Quoted from joekiss:Gave it another shot and put a few bucks in. Just don't get it. Does the ball seem to stay in the bumper area just too much? Also over half the time it comes STDM out of the pops just like KISS. Is this a Stern thing? I actually locked the ball on the magnet a few times and every single time it released it went straight down the middle. WTF? Had my GF and a pinball friend and we all 100% lost interest. Plays just like my KISS. Im really losing faith in Stern designs. Im stuck with my KISS cause of the theme but don't think I would ever buy another one.
First off, it can't be SDTM out of the pops. That's impossible. SDTM stands for "straight down the middle". The pops are off to the right so it's and angled shot. There are chances to hit the ball on those angled shots if timed right.
Unfortunately, some machines exhibit this way more than others. I've owned 3 TWD and of those 1 was a terrible offender of this and the other two are not. None of my games sent the ball SDTM consistently from the prison magnet.
Twd is a fairly brutal game and these issues zap all the fun away but when they're solved the game is gold. Best rule set ever written in my opinion.