I haven't spent enough time playing this game on machines other than my own to know the answer to this. On Pinball Arcade, if you hit the Delta Quadrant ramp strong enough to get past the wire form, but not quite hard enough to get up the hump into the Borg Ship for a locked ball, the ball will roll down into the wire form. On my game, it always keeps rolling past and back down the Delta Ramp.

Also, if I connect the right side of the ramp to the Borg Ship with the two screws, I have to lift it just enough for the screws to hold the ramp. If I lift the ramp all the way so that the screws fit into the grooves, then the diverter won't clear the opening in the ramp. I think that's why when I bought it, the previous owner just left it disconnected and let it float. Even if I do that, the ball will still roll back onto the Delta Ramp.

So, I'm thinking my whole ramp is out of alignment. Has anyone else had similar problems?

Thanks.

I was wondering whether my table wasn't pitched steep enough. If I measure near the flippers (glass off), I get about 6.8 degrees. Near the Alpha Ramp/Start Mission, I get about 6.2.

Thanks, Richard. I had previously changed out the coil sleeve which did make the shot much easier (the old coil sleeve was brittle, dirty and well stuck inside the coil).

I'm not really complaining about the difficulty of the shot. My concern was when the ball falls just short of the Borg ship, whether the ball should roll down the wire form between the Delta ramp and the Borg ship (as on Pinball Arcade), or whether it should roll back down the Delta ramp (as it does on mine).

Not a big deal. Just something I noticed. I can get a bit obsessive with tweaking/tuning. A fellow Pinsider lives in my neighborhood and just got this game himself, and he said his behaves the same as mine (whether that is correct or not).

Thanks. I seem to recall there's not much room for moving it up or down, unless the metal is bent or something (certainly possible).

Yeah, I considered that and was hoping that was the case

I checked this, and there is no room at all for adjustment in the Borg ship mounting bracket. There would have to be a lot of room there to make a difference. This is really bugging the crap out of me. What stinks is you don't get credit for a ball lock when it rolls back down the Delta ramp (you do if it comes down the wireform).

I've tried adjusting the ramp. I've tried removing the hex post that holds up the wireform and putting a little force on the wireform to angle it down. Nothing seems to slow down the momentum of the ball enough for it to come down the wireform.

Oh well. Thanks for the suggestions. For those of you with the same issue, let me know if you find a solution.

Yes. That is exactly what is happening. The diverter works fine. Since I rebuilt the upper flipper, this doesn't even happen that often since I am usually able to strike the ball well enough to get it into the Borg ship.

Still bugs me though