Sorry for infrequent posts. It's not the range of LODs that's the issue for me. I want to default to a map that fits Pennsylvania well and then have 8-10 LODs down to local level (my current smallest scale, 1:5,000,000 isn't right yet, but close; my current largest scale, 1:2,500 is about right). With the standard LODs, the largest one that shows all of Pennsylvania makes the state too small, and the next larger scale LOD cuts off too much. I'm sure they did a lot of research before settling on their zoom levels, and found the best all-around solutions, but they just don't fit my needs.
Maybe Esri could come up with a few alternative LOD sets?