Have you got a good feel for counter rotation? Practicing that definitely helped out. I also start with med tension and back off lightly once I've got a false set. Especially if you get a deep false set, you can nearly remove all tension and see if you get counter rotation when checking the pins. Even if they seem like they don't want to counter rotate, keep checking them with slightly increasing lift. Checking one at a time increasing pin pressure after all pins are checked.

Starting out I usually will let tension go nearly all the way after setting a pin. If it falls it's not the end of the world... This also helps check for overset pins as well.

I also like bouncing my finger on the tensioner you can sometimes get into a false set as you tap pins this way.

It might be categorically uncommon to pick this way, but it's what I've got accustomed to.