Quoted from paulbaptiste:Curious if anyone wise has experienced or solved this issue.
When I first received the game my flippers were very sensitive, I could do light taps, tap passes ect by quickly or partially hitting the flipper buttons. This allowed my more ball control than only being limited to full power button presses. Over time that ability has gone away and now I feel like I’m mashing the flipper buttons and they aren’t as responsive as they used to be. I’ve talked with Rens about this several times and he has tried to help but we have yet to understand the cause or find a solution.
I replaced the coil stops which had an immediate effect on my gameplay and power but not responsiveness. I just replaced the cabinet buttons last night and no difference. Optos seem fine, everything else appears in place.
How do I get back that sensitivity and responsiveness I had in the beginning?
I actually had the opposite opinion when I got my machine, I found them too sensitive. I kept getting full flips with very little pressure on the buttons and this made it really hard to switch between machines with any consistency.
In any case, I resolved this buy actually taking a small amount of material off the post on the inside of the flipper buttons. This allowed me a slightly longer push of the button before the "flip" and made it feel much more like other machines I've played. Maybe you can to the opposite? Add a small dab of epoxy to the tip of the button so it'll close the opto a little sooner? Obviously this wouldn't explain why your machine's feel has changed but maybe it'll help going forward. If it doesn't help, you can just file it back to where it was with no harm done.