Yeah, makes it feel a little more catered, not a bad thing and has me checking active tournaments more.LOVE the tourney attempts and being able to disable extra balls like you would in a real pinball tourney
Yeah, makes it feel a little more catered, not a bad thing and has me checking active tournaments more.LOVE the tourney attempts and being able to disable extra balls like you would in a real pinball tourney
I'm in!ill put in some practice tomorrow so I can hopefully enter at my hotel tomorrow nightIn honor of the new patch I've created a private tournament just for ResetERA!
Table: Sorcerer's Lair - it's free, so everyone can play!
Rules: Classic - no perks means no unfair advantages
Time: 3 Days
# of Attempts: Unlimited!
Tournament Name: My PBFX3 User Name - Hot Ham
Password: resetera
Who can participate? Switch, Xbox, Steam. Sorry Playstation, blame Sony. Sorry mobile, blame Zen Studios (PBFX3 isn't available there)
Don't worry about your skill level, just have fun!
You know, if we get a lot of interest in this I would be willing to do monthly tournaments with real prizes via the gift bot. Like $5 eShop codes or free tables or something. But you guys gotta show me you want to play!
Of the ~$10 packs Bethesda Pinball is the best, IMO, followed by Jurassic Park. Aliens vs Pinball is also quite good.
Carnivals and Legends, Iron and Steel and Medieval Pack are great table packs if you want something cheaper to dip your toes in.
Of the two single table packs I think I prefer The Walking Dead over Portal, though neither is bad.
The rest I'd ignore.
Awesome, thanks for the replies! Picked up the Bethesda pack for now and will go from there..
Any word on if the Switch will ever get the plethora of Star Wars tables available on all the other platforms? A small piece of me is hoping they dropped the Switch update today so tomorrow (May 4th, Star Wars day) they could drop the Star Wars tables for Switch.. unlikely but I can hope.
What new tables are releasing tomorrow?They already announced the platforms for the new tables releasing tomorrow and Switch wasn't included. My guess would be the contracts will be renewed at some point next year (or sooner) and that is when they'll add them.
Sorry, Zen Pinball 2 doesn't supoort tournaments.
Fucking Sony man. I would have already bought Rocket League on Switch if I could play with my PS4 friends. But I just stick with my PS4 copy for now.I'm interested in regular tourneys but I only play on PS4 as of now. Want to get a switch but even if I do it's a in the future things.
If there were enough PS4 only users interested I wouldn't mind running private tourneys for that pool of players.
I'll have to get this on Switch then. And Stern too, I guess, since it's not on my tablet yet.
I would absolutely be down for this. Will make some attempts during my lunch break, although I've never played this particular table so I'll have to get used to it.In honor of the new patch I've created a private tournament just for ResetERA!
Table: Sorcerer's Lair - it's free, so everyone can play!
Rules: Classic - no perks means no unfair advantages
Time: 3 Days
# of Attempts: Unlimited!
Tournament Name: My PBFX3 User Name - Hot Ham
Password: resetera
Who can participate? Switch, Xbox, Steam. Sorry Playstation, blame Sony. Sorry mobile, blame Zen Studios (PBFX3 isn't available there)
Don't worry about your skill level, just have fun!
You know, if we get a lot of interest in this I would be willing to do monthly tournaments with real prizes via the gift bot. Like $5 eShop codes or free tables or something. But you guys gotta show me you want to play!
No sweat, everyone! It's just for kicks!I would absolutely be down for this. Will make some attempts during my lunch break, although I've never played this particular table so I'll have to get used to it.
I'd also be willing to contribute to prizes, although at the moment my budget is tight due to a $1,600 tax bill I had to pay yesterday.No sweat, everyone! It's just for kicks!
But if we get a good turnout I'd like to have a real prize next time
In honor of the new patch I've created a private tournament just for ResetERA!
Table: Sorcerer's Lair - it's free, so everyone can play!
Rules: Classic - no perks means no unfair advantages
Time: 3 Days
# of Attempts: Unlimited!
Tournament Name: My PBFX3 User Name - Hot Ham
Password: resetera
Who can participate? Switch, Xbox, Steam. Sorry Playstation, blame Sony. Sorry mobile, blame Zen Studios (PBFX3 isn't available there)
Don't worry about your skill level, just have fun!
You know, if we get a lot of interest in this I would be willing to do monthly tournaments with real prizes via the gift bot. Like $5 eShop codes or free tables or something. But you guys gotta show me you want to play!
On what platform? Switch?Sorcerer's Lair is an awesome table. Posted a score of 33mil on my second attempt. Probably would've done better if my 2nd and 3rd balls hadn't been stinkers, but I'm happy with it for now.
