Okay XM players, here's where I will start to compile sme basic findings of the new current code released June 21st. Right now, my findings are VERY rough. You won't find as much detail here yet, but as time goes on I (we) will start to fill in the gaps and make the vision clearer. So here we goooooooooo....

-----UNIQUE COMBOS-----

Here's the unique combo listings. Scores are dynamic dependent on heroes that have been started/completed that are involved in that unique combo, but I will say that with NO heroes start and/or completed, the LOWEST you get for a unique combo is 325k, which still isn't shabby at all in XM. So these combos can really crack open your scoring potential. The more you complete and combo, the bigger the payoff!! Enough of me, here they are:

NOTE: the starting shot IS integral to the combo. So the names are specific in order!

Beast+Storm=Meteorology
Beast+Wolvie=Savage Animals
Beast+Rogue=Beauty and the Beast
Beast+Xavier=Sharp Minds
Clops+Xavier=Teacher's Pet
Clops+Rogue=Power Drain
Clops+Storm=Gold and Blue Leader
Clops+Wolvie=Rivals
Storm+Iceman=Hailstorm
Storm(OR Xavier)+Pheonix+Wolvie=Unrequited Love
Storm(OR Xavier)+Pheonix+Clops+Wolvie=Lovers Triangle
Storm(OR Xavier)+Phoenix+Iceman=Fire and Ice
Iceman+Beast=Angry Yeti
Iceman+Xavier=Brain Freeze
Xavier+Clops+Storm+Wolvie= X-Men Leaders

You'll notice that both Storm and Xavier are used as a qualifier shot for Pheonix. You have to "unlock" Pheonix as a combo starter by making one of these two shots first.

Xavier is just good to start combos anyways. Xavier isn't the start to any unique combos, so hitting Clops or iceman or Pheonix off of hitting him just gets you another chain in your combo and increases your points.

----BROTHERHOOD MULTIBALL----

Brotherhood MB is pretty much the same from the previous code, except for one BIG change, that makes this mode MUCH easier to power through: the BH standup targets on the right side count as hits on the mini-bosses! This speeds things up A LOT. You still have to make the initial qualifying weak shot hit and to bring the mini-boss forward, but the targets will deal damage after that. I think it's 2-3 hits on the standups to kill each mini-boss. However, Mystique at the end of the mode is the same, and the standups are not damaging shots.

-----DANGER ROOM WIZARD-----

To qualify:
With hero stacking OFF: COMPLETE all Hero modes and then DR will lit at scoop. Hit scoop to start DR.
With hero stacking ON: at least START all hero modes, THEN collect Magneto MB Super Jackpot (defeat Magneto). Once MagsMB ends, DR will light at scoop. You MUST collect the Mag SJP AFTER you've at least started all hero modes or DR will not light!

-DR is the same as in 1.24 and 1.05 that I could tell.

----DARK PHEONIX WIZARD----

To qualify: COMPLETE all Villain modes, including HFC and BH MBs. DP will light at scoop. Hit the scoop to start DP

Jean goes apesh!t!! It's time to suit up and work as a team and throw all you have at her to keep her from destroying the city!!

-DP is a single ball wizard
-except for the HFC and BH standups, every shot on the board is lit! Even the scoop!!
-the main goal for DP is to hit EVERY lit shot (including the scoop) TWICE. You start off at a 1mill JP for the first made shot, then every shot thereafter increases the JP by 100k per shot.
-after all shots are hit twice, shoot the scoop to collect the over 30mill SJP and end the mode!

Pretty straightforward wizard, for as difficult as it is to get to it, I had hoped that it would be worth more points. But it's still pretty cool! DR wizard is still more lucrative from a points perspective.

Yeah, that's the trick part. The lock will most likely time out the combo shot, but if the lock isn't lit, it is very possible for it to hit the pops and come back down to the left flipper before the lit combo shots time out.

IMO, a successful ball lock should reset the combo shot timer

----Iceman ramp moving due to combos?----

Okay, I've found out WHY the ramp moves after a point during combos, but the qualifications of HOW are a little hit and miss, so I'll do the best I can....

-during my testing, the ramp seemed to move into place after I successfully achieved at least a 5-way combo. But not all 5-ways, I think it has to be a 5-way that DOESN'T use the iceman shot as a part of the combo. I'm looking into it further, but for now, just know that it is triggered by achieving a certain combo chain amount.

-the purpose of the ramp is that it's an infinite combo multiplier opportunity. If you make a shot while the ramp is all the way docked to the left, it will stay there. You can now continually shoot the iceman shot ad infinitum to build up combo chain, I'm talking 30+way combos. Iceman hero mode WILL activate during this, but if you're murdering hitting the iceman shot, this just means even MORE points.

-the ramp will stay in place until you miss the ramp and hit another switch, after which it will quickly time out and the ramp will move back and end the combo frenzy.

I've tried it all :/

-----MAGNETO MULTIBALL----

-The meat of MagsMB is pretty much the same; hero shots you make that haven't been started/completed are worth 50k, and hero shots you make that HAVE been started/completed are worth 300k, +50k per other hero started/collected.

