Lightning Link: Tiki Fire at the pub
Spun Tiki Fire down the club on Saturday arvo and the Hold & Spin teased me twice with two symbols, then nothing. Feels like these Lightning Link machines run hot and cold by the week, and I reckon half the time it's just how the venue's set the thing within the state minimum, so your local could be tighter than the one two suburbs over. Stick to the 25 lines side if you want the feature more often, the 243 ways grind can eat a bankroll fast. Keep at it though, the grand does drop eventually 😉
Been grinding longer than some have played.
ManlyBlue has got it right, the venue sets the RTP within the state minimum, so two Tiki Fire cabinets a suburb apart can play completely differently. I keep notes on my slaps and the Hold & Spin on that one lands plenty but teases more, and the grand feels like a once-a-year event for the whole bank of machines rather than one punter's session. On a small spin sample you're mostly feeling the variance, so a dead fortnight at your local doesn't mean the machine is broken, it just means nobody's fed it a big hit yet.
Do the EV, then spin.
Hold & Spin on Tiki Fire has done the same to me at the local, two teases then gone like it was never there 😩 but I still reckon it's my all-time favourite on the Lightning Link cabinet, the tropical vibe gets me every Friday. Landed a minor off the feature a few weeks back and the whole pub heard me yell lol 🔥🎰
Spinning reels dawn to dusk.
Same here, two teases then dead silence on the pub one 😬 Didn't realise venues set the RTP differently though, maybe that explains why mine never pays. Thanks for clearing that up 🙏
Turned fifty into five grand on the old Lightning Link once, years back at a club out past Ballarat, so I'll never call the series dead. But Tiki Fire at my local has been colder than a Ballarat morning lately. Two teases then gone, same as you blokes are saying.
What the others said about venues setting their own RTP within the state minimum is spot on though, and worth remembering before anyone swears off the game entirely. Same cabinet, different pub, completely different animal. I've had sessions where the Hold & Spin fills half the screen and I've had Fridays where it wouldn't show three symbols between a carton. The grand lands somewhere for someone every so often, just rarely anywhere near you when you're standing there. Don't chase it hoping the machine owes you, because it doesn't. Give it a slap here and there, enjoy the free games when they come, and walk when the tropical vibe stops being fun. Ah well, we grind on 😄