I don’t like no warnings. I was trying to get you to stop thinking about 3 warning, which is way too generous IMO.
Making a game harder with feature adjustments or the installs menu is lame. Ideally you want to make only physical changes (pitch, outlane posts, tilt, etc). The idea is that anybody can walk up to the game and immediately know how to play it. Like they’re playing a slightly harder version than the game they play every week back at Crazy Bob’s.
How the game is set up depends on who will be competing on it. If it’s a small tourney, you can make small adjustments. If it’s A division at PAPA, you make bigger adjustments. Tilt setting are the same way. The more/ better players involved, the tighter the tilt needs to be.
This operator sounds like he’s doing as little as possible to both keep the games earning daily and keep them available for tournaments. Just so we’re clear here though, besides decreasing tilt warnings, are the ball savers turned off at all times, or just for tournaments? Also, what area are you in?
Setting feature settings to hard or extra hard can pretty much ruin some games. FGY comes to mind. And as mentioned, disabling the scarecrow likely makes the game easier. Yeah, it sounds like your operator needs help.