all.

Soooo....do you like Steve Ritchie games?

MattS Thanks for the input. Could you elaborate on the difference in the way they shoot? Pertaining to the way the game is coded? The general tempo of how it plays?

I actually like the way GOT plays.

I've heard from multiple people here on Pinside early on that Star Wars is like GOT, but faster.

New Lego Millennium Falcon model announced today... One heck of a topper. LOL
7,541 pieces, $800.

https://www.theverge.com/2017/8/31/16234244/lego-star-wars-millennium-falcon-set-7541-pieces-800-dollars

Probably cheaper than what Stern's will be. Just sayin'...

I have to say, it's such a shame that some posters made it their mission to destroy this game before people got their hands on it.

Everyone who has played my LE has been blown away by it.

Don't be sad. The next Stern pin to come out will either be designed by Borg, have art by Dirty Donny or Zombie Yeti, or will be jammed with a bunch of plastic stuff to dress up the playfield. Either way, people will love the game before anybody even lays hands on it.

It's the yin and yang of Pinside. Nowadays the look of the game seems to be more important than the gameplay.

Any adjustments on the right hole kickback? It shoots right between the flippers almost every time. Really annoying. Table is level and pitched correctly.

My Premium has arrived in St. Louis at the distributor...will be delivered next Wednesday!

I dropped mine to 30...it helped a little.

... and you pay more too (presumably, the artwork is worth more than the rest of the pin)

Torque the scoop as far left as possible.

Take off the right ramp, take off the plastic above the scoop. You can access it with the hyperloop still in place. Set to 40.

Worked for me. I eject to the right flipper, though...not to the left.

As it can be tweaked to go either way, I wonder which way Steve Ritchie had it designed, for the right or the left flipper???

I have GOTLE and just got SWLE. Completely different games and I love them both as long term keepers. If possible play them. The quick ball drains with SW was a little startling at first but one quick modification and the game has been crazy fun since. Hyperspace multiball is so cool.

Love the upper play field with GOT and playing through all the houses to get to the iron throne is very satisfying. Honestly if possible I would get both. If it had to be one even though SW is the new kid on the block it would probably be GOT for me. Fortunately I don't have to make that decision. Any other questions feel free to post or message me. IMG_1625.JPG

Game room photo. Didn't load before for some reason.

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I agree with Skyrex. Get both. I have a GOT Premium and just got a SW LE. You can see my collection of games and of all of them, GOT premium was my favourite. Just ahead of Ironman, Met premium, Tron, TWD and LOTR. I love the speed and flow of GOT so much and the code is so well done. But now, SW LE has edged out GOT based on theme, shots and immersion. I would for sure buy both. No question.

And if you made me pick I would pick both.

My friend's had the same issue. Gap issue on the switch. When the lock down bar is on, the switch is being closed (activated). Open up the space on the switch and it'll work.

That is definitely true, it's very fast.

I'm not a great player, decent at best, so I haven't gotten really deep into either game.
For me, GOT has great shots that seem easier to hit. I'm sure part of that is I have owned GOT for over a year and SW for a couple of weeks.
The immersion factor is way better (IMO) on SW, the music, call outs, and video integration tie in perfectly with the game. GOT still seems lacking in that department.
Yes, there are glitches in the early code but is an amazing game already.
As always, if there is any way you can play it before you buy definitely do, you know what they say about opinions.......

I would think it has to be the right flipper. No matter how much you torque the shield to the left, it's still pointing to the guide on the right which is aimed down toward the right flipper. No idea how you could get it to the left. Perhaps Trekkie1978 could chime in on this one...

I think the difference in displays gives SW the edge in immersion. You can't really compete when the dots suck.

What I'm amazed by is the speed of this game. I used to think ACDC was fast. Then GOT came out and was really fast. But this game? I was doing escape from Boba Fett with the lighting effects, hit the inner loop, and the ball was in the trough before I even knew what happened. With SW, literally if you blink, you can miss it.

Agree 110% about the display. I can't help but look at the other machines in my house.....particularly GOT and think how cool it would be if they had the big color display of Star Wars.