Bumping this thread to say that I'm still wanting to make a Hard for this, but I'm still not quite sure how to map it. I have some ideas, but it's more about stringing them together. Have a new-fangled, stripped-down kudosu star.
DEEDIT: I've finished this already. I know that you haven't been giving this map any attention recently, but the mapset's cool and I'd really wanted to map this since you'd put out a general request. I just didn't have the chops for it back then.
I've tried to make the map feel at least remotely similar to [SC], only with few uses of 1/4 as you'd asked. There are some 1/4 stacks where I deem them to be appropriate, but the general feel is 1, 2, 3, 4.
DEEDIT: I've remembered how to force specific combo colours, so I've done so to make everything look right.
I'm also going to try and make some cool digital-looking hitbursts, so that they're nice and small and I can keep my beautiful round-and-round patterns.
DEEDIT: Reuploaded my diff, with a couple of pattern fixes and also stack leniency turned down. Much better.
Download:
Paul Bazooka - The Rain Maker (Rena-chan) [Deed's Hard].osu