Hi, as u can tell by my profile I only play osu standard and have been playing for quite awhile at this point. I’ve recently started gaining a lot of interest in the gameplay and community of osu mania, I tried playing a couple maps on 4K and actually enjoyed playing it, standard has gotten too boring to me and I was wondering if anyone has any tips for people starting out 4K mania, also, any good/popular beatmap suggestions?
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How to get started with osu mania?
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not much to say, u download some ez mania maps, play em, play more, hve fun, regardless what u do, anything is improvement in beginner stage, you just need to get comfortable with gameplay
7k=7 keys
4k=4 keys
imo, better to do 7k first, if u can do 7k, u can do everything below 7k, like 4k (a good 7k player can be a good 4k player)
if u 4k first, u cant do anything above 4k, when u wanna learn 7k after getting good at only 4k it a huge pain in ass
a guide, and some maps
[GUIDE] How to improve in osu!mania
[WIP] osu!mania maps, sorted by difficulty
7k=7 keys
4k=4 keys
imo, better to do 7k first, if u can do 7k, u can do everything below 7k, like 4k (a good 7k player can be a good 4k player)
if u 4k first, u cant do anything above 4k, when u wanna learn 7k after getting good at only 4k it a huge pain in ass
a guide, and some maps
[GUIDE] How to improve in osu!mania
[WIP] osu!mania maps, sorted by difficulty
i haven't played osu mania in long time, i dont get why 4k would be more popular though.
doing 7k and 4k gives more pp den just 4k, cause more maps. Pretty sure the highest PP giving maps are 7k/8k. Plus lotta people like their pp i think.
doing 7k and 4k gives more pp den just 4k, cause more maps. Pretty sure the highest PP giving maps are 7k/8k. Plus lotta people like their pp i think.
There's a few reasons why people play 4k only.
1: Autoconverts move up in key number as difficulty increases, making people feel like 7k needs to be hard. A lot of new players start with autoconverts, and in some cases aren't even aware there are mania specific maps.
2: 4k is in fact easier to start out on due to less finger coordination and easier reading, so people may try 7k, such worse than 4k, and decide it's not fun.
3: 7k requires either using an asymmetric key layout like sdf hjkl, or spacebar for the middle key. Some people are intimidated by having to learn to use the spacebar.
4: I don't think most new players are aware that 7k is capable of awarding much higher PP scores, so people who are obsessed with PP don't realize they're making a choice that will limit their possible PP in the long run.
You are absolutely correct that it's best to start out with 7k if you want to play it, because learning to play 7k after learning 4k is a pain, but nobody seems to know or care about that when they start playing, so one of the 3 reasons above applies to them.
1: Autoconverts move up in key number as difficulty increases, making people feel like 7k needs to be hard. A lot of new players start with autoconverts, and in some cases aren't even aware there are mania specific maps.
2: 4k is in fact easier to start out on due to less finger coordination and easier reading, so people may try 7k, such worse than 4k, and decide it's not fun.
3: 7k requires either using an asymmetric key layout like sdf hjkl, or spacebar for the middle key. Some people are intimidated by having to learn to use the spacebar.
4: I don't think most new players are aware that 7k is capable of awarding much higher PP scores, so people who are obsessed with PP don't realize they're making a choice that will limit their possible PP in the long run.
You are absolutely correct that it's best to start out with 7k if you want to play it, because learning to play 7k after learning 4k is a pain, but nobody seems to know or care about that when they start playing, so one of the 3 reasons above applies to them.