Quoted from Manic:Don't be afraid to get the yoyocopter lane extenders... at least to use at first. Otherwise your wife may never want to play it...at all. You'll still lose it down the middle, etc but it makes the outlanes comparable to other machines.
Play it first for a while without them... then later you can remove them when you have a handle on the shots.
This x10
If you are the only one in the house that plays and you are a good player that likes the challenge then great, leave it stock.
Nobody that came over would play more than one game on mine because it was way too punishing even with the outlanes closed down. Now with the lane extenders, people feel like they have a fighting chance.
When I have seasoned pinball players over obviously their scores are higher, but the majority of people that come over never play pinball unless they are at my house so it makes it more fun for them. Just my opinion