lel the drama
On topic: I think it's crucial for you to read AR9 first before you progress to anything higher, because there are always some maps you can't do with DT/HR in early stages, you only use them when you git gud. AR9 forms the basis for you to play maps to get pp. I always start of playing the game with AR9, and I still prefer AR9 to 9.6 or 10 unless the circle density doesn't match with the AR. Then you slowly increase from 9 to 9.3, 9.6, 9.8, then 10, but 9 always comes first.
And as for reading wise, playing AR10 obsessively may cause you to lose the ability to read AR9. There was a period of time when I played HR obsessively on AR7 and 8 songs and now I can't read AR8 at all, but still can barely manage AR9.
As for accuracy, I really think if you can't get 97% above for nomod songs, you're not cut out to play HR, frankly. One thing that makes HR so hard is because of the OD, and if you can't get good accuracy for nomod, you're definitely going to do worse for HR. I suggest you get around 98 or 99% for nomod then you play HR. But even then if you can't read stacks fast enough and end up mashing keys, you're still gonna end up with bad accuracy so it takes some getting used to. And judging from your scores, yeah you need to work on accuracy.
Speaking from personal experience, I usually only play songs with AR9 nomod, unless I sort of "overplay" that map to the point that I can't read with the normal AR then I start playing with HR to unlearn and relearn the map.
Mahogany wrote:
Why the fuck would you ever play HR+NF???
Of course not for pp, definitely not for rank. But playing NF helps to get past the map if you can't pass on normal circumstances, and this may prepare you for what's going to come for when you actually pass the part you usually fail. Like I sometimes play HR + NF when I need to learn the map and sort of remember where stacks are, because I suck at reading stacks with HR and the only way I get past it is through memorising. So it helps to a certain extent.