Allow a mapset to skip difficulty required by spread rule when there is alternative difficulty in ranked category of the same music.
Example: I want to rank a map of the same music as this mapset but I only want to map an Expert difficulty. The current RC forces me to map at least a NHIX spread, otherwise my X can't be ranked. With my proposal applied, as long as my X can form a reasonable spread with that ENHI mapset, my mapset with only the X can be ranked.
This is an effective way to reduce the work of ranking a mapset, while not reducing necessary contents in ranked category:
1. Extra time is required for completing a spread and BN checks. With this proposal applied, the time is saved.
2. The purpose of current RC which forces a spread in certain cases is to guarantee a good gaming experience for new player. With this proposal applied, there are still lower difficulties of those music for new players. Yes, the number will decrease, but there's no necessity to provide multiple Easy Normal ... of one music.
Example: I want to rank a map of the same music as this mapset but I only want to map an Expert difficulty. The current RC forces me to map at least a NHIX spread, otherwise my X can't be ranked. With my proposal applied, as long as my X can form a reasonable spread with that ENHI mapset, my mapset with only the X can be ranked.
This is an effective way to reduce the work of ranking a mapset, while not reducing necessary contents in ranked category:
1. Extra time is required for completing a spread and BN checks. With this proposal applied, the time is saved.
2. The purpose of current RC which forces a spread in certain cases is to guarantee a good gaming experience for new player. With this proposal applied, there are still lower difficulties of those music for new players. Yes, the number will decrease, but there's no necessity to provide multiple Easy Normal ... of one music.
An argument (not from me)
An argument about this proposal is that if there are multiple mappers planning to rank a mapset of a same music. All of them only want to map a high difficulty and don't want to make their map a GD. They might be more willing to wait for someone else to complete a spread and rank it, not to do it themselves. Everybody's business is nobody's business.