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just a few oddities in the pp system that are pretty weird in general and some opinions on overrated maps/underrated maps:
first off lets start with my opinion on evans, a lot of people think evans is VERY overrated in the pp system, (I can agree that the SR is a bit overrated) however nerfing stuff like dkkdkkd patterns which evans features a lot of would not be the right move in my opinion, and 1/6 (which I think is kinda underrated, at least if they're in 1/4 streams), why do I think so? well first off if we nerf evans the pp system will probably become less pp in general, I guess, and I think that would make it a bit harder to judge (this is not the major point though), it's the fact that I personally don't think evans is overrated, it's a tough map, however I do think evans overshadows a lot of underrated maps, I'll give an example: unhappy refrain which gives 240 pp, nerfing dkkdkkd would probably make evans around that pp range or lesser, and I doubt unhappy refrain will be affected. However, I don't believe anyone should think unhappy refrain is harder than evans, not near. Evans is a pain to fc mainly because of the end and it's pretty tough to read overall, while unhappy refrain is WAY easier at those aspects, unhappy refrain may be slightly more stamina craving, but I think evans readability outweights that by far. Unhappy refrain is not the only map, however, these are more argueable but the following maps aren't far from evans but are way easier in my opinion: cruel clocks, daybreak's bell (with DT, the monocolor streams can be kinda tough to some people however and accuracy isn't that easy), tu4ar (the convert). There are even maps that are easier than evans which gives more pp, hades and augoeides are good examples (I'd even argue that both of them are examples, but I don't think everyone will agree ono's around the difficulty level of Evans)
here's two maps that are about as hard as evans (if not harder) but are rated lower, there are probably more but these maps are really underrated: Etude Op. 10-4 and MEPHISTO (etude should probably give roughly 250 pp and mephisto more than 270, imo)
other underrated maps and a pp estimate of how much I think they should be worth and roughly what they are worth (I know these numbers don't mean a lot but it gives an estimate of how underrated they are, and again, this list will change drastically after changes):
schrodinger's cat (180~ pp to about 200 pp+)
No way back (I have no idea how much pp this gives, most people who can fc this are too good to have this in their best perf, 250+ sounds reasonable to me)
Music Revolver (not sure how much pp this gives but I think it's like 230, 260 sounds more like it)
Tenjiku2000 (not sure how much pp this gives but I swear a HRSS should be 280 pp)
ztrout's visit to the proctologist and similiar (maybe not underrated in pp but maps with 1/4 and 1/6 in them should be like 5 stars imo, it is like 4,43 stars)
first off lets start with my opinion on evans, a lot of people think evans is VERY overrated in the pp system, (I can agree that the SR is a bit overrated) however nerfing stuff like dkkdkkd patterns which evans features a lot of would not be the right move in my opinion, and 1/6 (which I think is kinda underrated, at least if they're in 1/4 streams), why do I think so? well first off if we nerf evans the pp system will probably become less pp in general, I guess, and I think that would make it a bit harder to judge (this is not the major point though), it's the fact that I personally don't think evans is overrated, it's a tough map, however I do think evans overshadows a lot of underrated maps, I'll give an example: unhappy refrain which gives 240 pp, nerfing dkkdkkd would probably make evans around that pp range or lesser, and I doubt unhappy refrain will be affected. However, I don't believe anyone should think unhappy refrain is harder than evans, not near. Evans is a pain to fc mainly because of the end and it's pretty tough to read overall, while unhappy refrain is WAY easier at those aspects, unhappy refrain may be slightly more stamina craving, but I think evans readability outweights that by far. Unhappy refrain is not the only map, however, these are more argueable but the following maps aren't far from evans but are way easier in my opinion: cruel clocks, daybreak's bell (with DT, the monocolor streams can be kinda tough to some people however and accuracy isn't that easy), tu4ar (the convert). There are even maps that are easier than evans which gives more pp, hades and augoeides are good examples (I'd even argue that both of them are examples, but I don't think everyone will agree ono's around the difficulty level of Evans)
here's two maps that are about as hard as evans (if not harder) but are rated lower, there are probably more but these maps are really underrated: Etude Op. 10-4 and MEPHISTO (etude should probably give roughly 250 pp and mephisto more than 270, imo)
other underrated maps and a pp estimate of how much I think they should be worth and roughly what they are worth (I know these numbers don't mean a lot but it gives an estimate of how underrated they are, and again, this list will change drastically after changes):
schrodinger's cat (180~ pp to about 200 pp+)
No way back (I have no idea how much pp this gives, most people who can fc this are too good to have this in their best perf, 250+ sounds reasonable to me)
Music Revolver (not sure how much pp this gives but I think it's like 230, 260 sounds more like it)
Tenjiku2000 (not sure how much pp this gives but I swear a HRSS should be 280 pp)
ztrout's visit to the proctologist and similiar (maybe not underrated in pp but maps with 1/4 and 1/6 in them should be like 5 stars imo, it is like 4,43 stars)
tl;dr: don't work on nerfing too many aspects, buff the aspects that are underrated: complicated or tricky 1/6 streams in 1/4 streams and longer more complicated streams
these are the following maps that probably deserve a direct nerf in what makes them rated highly: anthem (not sure how this is rated high), hades: the rise (gives way too much pp no matter how you see it), holy orders (not too overrated, but XK's score should be more in the 370 range imo), rising hope (if you get lucky on the "hard" part this map rewards you just too much, and with HT it's even worse), kyoai (rewards people who can do the kddkddkddk stuff with DT a bit too much imo), lepi's augoeides (eh, pretty easy)
I might've forgotten like two or three maps but I think that's mostly everything, other maps should just decline to a suitable level by other maps being buffed
bonus: no idea how much pp this map would give https://www.dropbox.com/s/3lrz0pvozt8s1 ... e.osz?dl=0 but it's like 5,88 stars...6,5 would be a lot more suitable thanks to being a tough map playing at around 255 bpm