Tough I'm not a "new" player, my rank is very low if you ask me. I was able to usually pass AR7 for a good while, then 7.5; and I was increasing by increments of 0.5 for awhile (from like AR5). But now, AR9 seems to be easier than AR8. Even for a "new" player like me.
I'll agree, I always complained that Easy mode is harder because of the stupid overlaps and the circles are gigantic. I wanted to use "easy" as like a practice map, y'know for like seeing how it's actually played; but since I tried it like twice I reverted to HT for that.
And for the other things you named, I haven't failed a map on Easy because the only ones I've used it on are insanes; so I just quit when I can barely tell where you start with all the overlaps. But if I had any stars I'd use them here.
I'll agree, I always complained that Easy mode is harder because of the stupid overlaps and the circles are gigantic. I wanted to use "easy" as like a practice map, y'know for like seeing how it's actually played; but since I tried it like twice I reverted to HT for that.
And for the other things you named, I haven't failed a map on Easy because the only ones I've used it on are insanes; so I just quit when I can barely tell where you start with all the overlaps. But if I had any stars I'd use them here.