The ranking criteria on osu! requires that for all 4 modes (std, taiko, ctb, mania), beatmaps must have audible hitsounding. There are no exceptions to this rule. However, a lot of mania players prefer to turn hitsounding off for various reasons. So I came here to ask what the mania community thinks about hitsounding. Do you prefer playing with or without hitsounds? Do you agree with the ranking criteria that audible hitsounds should be mandatory? Feel free to share your thoughts.
(Hitsounding will probably always remain as mandatory on the ranking criteria, whether you want it to be optional or not. This poll was created to see what the community thinks about hitsounds)
Clarification for people who don't map or aren't familiar with hitsounds: Every single map has basic hitsounds to every note, whether or not the mapper chooses to add hitsounds or not. So optional hitsounding does not mean that there won't be any sound when a note is pressed. Instead, every single note will have a "hit-normal" hitsound noise. The mandatory hitsounding means that mappers need to use a variety of hitsounds on maps (since using only one sample is not allowed)
(Hitsounding will probably always remain as mandatory on the ranking criteria, whether you want it to be optional or not. This poll was created to see what the community thinks about hitsounds)
Clarification for people who don't map or aren't familiar with hitsounds: Every single map has basic hitsounds to every note, whether or not the mapper chooses to add hitsounds or not. So optional hitsounding does not mean that there won't be any sound when a note is pressed. Instead, every single note will have a "hit-normal" hitsound noise. The mandatory hitsounding means that mappers need to use a variety of hitsounds on maps (since using only one sample is not allowed)