Yo ETernalie :3
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[Stein's Normal]
You may not want to hear this but.......I don't like at all your diff. I would consider it more of an easy or low Hard rather than a Normal. Some patterns feel more like a Hard, and by the end of it, only thing that makes me think it's a "Normal" is the Star Rating (which we all know it's not perfect at all). Anyways, most of these suggestions will be to make the patterns more comfortable and fluent, rather than "nerfing", since I consider the main difficulty spike comes from the patterning, not the layering:
00:05:988 - Starting here, I feel all of the LNs out of place. I played the map, and didn't quite understood what it standed for, and then went on editor, and I have yet to understand the true meaning of the LN. I can only guess it's to represent the guitar. And if it's like that, I find it unnecesary. You are already mapping guitar with the single notes, there's no meaning behind adding those LNs other than increase difficulty for the player (remember new players are not used to hitting notes while holding a LN). So my suggestion would be to remove those LNs, and replace them with notes, since you are already representing the guitar with those.
00:26:092 (26092|3,26249|3,26563|4,26720|4,27035|2,27192|2,27506|3,27663|3) - I'm honestly not very fond of these jacks, tho I will admit they are not as hard as they look. Tho I would prefer it to be a 2-note stairs instead of a jack
00:35:516 (35516|1,35830|1) - Dunno if it's intentional or not. But it would fit both the song and the whole section if it were not one on top of the other. Best suggestion I could think of is doing this:
https://osu.ppy.sh/ss/630730700:37:087 (37087|2,37401|2) - Same as above, I'm not sure if it's intentional or not, but it fits the song more if it's not one on top of the other. Suggestion:
https://osu.ppy.sh/ss/6307319After going throught the map a bit more, I noticed these keep repeating themselves, so I consider you are indeed patterning it like that on purpose. I also noticed why you are putting them like that, but it would fit more to move them isntead of having them one of top of the other. I testplayed it 3 times before modding, and I only noticed the reason why it's patterned like that 30 minutes into the mod, so keep that in mind.
I don't know if you noticed this, but the 4th column is empty from 00:36:459 - up to 00:40:857 - (around 4 seconds :v). To fix that (and make the map more comfortable to play), do this:
https://osu.ppy.sh/ss/630749400:47:925 (47925|2,48082|4,48082|5,48239|2,48396|4,48396|5,48553|2) - Oh dear god. You sure about this one? This is uncomfortable to play for me, I wouldn't want to imagine how a player in this skill level would feel. Yes, I know it fits the song, but considering the difficulty of the map as a whole (not talking about SR), I think this is a bit too much.
Something like this would be best, or at least what I can think of atm00:48:710 (48710|3,49024|3,49338|3,49652|3,49967|3,50281|3) - Instead of following the drums to make such tedious pattern (for a Normal), why not follow the guitar to some extent and do something like this:
https://osu.ppy.sh/ss/6307569. It's more comfortable and feels like you are following the guitar, while keeping the drums beat.
00:58:134 (58134|1,58291|0) - Not pointing out an actual problem, just more of a warning. Be careful with these type of notes (one-handed 1/2 stairs I would call it, even tho it's not precisely a stair since it's just 2 notes lol)
01:13:527 (73527|5) - Would be better if you move this to the 5th column, makes a nicer pattern
01:16:668 (76668|3,76982|3,77296|3,77611|3,77925|3,78239|3,78553|3,78867|3,79181|2,79495|2,79809|2,80124|2) - I highly disagree with this type of patterning for a Normal, tho I honestly can't think of anything that you would accept (you can always go with making stairs and such, but I doubt you want that, or even accept it).
This is my best bet at reaching a middle ground (What I did is move the notes with cymbal to another column, to sort of emphasize them without having to add notes)
By the start of the 1st kiai, you emphasize way too much the left side of the playfield, so maybe move some notes over to the right side to give it some love. (Also, move 01:37:087 (97087|4) - to the 6th column, it's way too empty at that section lol)
01:41:485 (101485|2,101485|1,101642|3,101799|1,101799|2,101956|3,102113|1,102113|2) - Nice 3 you got there. Unfortunately, I don't always tend to get 300s with these pattern, considering how sudden it is compared to the rest of the map.
Repatterned the whole section to make things more fluent and comfortable.02:12:113 (132113|1,132427|1,132741|1,133056|1) - I don't find meaning for this tbh. I think I have an idea of what you were trying to do here, but it came out wrong, or at least that's how I see it.
Did some repatterning and made it more relevant to the music.02:14:155 - Same as the start, no meaning for having LNs when you are already mapping the guitar with single notes, it just confuses into thinking there's another sound.
02:34:260 - Oh god those 1/1 jackhammers. Not hard to hit, don't misunderstand me, but not as easy to time properly for those around this difficulty (asked a friend to test this specific section out, got MAX at the start, then it started going down up to 100s). (Also, I pointed out that I disagree with it, but you may not care at this point lmao).
02:41:799 (161799|0,161956|1,162113|0,162427|0,162584|1,162741|0) - Ok, this is too much. A [1][2][1] trill isn't the most comfortable pattern to play on 6k, let alone for this level of difficulty. At the very least, move 02:41:956 (161956|1,162584|1) - to column 4 to make this comfortable to play.
02:49:024 (169024|1,169338|2,169338|1,169652|2) - Ok, I don't know if this was intentional, but I find no reason for this to be patterned like that.
02:52:166 (172166|5,172166|4,172794|5,172794|4) - wouldn't it be better to move this to columns 1 & 2, and make this a simple trill?
02:53:108 (173108|2) - Also, move this note to the 4th column
02:58:762 (178762|4,178762|5,179077|4,179077|3) - I consider this to be too much strain on the right side, best to move one of the 2 double to the left side.
Something like this is what I have in mind03:01:904 (181904|4,181904|3,182061|2,182218|3,182218|4,182375|2,182532|3,182532|4) - Same things stated 2 times already.
03:14:469 - I honestly don't know what to say to this, I find this [1][3][1][4][1][whatever other column] pattern way too much for a Normal
03:58:919 (238919|3,238998|4,239077|5) - Very careful with this stair, it's the only place in the whole map that you use 1/4, which may throw off most players the first time.
This is all for now, I only checked Stein's diff, but if you want me to check your diffs ETernalie, you can catch me in-game and we can do an IRC :3