I don't recall thinking the biters were at all frantic on default settings. They shape your play, but they don't really push things hard in my experience. I get

I don't recall thinking the biters were at all frantic on default settings. They shape your play, but they don't really push things hard in my experience. I get why people play with them off (though I reckon a lot more it's because people wind up finding them boring after the first few runs), but I don't think it's obvious that it's something that should be the default for new players.