1. Higan (6.1 stars, 1147 notes)

• 
  When you have an almost 6 star map by itself, you want it to be a masterpiece. Heres a list of things you could add:
  Storyboard
  Hitsounding
  Slider velocity changes
  Constant volume changes
  
  Difficulty wise, it feels basic, honestly in my opinion you need to add some sort of difficulty spikes in your map rather than just having huge distance snaps. The map lacked an abundance of triple HC's and streams + kicksliders which will increase note density so you can also increase drain rate. You dont always have to follow the piano and vocals, your beatmap makes the backbone of the song, when the vocals are to bland for your circles and sliders, use the drums and bass to follow your beat. You might also want to increase ar to around 9.2-9.4 since ar 9 feels too small for a 6 star map.
  
  
  TL;DR - Too basic, weird overlaps, needs streams and cut the sliders.
  

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Mikii wrote:

M4M Request.


[General]

• 
  When you have an almost 6 star map by itself, you want it to be a masterpiece. Heres a list of things you could add:
  Storyboard
  Hitsounding
  Slider velocity changes
  Constant volume changes
  
  Difficulty wise, it feels basic, honestly in my opinion you need to add some sort of difficulty spikes in your map rather than just having huge distance snaps. The map lacked an abundance of triple HC's and streams + kicksliders which will increase note density so you can also increase drain rate. You dont always have to follow the piano and vocals, your beatmap makes the backbone of the song, when the vocals are to bland for your circles and sliders, use the drums and bass to follow your beat. You might also want to increase ar to around 9.2-9.4 since ar 9 feels too small for a 6 star map.
  
  
  TL;DR - Too basic, weird overlaps, needs streams and cut the sliders.
  

[Higan]
00:04:739(2) If you want to have a lowered distance snap, keep your HC's tightly packed, doesn't make sense to suddenly have to jump to a lower distance snap relocated
00:13:236(2,3,5) Blanket I think I know what you meant, but I think I might've changed that part because of the td;dr. so invalid?
00:22:946(4,5,6,7,8) Weird overlap that's the essence of the map. Ill take more suggestions about this

Tbh its better if I just show you a shoddy map I made in 30 minutes. If you have any questions, pm me.

Modded Map

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Aiceo wrote:

shit mod from shit mapper

General: have you tried soft hitsounds instead? omg fix the combos

00:22:601 (2,8) - avoid clipping fixed
00:23:295 (8,9) - u.u stack the end of the slider with 8 correctly I MADE IT EVEN BETTER MWAHA.
00:23:468 (9) - this slider is actually really misplaced, it ends on a very strong beat, i suggest you remap this part I don't know .-.
00:25:029 (6,8) - blanket these two blanket'd
00:33:526 (6,7) - needs bigger spacing imo naaaaw
00:45:057 (4) - this doesn't have to be here, make a 5x stream here instead 00:45:231 - and 00:45:404 - done
00:51:561 (6) - make it go straight up with a little angle to the left, diagonal sliders are spooky mkay? why are they spooky ;A;
00:51:561 (6) - ugly overlap imo what overlap .-.
01:20:521 (4,6) - stack them right done
02:02:832 (4) - dis slider should be a stream instead not too sure, but ill try it. Ill revert it if I feel like its not needed
02:10:462 (7,8) - very bad flow right here oh right .-.
03:15:087 (4,5) - couldn't this be a slider? nope
03:26:069 (6,1) - avoid overlap fixed
03:38:035 (1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,1,2,3,4,5,6) - this whole part, avoid overlapping! on the 1 to 6 and then 1 to 6 combos I basically copy pasted them, but ill fix it a bit
03:47:573 (8,1) - this is not a bad overlap, but i'd still fix it done!
03:48:786 (5) - make the slider go straight up with a little angle to the left nah. it was supposed to be straight
03:49:131 (1,5) - stack properly #idontevensquare
04:08:901 (1,2) - perfect this blanket made it extra fabulous
04:10:462 (5,1) - seems kinda repetitive, could you place the slider differently? for (1), I made it look like a scythe handle. Not sure how to fix that
05:06:473 (1,2,3,4,5) - dis too hard i think I moved the 3 a bit up to make it look like a curve. but that's all im doing to it.

DahplA wrote:

Higan

1. 00:15:057 (8,9) - Doesn't really fit the song. I'd suggest remove both or just 8. fix
2. 00:38:728 (4) - Maybe space it out a little more? done
3. 00:40:289 (9) - ^ But from 00:40:462 (1) - done
4. 00:56:763 (1,2,3,4) - Change this part. altered
5. 01:10:983 (1,2,3,4,5,6) - ^ did a bit
6. 02:25:549 (10) - Distance space this rather than having it under the slider end. done
7. 02:28:324 (10) - Too far away. fixed
8. 03:38:035 (1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8) - Maybe a pattern or shape? I already see a pattern .-.
9. 03:45:318 (6,7,8,9) - ^ all I did was shift the order of things
10. 04:03:006 (3) - You can probably turn off Kiai Time. oya .-.
11. 04:34:913 (5) - Too close to 4. done
12. 04:50:173 (1) - Slider velocity is a bit fast isn't it? Change it if you want, because I know it's hard to change at this point. nope .-.
13. With that end part, starting from the previously mentioned timestamp, you could probably fit more unique patterns, shapes and jumps instead of having predictable sliders.ill keep it as it is

Thanks for modding! >w< the mod on your map should be there soon .-.

General

• With such a difficult map, at least change the OD to 8.