Bonus difficulties: Diffs below the lowest required difficulty for the song length.
Currently:
This is explained in the Glossary:
Proposed:
There seems to be quite some confusion about this issue as indicated by
https://osu.ppy.sh/community/forums/topics/970805 the comments in this thread and
https://osu.ppy.sh/beatmapsets/823589/discussion/-/generalAll#/489447
Current version is misleading because the definition of "reasonable" seems intuitive and only suggests there be no large gaps, i.e. if an Easy for a 5min+ map was in the set, NHI+ diffs would be required as well. The fact it starts from the lowest difficulty required for song length should not be in the glossary. People reading the RC do not expect such important information in the definition for a term they already know. Adding the information about lowest difficulty to the actual rule should make it more obvious and clear.
Currently:
- All game modes within a beatmapset must form a reasonable spread. Each spread must comply with its respective mode's difficulty-specific Ranking Criteria.
This is explained in the Glossary:
- Reasonable spread: A beatmapset that does not skip any difficulty levels as dictated by difficulty-specific rules and guidelines, starting from the lowest difficulty level required for the song's length, and does not have any drastically large differences between difficulties. This includes beatmapsets that feature only a single difficulty.
Proposed:
- All game modes within a beatmapset must form a reasonable spread starting from the lowest difficulty level required for the song's length. Each spread must comply with its respective mode's difficulty-specific Ranking Criteria.
- Reasonable spread: A beatmapset that does not skip any difficulty levels as dictated by difficulty-specific rules and guidelines, and does not have any drastically large differences between difficulties. This includes beatmapsets that feature only a single difficulty.
There seems to be quite some confusion about this issue as indicated by
https://osu.ppy.sh/community/forums/topics/970805 the comments in this thread and
https://osu.ppy.sh/beatmapsets/823589/discussion/-/generalAll#/489447
Current version is misleading because the definition of "reasonable" seems intuitive and only suggests there be no large gaps, i.e. if an Easy for a 5min+ map was in the set, NHI+ diffs would be required as well. The fact it starts from the lowest difficulty required for song length should not be in the glossary. People reading the RC do not expect such important information in the definition for a term they already know. Adding the information about lowest difficulty to the actual rule should make it more obvious and clear.