Quoted from konjurer:I've been messing with the settings and I think I have it tuned to my skill level and it's freaking a blast to play now.
9: first number of grids lit for grid MB: 1
29: reset shot mulitplier at ball start: NO
31: reset playfield multiplier at ball start: NO
32: song completion for playfield multiplier: 1
36: instrument rule difficulty: PWR-ON=LIGHT ALL
37: instruments carry ball/ball: YES
38: 1st instrument extra ball: 3
40: instruments to blink spaceman: 4
41: instruments to light spaceman: 8
It's still very challenging for me. Instruments are pretty hard to collect so this gives me a fighting chance at blinking the SPACEMAN each game. Settings #36 and #40 are KEY to increasing the number of fun games. Just hit that evil right ramp once and the instruments are within your grasp.
Now I get close to closing the grid out frequently. I've only gotten to Heaven's on Fire a handful of times but it gets pretty exciting getting the grid almost filled.
So I've played around with some of the settings, as well. I had changed the grid completion to 1 (setting 9), but collecting the instruments was still my biggest challenge. Hitting the ramp multiple times, as well as the drum instrument in the left orbit is difficult for me to do consistently.
Changing INSTRUMENT setting 36 to LIGHT ALL is a lot more enjoyable, but I may need to change number of grids back to the default of 2. I'm reaching Heaven's on Fire almost every game (I've actually changed that song to New York Groove; much more enjoyable). I think grid completion back to default 2 but instrument setting 36 to LIGHT ALL would be the perfect balance.
I also changed SONG COMPLETION 32 to 1 a while back, but I still only reached 3x playfield once or twice. After changing Reset Playfield Multiplier at End of Ball to NO (31), I reached Colossal right away and blew away my previous score by several hundred million. I haven't been able to reach Colossal again, so maybe I'll leave 31 at NO for now.
I need to set LOVE GUN multiball to the hardest setting. I hate starting it because it gets in the way of my other objectives. I don't mind Demon multiball because I love hearing God of Thunder during this multiball (song change).