This was an experiment with NovelAI's options - I know a lot of us use that because it has a specifically-trained furry module - to see exactly what their variables do. If you want to know exactly what effect "Steps" and "Scales" have, hopefully this might help a bit.

All options were constant except for the variables being tested.
Module: NAI Diffusion Furry (Beta V1.3)
Prompt: fox
Random Seed: 1
Output Size: 256 x 256
Undesired Content: "Low Quality" preset only
Add Quality Tags: Disabled
Sampler: k_euler_ancestral

If you're wondering why the "explicit" rating: Scale 3, Steps 21/22.
If you're wondering why I stopped at 28 steps, past that is when it starts costing extra even at the highest subscription tier.
If you're wondering why I stopped at 20 scale, I noticed it was getting much more chaotic and harder to trace any kind of pattern that high.