Am I correct in thinking that you can only get scope and start the +1x playfield before starting multiball, and you can’t start the hunter mode during multiball, so you can’t earn that +1x playfield unless you start hunter first? If that’s the case then that incentivizes going for these other shots before starting multiball. If someone is playing their multiballs at 2x or 3x or more they will have a big scoring advantage over players with only 1x scoring.
One Mandalorian near me has very active slings and the feed from the left orbit is hard to catch because the ball will nick the top of the slingshot and put a spin on the ball, so the game can be set up to make it a little harder to just repeat the center shot.