-so if you start/complete every hero mode, then each shot is worth 1mill.

-progression to the SJP is still the same from 1.24/1.05

-after you collect the SJP, similar to 1.24/1.05, Mags, Iceman, Clops, Storm and Rogue will be lit for victory lap points of at least 600k per shot! Take as long as you want with the victory laps, you earned it! The victory laps will end when all but one ball drains.

-now, IF you have collected the SJP and have at LEAST STARTED (you don't have to beat them) BOTH DR and DP wizard modes, after your victory laps end, the scoop will start lighting up! I wonder what happens if you shoot it?!

-shoot the scoop after ending the victory laps and at least starting both other wizard modes, to Activate the yet-to-be-animated (just plain text on the screen) MULTIBALL WIZARD mode!

-the rules for this WMB seem identical currently to DP wizard mode: hit every shot twice and then hit the scoop a third time to collect the 30+mill SJP. The biggest difference between WMB and DP is that WMB is a MULTIBALL, while DP is a single ball. All scoring is e same, I believe.

-AFTER either beating OR draining down to one ball, the WMB will end, and ALL the Hero and Villain mode inserts will reset! So THAT'S how you get them to reset! :p. just simply get to BOTH Wizard modes, collect the MagsMB SJP and start WMB. Simple, yes?

My Opinion/intuition: I think that the Rules for this mode are temporary. I don't think that the final version of WMB will just be a mirror of DP, I think they just input DP mode rules in order to have some kind of scoring opportunity here. The mode is also NOT on a timer, so I don't think it's Deadpool either, at least not with those rules. So in short, it's just a placeholder.

I am of the suspicion now that Deadpool mode will be a 45 sec fast scoring wizard that will kill the flippers after 45 secs, a'la System Failure in Jurrasic Park, which I think would be awesome, I LOVE getting to System Failure on JP. Either that or some type of Sea of Simulation type if mode where you can collect and complete uncollected heroes. *shrugs* who knows.

Might be, I dunno. Ive never gotten to DR mode until after DR was finished. Would make sense though as to why DP and WMB are the same rules

No, beast doesn't light Clops as a combo. All of Beast's comboable shots are unique finishers.

I'm also not sure if they will consider Pheonix as an original X-men, as she was Jean Grey then. *shrugs* but rest assured, I spent pretty much 2 hours trying every configuration of starters and such to include every combination of Beast,X,Clops,Iceman and Pheonix. I even included Storm's shot into my research because it's also used as the Archangel shot, and he's the only OG X-men without a physical shot

.....damnitt...*goes back to the grindstone*......

No. mags' SJP isn't what resets the heroes and villains, it's getting to Wizard MULTIBALL that does

Okay, thanks for the push to clarify.

YES Mags' SJP can be done early!

The WIZARD MULTIBALL qualifications are:
-start DR wizard (completing it not needed)
-start DP wizard (completing it not needed)
-collect Mags' SJP
- in any order, doesn't matter as long as you meet those requirements. After you exit the last required mode, the scoop will light up for WMB

I think it's gonna be where the WMB is now. Get both other wizards and collect mags SJP. I think WMB is a placeholder for Deadpool to be inserted once completed.

Having thought that, that's still a CRAZY hard qualifier for a wizard mode. Completing all the villains is crazy enough to get to DP. Deadpool is the next Valinor!

I like the battle for mankind idea.

If they make Deadpool a fast scoring mode qualified by combos, then I think the Battle for mankind should be where the WMB is now. But I don't think it should be Magneto as the focus. Since in order to get into WMN you have to get to collect all heroes, beat all villains and defeat Mags, it makes sense to me that Apocalypse would be the uber villain. With all the heroes assembled, villains defeated and Nags out of commission, Apocalypse swoops in to lay waste to humanity.

To me, Galactus is too über a villain, but Apocalypse is still more dangerous and has more gravitas than Mags, and is someone that would be defeatable by the X-Men team.

The mode would make sense if certain combo shots were lit to do damage, so the only way to damage Apocalypse is for the XM to team up. Add in NC for combo enders during it and it may be a rather fun mode. I dunno. *shrugs*

This. I know SKB is an outstanding player, but as I've said before, I'm pretty much one step below "average" as a player and I've never had a problem with WXMB. Sure, every 6 or so games, I'll be having a flail-fest trying to gain control of the ball and in the frenzy accidentally start WXMB, but most the time I can purposefully ignore them, save hitting him when bricking the Beast shot, and even then by the time I get to starting Sentinels he is usually 1-2 shots away from stacking WXMB, which is awesome.

The auto plunge issue does suck, but if it wasn't like that, you could just purposefully drain balls while the save was on to register hits.

And as far as WXMB being a "gimme" MB; I think hobbyists tend to forget that these are made to cater to both home ownership just as much as location, non-pinhead players. So having an easy MB with a cool opening animation and magnet work really works for the layman walking up and putting a buck in because they think the theme is cool. Also, when I have company over, all my non-pinhead friends and kids loooove getting that MB, and it makes it fun for them.

Pins can't all be engineered specifically for home use by hobbyists who know every inch of the code. There has to be a balance.