Log Off Now wrote:

Hi, NM from my queue!

Disclaimer: I'm pretty new to modding so what I say may not be useful! If this is the case feel free to ignore this mod, although feedback would be much appreciated! All mods are my opinion

[General]

You should have a preview point in your map, make sure it's at the same time as all difficulties aswell

[Easy]

Always use distance snap!!!

I don't think changing the slider velocity is a good idea in easy difficulties, it can be hard to read for new players

00:10:998 (2,3) - I would try and do something to avoid this overlap, maybe have 3 blanket 2?

00:14:998 (2,3) - Overlap and distance spacing issues

00:16:498 (4,5) - Distance space issue

00:18:998 (2,1) - Overlap and distance space issue

00:20:998 (2,1) - ^ I won't point these out anymore since you know what you look like, if you're still unsure check AIMod for further pointers

00:23:497 (4) - Make this slider blanket 00:22:497 (2) - instead of overlap it

00:31:997 (1,2) - Blanket can be improved

00:43:996 (1,2) - Overlap again q.q

00:47:995 (1,1) - There is not enough recovery time after this spinner for easy difficulties, there needs to be at the very least 2 white ticks recovery otherwise this is unrankable

01:06:244 (1) - I feel this spinner is too short, if you wanted you could replace it with a slider or extend the spinner to the very end of the map

[Normal]

00:16:998 (2,3,4,5,1) - Having 5 notes in a row like this is relatively hard for a normal difficulty, I would reccomend swapping either 2-3 out or 4-5 out with a 1/2 slider instead

00:18:998 (3,4,5) - This is also pretty hard for a normal difficulty and usually you only start seeing triple stacks using blue ticks in hard difficulties and above, consider removing the note on the blue tick

00:21:998 (5,6,1,2,1,2,1,2) - Suuuuuper hard to read q.q Also to keep consistency with this section you should have an NC on 5 aswell (you had an NC on the downbeat the second time this occurs, so why not have one on the first aswell?

00:25:747 (6,7,8) - Same comment as 00:18:998 (3,4,5)

00:28:996 (4) - You only really need a 1/2 repeat slider here, otherwise it sounds out of place and can look pretty confusing

00:29:997 (1,2,1,2,1,2,1,2) - Same comment as 00:21:998 (5,6,1,2,1,2,1,2)

00:33:747 (6,7,8) - Same comment as 00:25:747 (6,7,8) (Won't point these out anymore since you know what they look like

00:45:996 (1,2,3,4,1,2,3,4) - Even if you decide to keep the triple stacks in the difficulty this is extremely hard to read for newer players since the distance between 1/2/3 is the same, which is fine for a stack but it's also the same as 4 which is delayed until the downbeat, consider making this easier to read

00:47:995 (1,1) - I still feel this is too short of a recovery for a spinner even in a normal diff

00:52:745 (2,3,4) - Make this a clean triangle/right angle shape

01:04:494 (1,2,3,4,5,6) - You really shouldn't have streams in normal diffs

[CookieKivi's Hard]

00:41:995 (1) - Snap this slider

00:12:498 (5,6) - Consider making 5 blanket 6?

00:23:997 (5,6) - This is hard to read since it's a double repeat going into a single repeat, consider changing the first slider to a single repeat then placing a note on the blue tick to replace the final repeat in the first slider, same sound but easier to read and more fun/interesting to play

00:27:913 (7) - I don't think this note is/should be 1/3

00:50:994 (6,7) - Blanket can be improved

00:54:744 (4,5) - ^

00:54:994 (5,6) - This honestly doesn't flow very well, I would change 6 so that it follows the original curve from 5

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I didn't mod any more difficulties since I'm not that comfortable from CS5 upwards. Hope this helped and good luck with your set!

1. Set a preview point. (Check AiMod, it's Ctrl+Shift+A.)
2. Make sure your kiai's are consistent.
3. Add tags to all of your difficulties, and be sure to include "CookieKivi" because guest mappers must be tagged.
4. Add "League of Legends" as the source.

1. It looks like you have Timing Points that change the Slider Velocity Multiplier. For the most part, this shouldn't be tampered with in Easy because changes in speed are too hard for Easy players. You'll need to switch them all back to x1.00 and map them in x1.00. You'll also need to do this in Normal.
2. It doesn't look like you fully followed Distance Snap in Normal or Easy. This is another requirement for Normal/Easy because those players aren't really able to recognize when you're not using Distance Snap and will hit notes at the wrong times. (You can check this in AiMod.)
3. It looks like your whole map for Easy is made of 1/1 patterns except for 01:04:994 (4) - this at the end. I recommend making the rhythm a bit more interesting in some places by making longer and shorter sliders. As long as it's simple, it should still be okay for an Easy. 1/1 patterns do work well in a lot of places, but it's boring when they're everywhere.
4. Normal is pretty hard for a Normal in some places. This will mostly be fixed when you put the map into Distance Snap, but you're still going to need to simplify the rhythm in some places. For example, 00:16:998 (2,3,4,5) - here you have 4 circles placed 1/2 beat away from each other, which is never a good idea for Normal.

1. 00:09:999 (1) - Double-repeating sliders. They aren't really used that much anymore. Some mappers think it looks sloppy.
2. 00:09:999 (1,2) - Overlap. This overlap could've been avoided.
3. 00:13:748 (5,6,7) - Spacing. This spacing should be even, and using DS would do that for you.
4. 00:13:998 (7,1) - Over sized jumps.This jump is too big for a 3.26 star Hard.

1. New combos should only start on big white ticks, even if the vocal phrase starts later. This is especially true for the 4 lowest difficulties.

