I actually 'just' found out about the speed mod thing, so as I finally stop having to sightread everything I can now readily get ~300 combos, fc'ing master songs should be possible now.
Still trying to adjust between 8 and 9, 8 is the 'safer' route for me as I have to time some slower notes but can let loose on sliders and cascades blind confidently. 9 makes songs I am already familiar with a breeze because there's actual rhythm now, but is otherwise very deadly if I have no idea where everything's supposed to land, I say this after being massacred twice on the new song (shine) using 9 (and on a jewel boost ;
so I am now very cautious when it comes to using that, probably not going to risk it on Pokontsu
Oh, and the exp climb is still nuts, I am now hovering around ranking 10000~11000, with a 1000 point gap between cracking the median, given the growth rate these days ill assume the median score to be at least around 50000 when the event finishes, and according to my LLSIF friend there are always assholes who decide to splurge on gems just before the deadline in these events so as to gamble on the suprise factor, so if you are trying to hit for a specific range, I think you should be well prepared for at least a 2000 score gap between you and the next bracket if you don't want to lose your rewards because apparently the flurry of activity is very insane.
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