75%-80% Music Volume
100% Effect Volume

I prefer soft hitsounds than normal ones.

High Volume hit sounds. I use the hitsounds from osu!'s default skin and I find it easier to play insanes with loud hitsounds rather than soft hitsounds.

Hitsounds are half of the point of playing a map and they make a map much more satisfying to play. It'd be extremely rude to disable hitsounds when the mapper has (usually) put a substantial amount of thought into how they augment the feel of a map. Furthermore, hitsounds should be set at a reasonable level in the map itself--if they require the player to reduce their volume a lot, then they've almost certainly been done wrongly.

This mostly was an experiment to see where I could get with refined hitsounds selection and so

otherway, no hitsounds is so gay. And I would prefer to say I prefer Hitsounds at the volume they need to be, not less,not more.

i'm not convinced. They definitely make a map much less satisfying for me to play.

Muting hitsound is insulting the mapper in part.
Using Hitsound is not insulting the producer. Never asked yourself why major don't usually delete covers, piano version and so on youtube, but they delete normal versions?

Muting hitsounds completely is like muting the music when you listen it. Isn't this more insulting?

Just don't mute hitsounds more than they need to be.

I don't think any of this is insulting to anyone. I don't think mappers get hurt feelings every time some one disables sound effects on a game client. I find it all terribly silly.

That's where I'm coming from. Can't people just play the game the way they prefer without others getting hurt in the process?

And yeah, if no ones feelings are hurt then it isn't insulting and we can stop using that word

If you're insulted because a player mutes your hitsounds, you seriously need to think things over.

Anyways, definitely not. Hitsounds are a huge element to this game that I enjoy a lot. Besides, it makes it harder to play without them.

To me, it's more of a "wasted effort" thing. Thankfully, the majority appreciates good hitsounds, so it's nowhere near a waste. Either way, an insult is still an insult, even if the recipient isn't offended.

i dont play a map for the hitsounds, i play it for the map, but i do keep the hitsounds on.

Map without hitsound = Taiyaki without red bean paste

If you would do it in my last maps, I would feel insulted however.
I really put some effort in it and, as so, I really hate people not listening minimally to my efforts. It usually take some hours to find the good custom hitsounds to use.

I think of it like this: you should be grateful that the player is playing your map at all

Its just like with the "deleting custom skins bundled with maps" discussion, simply don't get grumpy just because some people don't like what you like.

Suit yourself for putting the effort into making/adding them, but majority of people do after all still play your map for the map itself and not for what fancy pansy skin and hitsounds you slapped on. I don't mind custom skins and hitsounds unless they are annoying, in which case I delete them. Deal with it.

I play with hitsounds, but I keep them at like 70% in comparison to 100% on the music volume as I play taiko and having them far to loud doesn't sound well.



That doesn't really make sense, as a mappers goal should be to make something enjoyable to play rather then farming e-peen.

If people like your map, be happy about that you did a good job on making it, not be grateful.