Quoted from pinballer0415:

Here are some more things to add after playing 1.30 a little longer today.
1. I was able to lock 3 balls before starting a mode by shooting the lit green orbits. For the first time, a Smaug lock must be lit. I think it's the same for the second time, meaning 2 Smaug locks must be lit. For the third one, the LOCK inserts will be either green or red. Red means you have rolled over it and green means you have not. If you can roll over all 4 of the LOCK targets again and make them all red, then you will be able to lock another ball before starting a mode. So once the mode was started, it became a 4 ball multiball, which does make it much easier to beat the modes as well as stack beast or Smaug mb. The spinner shots have become much more valuable with the new code.
2. I finally beat Riddles in the Dark mode, I believe you have to hit the correct drop target 3 or 4 times. Hitting more lit shots, decreases the number of available incorrect drop targets.
3. After playing Barrel Escape, if you get around to a third movie multiball it will revert back to Into the Fire. I had Barrel Escape lit for a second time but drained on ball 3.
4. Barrel Escape stage one is hitting 15 barrels (pops). Hitting all 5 DWARF targets will count as 3 barrels. The super jackpot starts at the "E" in ELF. Since that is a difficult shot you can hit the lit yellow insert (I believe it is the captive ball) and it will rotate the super jackpot to the "L" target. I ended up collecting it at the "F" target so don't know if hitting the captive ball 3 times would revert it back to the "E" target or not. A ball is added upon collecting the super jackpot. The second stage is hitting 10 ORCS and you must shoot the ramps to have the orc pop up. However, the ball will not go around the ramp, the diverter pushes forward and it does the U-turn (backstab) and shoots right back to the flippers. Very challenging, that's as far as I can get on the mode so far.
5. I don't think modes can be replayed. Here is a picture I was able to capture showing how the modes now tell the player if they have been completed/played or not. The border is much better than previous code.
6. The reason to postpone the lock is now clear with the addition of the Mode Book multiball option. In previous code, I never understood why that was even in the game because it is almost just as easy to start a mode during multiball than risk postponing the lock to start the mode and possibly drain. Now if you postpone the lock and start the mode, it will become a multiball which is much easier to turn into a stack of modes and Smaug mb.
7. I'm having a hard time trying to figure out exactly what Treasure Hunt is. During multiball there are so many things going on and it's hard to look up at the screen to see, but I know it has to deal with shooting all of the red circle shots. I want to say that completing them earns points and possibly works the player to earning an extra ball.
8. The features I have seen from hitting the correct Windlance shot are as follows: 2x scoring, 2x modes, light extra ball, 1,000 points (yuck), and add a ball. Very valuable now, but still just as hard to hit the shot.
Think that's all for now! This game is awesome.

Quoted from crwjumper:

I just had an awesome game and a new G.C. Of 5,125,899. What a rush! Killed Smaug twice, and got through all mini wizards and then back "Into The Fire" a second time.
Anyway here are a couple of updates I caught from "Battle of 5 Armies"
Stage 1 : Bash 8 beasts then shoot the Ork for the super jackpot.
Stage 2: Bash 20 beasts and then shoot the Ork for the super jackpot
Stage 3:
- Shoot the "D" target in "Dwarf", then hit Thorin 5 times.
- Shoot the "W" target and then hit Thorin 4 times.
- Shoot the "A" target and then hit Thorin 3 times.
- Shoot the "R" target and then hit Thorin 2 times.
- Shoot the "F" target and then . . .
- Drain to one ball . . .end of mode. Maybe next time I'll get further and fill you in.