1. DS should be consistent for Easy difficulties. 00:17:747 (6), the section between 00:41:996 (1) to 00:47:995 (1), 00:51:995 (3) to 00:57:995 (1) should be resnapped accordingly. The first section of the song (00:09:999 (1) to 00:32:997 (2)) is 0.9x which is ok, but I would recommend just having the entire song as 1.0x for consistency.
2. Not really sure about the 2 green timing points at 00:33:997 and 00:41:995. Why are they at 0.75 SV when there are no notes in this section?
3. SV changes at 00:55:494 and 00:57:995 are not really necessary, especially for such an easy diff. The whole song should probably remain at 1.0
4. Most notes are clustered around a small area (center left). Try spacing things out a little, and moving to areas such as the bottom and top right corners.
5. Turn off grid snap, it's not really useful unless you're making precise patterns (which would usually occur in harder diffs.) and really only messes up DS and restricts flow
6. The rhythm gets a little dull (1/1 spam with occasional 1/2 connecting sliders). Try adding some faster back and forth sliders when the vocal line suggests it (i.e., 00:57:995 (1)), or some 1/2 syncopation (i.e., 00:52:495 (4))

1. Flow is a lot better in this difficulty
2. Not a big fan of sliders starting on weak beats, for example 00:58:244 (2) and 01:01:744 (6). As Charles445 might say, this is bad polarity, and can be fixed by preparing for the shift in pulse with notes and sliders that end in weak beats
3. New combos should start on big white ticks. It messes up the rhythm at 01:03:994 (6) a bit.

1. 00:13:248 (6) - some overlap issues with notes that come after sliders. It feels better for me when this note is spaced regularly.
2. 00:15:997 (7) - I would shorten this slider to the previous red tick, then move 00:17:622 (8) - to 00:17:497 (8) - and extend it by one back and forth (so that it ends on the big white tick)
3. 00:24:997 (1) - the new combo on this slider should be on the following note (00:26:246 (2)), as that is where the musical phrase begins.
4. 00:32:996 (1) - this slider should be extended to the next blue tick, and the following slider should start 1 tick later, on the big white (and still end on the big white tick)
5. 00:56:119 (1) - shorten the spinner to the prev. red tick and move the next slider so that it starts on a white tick, then extend the slider so that it ends on a white tick

1. 00:16:998 (6) - 00:17:498 (8) - nothing in the music really warrants this syncopated 1/4 pattern (the "do-dat, do-dat" pattern). It threw me off when I sightread this one.
2. 00:18:998 (4) - I would make this a back and forth that ends on the red tick, then convert the following slider to a single note at 00:19:497 (5).
3. 00:33:497 (1) - I would move this note elsewhere, the spacing in timing after the two previous 1/4 notes can throw players off
4. 00:59:994 (5) - NC here instead of the next note.

SuperMIC wrote:

hi you posted in my queue and i just wanted to leave a couple of tips after looking through the luminescent difficulty (it seems that others have already given you some helpful tips on DS and patterning so I'd like to give you a few more):

1. Mapping to the Music

At it's core, osu! is a music game. As such, especially in harder difficulties where you can use more complex rhythms, you want to be as precise as possible when mapping to the music. This means both that there should not be beats where there is no music and that you should not map in a way that skips over beats. Following the music almost always takes priority over patterning. Granted, as I'm sure you've learned, there are always always exceptions but recognizing them comes with experience. In general though, you should always stick as close as you can to the music.

00:12:373 (4) - For example, here you've completely mapped over the lyrics.
00:50:494 (1) - and here you can make the argument that this is overmapped because the slider does not end on any beat reflected in the music.
00:27:496 (8) - this slider should end on the blue tick to match the vocals

1a. Strong beats and mapping accordingly

This is related to the previous point, and is very important. There are naturally going to always be stronger beats in the music that should be stressed. When you're mapping easier difficulties, it is these core beats that you typically map to and discard the extra rhythms. osu! mechanics make things work differently however. There are two kinds of osu! beats: "active" and "passive". An active beat is an object that the user actively clicks on (so hitcircles and the starts of sliders). A passive beat does not involve any user interaction (the slider end). You want to make the user actively click on the stronger beats and save the passive beats for less important things. Again, there are always exceptions to this rule and getting a feel for them comes with experience. As a general rule, white ticks are very usually strong beats and should be clicked on. (there are again exceptions lmao)

00:24:747 (5) - this slider ends on a strong beat that really should be clicked on
00:26:371 (2) - so does this
00:26:746 (3) - so does this. also, this slider doesn't start in the right place. match the vocals precisely. in fact you might just want to ditch this slider and map it as a 1/4 triplet that is red tick - blue tick - white tick
00:28:996 (6) - so does this
00:31:746 (5) - long white ticks are almost always strong beats that should be stressed

2. Using patterning to match the music

Jumps, stacking, anti-jumps - these are all patterning components that need to be justified by the music. The music is what should be determining what speed you're moving at and how you're moving: whether it's constant speed, in a sharp anti-flow movement, etc. The only real way for you to learn this is if you can play your own maps. And again that comes with practice and time. (Generally, you will improve a ton if you can play your own maps)

00:44:495 (4,5) - this stack is kind of pointless and plays badly because of the previous pace from (1-4)
00:15:497 (7,1) - there's no reason for these to be spaced close together when your 1/4 spacing is much larger
00:16:497 (5,6,1) - why is all this 1/1 spaced differently
00:17:497 (3,1) - why are these spaced so close when all your 1/4 is spaced differently? try to keep pacing consistent
00:22:997 (3,4,5) - same^
00:23:997 (1,2) - ^

01:04:993 (1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8) - pls don't do this it's so unnecessary

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Hopefully this gives more insight.

-SMIC