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Subject: Re: TTT jackpot count?

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On Jan 21, 5:02 pm, Jeff Palmer <bigsher...@hotmail.com> wrote:

> I know LOTR is way "back in the day" now, but does anybody have a

> count of how many jackpots to finish TTT?  Seems like it is in the

> 20's but I have a heck of a time keeping track of them while playing

> the mode.



It's geek-out time!



TTT multiball was always intended as a "survival" multiball, kinda

like the movie.  The goal is to survive for as long as it takes for

Gandalf to show up basically.



Since it's survival, switches (just keeping balls in play) count

towards your goal as do jackpots.  Easiest difficulty is 200 switches,

highest is 400 (goes in 50-switch steps, default is probably 300).



Every switch hit decreases your goal by the number of balls in play

(so usually 2-4).  Every jackpot decreases your goal by 3 times the

jackpot number (so 3-21).  Originally there was an algorithm that also

based this on the number of balls in play, but ultimately I thought it

was too advantageous to better players vs casual players, because the

number I had to set the count to was so high to make it last any time

at all during 3x jackpots would've made it impossible for any normal

person to finish it.  Also, I wanted to reward you for making higher

jackpot numbers, so ultimately I think it's best the way it is.



If you make a jackpot-7, then you've accumulated 84 hits towards your

goal, so that's pretty good.



Oh, also the super jackpot is based on the number of jackpots you've

shot, so if you do nothing but shoot the spinner and jets, it'll be

way lower than if you were shooting jackpots.