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Most beginners seem to drain between the flippers anyway. If you made it into complete the mode or drain, the beginners would really be up the creek.
That said the outlanes are there so that even the best "eventually" drain. It is a money making machine after all.
Quoted from CraZ4Pin:we've pretty much beaten to death every original pinball design/layout given the current pinball elements people believe are required (pop bumpers, outlanes, at least 2 flippers, etc). All the crazy LED's, LCD, and bling don't change the fundamental game objectives and skill required.
I equate pinball to golf in a lot of ways. Every golf course, has 18 holes, greens, fairways, tee-boxes, rough, water hazards, sand traps, etc. Yet every golf course is different, fun and unique in its own way.
To paraphrase Jack Sparrow, Its not just flippers, outlanes, and a ball. That's what a pinball needs. What a pinball really is, is freedom.
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