Can't wait to pop an edible tonight and play a bit more. I tried to add some of y'all as friends so we could compare scores, but I'm getting an error message when I do. I'm Jeremy on the leaderboard.
Yeah, I'm on Switch.On what platform? Switch?
I'll add you.
Yeah, Sorcerer's Lair is a fantastic table and a really great freebie.
The tournament settings are awesome. Classic mode is a must, IMO, i don't like the perks because people who just got the table are at a huge disadvantage vs people who have been playing the table for months and massively leveled up their perks.I love the idea of ERA tournaments, even if I don't do Zen. But I'll be watching for the results!
The tournament settings are awesome. Classic mode is a must, IMO, i don't like the perks because people who just got the table are at a huge disadvantage vs people who have been playing the table for months and massively leveled up their perks.
Being able to set # attempts is also cool, as is being able to disable extra balls. Some tables, like Sorcerer's Lair, have extra balls that are way too easy to get.
The idea of tournaments is fantastic HotHamBoy , but I will pass of 'Sorcerer's Lair'.
I struggle in the mini-game with the rotating clockwork parts in this table, it's a game breaker for me. Every time that I activate this mini-game, it stops my fun with the table.
Also, I see an entire month as a more affordable timeframe for the tournament, in this way you give some time to learn the basics of the table.
Looking at this post after seeing the leaderboard. That smiley face is so much more sinister than I had assumed.
Looking at this post after seeing the leaderboard. That smiley face is so much more sinister than I had assumed.
Quite a bit of skill as well. Great work!
The idea of tournaments is fantastic HotHamBoy , but I will pass of 'Sorcerer's Lair'.
I struggle in the mini-game with the rotating clockwork parts in this table, it's a game breaker for me. Every time that I activate this mini-game, it stops my fun with the table.
Count me on future tournaments with other tables, as I see this as a good incentive to get new table packs.
And please: never, never, never include perks in the tournaments.
Classic mode is the way to go, perks and boosters in score based arcade games need to die.
Also, I see an entire month as a more affordable timeframe for the tournament, in this way you give some time to learn the basics of the table.
Specially if you start a tournament the same day that my most anticipated game of the year was released, something involving robots and fruits :)
Great score, man!
Not to thread derail, but what do you think regarding perks in Don't Die Mr. Robot DX? I just discovered them, and feel they help enhance that game a good bit.
Paranormal is one of my favorite no license tables, even though I usually don't like when the play field is that crowded.Oh jeez, those scores are crazy. I'd never get close... But if you guys do something with the Paranormal table I will be there, as I'm an ace at that one, along with the sadly MIA Spiderman table.
Good luck and hope you stick with it. It's a great sub hobby within gaming offering such a flexible skill ceiling from just having fun trying to keep the ball from draining to high level play with scores in the billions that seem unreachable at first.Hey guys
Brand new to pinballing. Hotham convinced me to give pinball fx3 a shot on Switch, and I've been messing around and having a lot of fun the past hour or so. I joined the tourney and will give it a few plays.
My gf bumped my arm on the last ball...
I'm about to sleep in the guest bedroom tonight.
Really weird.Holy crap FX3 is a buggy POS of times. Took me ages to find HotHamBoy (s) tournament but it's completely empty. Couldn't search for it by name, couldn't scroll through to find it, had to make the table my only favourite for it to finally load it. I have the same issue with my friends list, it only loads a few at the start and the rest can get stuffed. Been like this since launch.
At least I'm guarenteed to win if FX3 thinks I'm the only entrant!
I'm getting errors too.Thank you! But I'm sure it wont last long :)
BTW, guys, I tried to add you all as friends through PinballFX but kept having errors… Is there any known issue about it?
Aaargh, I can't play today :( Too much work to do, but tomorrow I'll give it another shot.
Same thing happens to me. Adding friends through the leaderboard used to work, so maybe this patch broke it.BTW, guys, I tried to add you all as friends through PinballFX but kept having errors… Is there any known issue about it?
PS4 can tourney with PC too.I'm interested in regular tourneys but I only play on PS4 as of now. Want to get a switch but even if I do it's a in the future things.
If there were enough PS4 only users interested I wouldn't mind running private tourneys for that pool of players.
Really weird.
I'm getting errors too.
I'd not heard of it being an issue before.
Helpfully, Nintendo's website has no record of the error code.
Same thing happens to me. Adding friends through the leaderboard used to work, so maybe this patch broke it.
Are you playing on PC or Switch? I hope you get it sorted out. I've seen your posts on Steam.
I got the popup notifications when I went past someone's score but the table is completely empty. That score is also like 10x my previous best on the table!