When I left AW and came here I was VERY heavy handed. To fly smoothly I had to really tweak the settings. Then I thought about it and decided that flying smooth conserves "E and "He who has the best "E" management usually wins the fight". I started with the default settings. As I got comfortable with it I started moving the sliders up to get rid of more and more of the scaling. This way in a few months I had trained myself to be smoother on the stick, and I think a better cartoon pilot for it.
You mileage may vary, but either way, Welcome back !