+1, easies are pretty good examples of maps that are usually badly mapped or don't seem to go with the song very well. Same applies to normals. They are really only useful for learning the game, or getting used to it. By your first or second day you should at least be able to pass some hards, and not complain about bad maps, as if they are ranked and not older than 2 years, they probably aren't bad.NarrillNezzurh wrote:
You're playing easies and normals. There simply isn't enough note density at those difficulties to properly fit the song, and not a whole lot of effort goes into such easy maps anyway, so the quality is only ever gonna be so-so. It gets much better once you get to hards and up because there's a lot more creative freedom for the mapper and more attention from modders and BATs. As for the timing, I guarantee you that if you're playing remotely recent maps the timing is more than adequate, especially for the low ODs you're playing at.
Sliders are something that confuse lots of new players, so let me state very clearly for you as someone who plays at a (relatively) high level that they work perfectly. This is a "play more" issue.
Difficulty stars are an excellent approximation of a map's difficulty, but you have to remember that they're only based on object density and spacing, meaning they ignore pattern complexity and stylistic differences. A map that caters to your strengths will be easier than one that doesn't, plain and simple, and because of this the star rating should always be taken with a grain of salt. It is fairly accurate, however, and infinitely better than the previous iteration in which everything hard and up was five stars.
Drain sections are just something you have to get used to. The submission process prevents unplayable maps from being ranked, so drain is essentially an accuracy wall that scales inversely with note density. It sucks sometimes, but it is what it is.
In the end there's no real reason to quit. The best thing about osu! is that if you don't care about rank decay you can play as much or as little as you want.
Easies and normals should just serve as easy pp or rank when fced with dt + hr all the way to <200,000. If you still can't play hards comfortably by then, or decide to blame it on maps being bad, then I think you're just making excuses for your lack of skill.
All that aside, no one is forcing you to play, you can quit osu if you like, you don't gain much playing this game if you don't like it. I'm sure anyone with a 5 digit rank or better doesn't have these problems - that's 100 thousand people that disagree with you, maybe you're the one with the problem, not the game .