5. really nice patterns and most time people won't overuse it.

I love these so much!!!! <3
5.

I prefer heptagons

Also

I have countless unranked examples.

You're lucky the AR was too high for me to notice before!

Nobody hates this.

I hope so; using them myself in my current pending maps (may i include some commercial? )

When they're used in the middle of complicated patterns and they're clearly forced, they're annoying. They're nice, but I get the impression that they're used because the mapper can't think of anything more imaginative. It's even worse when a star blatantly doesn't fit the theme of the track and/or the map. For example, if the map's more based around smooth shapes and curves (i.e. few polygons), it feels silly to see a star out of nowhere.

'Poinsettia' is obviously an acceptable use of star formations, because Sanae is a star-spamming bitch (especially in Soku). It's a shame that the map's pretty obnoxious in parts.

its good as long the range is not too far 4/5

I like them, usually they're a bit jumpy which is fine and it makes me pay closer attention to the order they appear. They generally look very nice.