ckolivas,
thanks for the reply about ask rate and scan time.
I don't completely comprehend yet what it does really but thanks!

I was wondering, is there anymore specific flags I should pay more attention to when solo mining?
I'm also trying to figure out how to do FASTLOOP=false with cgminer, is this possible or is this set automagically?
None of the variables from other miners are directly portable to cgminer. Presumably what you want is the dynamic mode OFF which happens whenever you set an intensity with -I (number).