What difficulty level do you usually play?

[Koakkuri]

Nothing wrong with that, I know I wasn't any better when I started playing. Practice and this awesome guide help: http://www.shrinemaiden.org/forum/index.php/topic,8241.0.html

[Chronojet ⚙ Dragon]

Hey there, when I first tried Touhou (it was PCB I first got, the demo even), I had to use a continue against Letty. What about it?

[チソウ タイゼン]

My girlfriend had to continue to Midboss Wriggle on easy...

[Byaaakuren]

I used to only be able to clear PCB on Easy, but now I can do it on Normal. I wish I can do that without constantly dying. On Hard, I can get to Stage 5 at best.

[Puffy]

Can clear normal mode for all not consistent but potentially do it except for SA, can clear extra mode of PCB( Including phantasm), EoSD and MoF. Starting from hard mode and working my way up.

[Paper Conan]

Lunatic only. No bombs. FINAL DESTINATION.

I can normally play EoSD, PCB, IN, PoFV, and MoF on Lunaitc.
UFO, SA, IaMP, SWR, and Hisoutensoku on Hard only.

[Huckebein]

I play on normal because I'm like "Yeah I've played shmups, and EASY MODO is for babies." 

I haven't 1cc'd any of them yet.  One bullet at a time, I figure.

[Shanir]

Hard, mostly. Whenever I try Lunatic I get utterly destroyed by stage 3 at the latest, so I probably need more practice on Hard still. UFO, as usual, is one step below - I can more or less 1CC it on Normal, but on Hard I can barely reach stage 4. :-(

[DX7.EP]

PC98: Even between Easy and Normal
EoSD, PCB: Even between Normal and Hard
IN: Hard, sometimes Normal
PoFV: Normal, rarely Easy
MoF: Normal, sometimes Hard
SA: Normal, sometimes Easy
UFO: Even between Easy and Normal
IaMP, SWR, Hisoutensoku: Normal

I'm not very good at these games yet (barely beat the first three Windows games on Normal), so I play mostly for survival and not for score or 1cc. Right now, I'm trying to get over a hatred of ultra-fast projectiles, skewed circular patterns, crazy level enemies, and especially lasers.

I only find Easy mode useful for learning the individual games' mechanics and strategies. For serious play, it's only for tiny baby men running from Sandvich elementary school children those who cannot accept "game over" as an answer.

[Mr. Sacchi]

EoSD - I can 1cc Normal with minimum luck and a lot of bomb spamming at Remilia, goddamn these hitboxes.
PCB - I can currently 1cc normal with 2 extra lives and 1 extra bomb. Anything below that and I'm stuck on easy. I have also beaten Ran (loleasy) and Yukari (Damn Lucky).
IN - Easy 1cc, Normal 1cc, Hard 1cc with extra lives, and Runnatikku modo with Slow Mode. But anyone can do that  :V. Also, I've lost count of how many times I finished the extra. Also, everything is with border team, yeah I suck.
PoFV - Goddamn Komachi's Story mode.
MoF - Have beaten Suwako, and curretly trying to do a hard 1cc, but goddamn Aya mf-ing Shameimaru.
SA - Stuck on easy, goddamn you Orin.
UFO - I've done a Normal 1cc once. But mostly easymodo. I'm also trying a Stage Practice pacifist Normal mode against Byakuren, can't get past her final nonspell though  :ohdear:

[Zengar Zombolt]

Pretty much everything on Hard. If I feel like doing some challenge runs I turn it down to normal or easy, depending if I'm doing it for the lulz or seriously. Also all extra clears.

[nintendonut888]

I always play on lunatic, except when I want to just casually play the fighting games (read: Almost never), where I play normal. Also I usually stick to easy mode for PoFV, but playing that is an even rarer occurrence. :V

[Byaaakuren]

EoSD: I can do Normal, but Patchy kicks me in Hard.
PCB: Still trying to 1CC Hard. I've cleared Extra and Phantasm.
IN: Working on clearing Normal with non-boundary/magic teams. Haven't tried Extra enough. Can get to Mokou but usually with 2 lives left ._.
PoFV: Just Normal
MoF: Trying to 1CC Normal with non-Marisa B characters, getting to stage 6 consistently with some.
SA: Hahaha I get my ass kicked in Stage 2 Normal for some reason.
UFO: Haven't played it as much. Got the score.dat from someone who cleared Normal.  I'll work on it sometime later.

[TheMasterSpark]

Lunatic. Always lunatic. If I'm not good enough to beat it, I'll just give it another try. And then another one. And then another one. And then another one. And then another one. And then I'll either have gotten good enough to beat it, or the cycle will start over again.  :]

[Nyyl]

I've moved up to hard these days, now that I can consistently 1cc everything on Normal. I've managed hard 1ccs in EoSD, PCB, and IN. Now if I could only get through Hell's Tokamak ;-;

[Atfyntify]

Never ask me to 1cc easy mode on PCB again because then I will go crazy.
I play easy because normal is a bit hard especially in PCB and FW (fairy wars), once I beat extra I will go to normal mode.
IN.......I can 1cc it on easy by my first try!
PoFV: I haven't buyed it yet.
MoF: I will by it on these days
SA: Yeah......I heard it was hard and comparable to EoSD
UFO: I haven't buyed it yet but it seems hard and I heard many fans say that it is definetly harder than SA
Fairy wars: Hard I have to even die on easy stage 2!
I'm an easy mode player so..........

[Yadogari]

Hard and Lunatic only!

[touhoumaniac]

Pretty much everything on Hard. If I feel like doing some challenge runs I turn it down to normal or easy, depending if I'm doing it for the lulz or seriously. Also all extra clears.

same

[Secretsof2113]

I'm pretty new to the shooters myself, but I've played similar games as a child. I typically go into normal mode, as I don't know everyone's spellcard patterns yet.

[RainfallYoshi]

I'm very consistently playing on Normal on all games. I think I could probably manage Hard on EoSD though.

Normal 1ccs:
EoSD
PCB

Extra Clears:
EoSD

So yeah, I don't get how everyone calls MoF easy. I know, lolbombspam but I still manage to get my ass handed to me by Sanae. Kanako finishes me off.

[MTSranger]

So yeah, I don't get how everyone calls MoF easy. I know, lolbombspam but I still manage to get my ass handed to me by Sanae. Kanako finishes me off.

Well, MoF isn't that easy. However, you should be able to no death stages, and bomb every boss spell card, and clear.
That is assuming if you know how to do Kanako's last spell (it's one of the easiest final spells, even easier than MoF easy modo).
Also, You might need to learn how to do some boss nonspells, as you can't afford to bomb stuff like Minoriko's opener.

[Arcorann]

I generally play Normal, given that I still need a bit of practice before I can 1cc Normal mode on anything. Sometimes I drop down if I want an easier run.

[Phlegeth]

Normal, I figured I should go up a difficulty after I started 1cc Easy and wasn't getting anything for it.

[Skyler]

I only have EoSD. I usually play on Normal, or when I'm bored I play Hard. When I'm really bored/high I play Lunatic. I never get past Meiling on the latter though.

[Dweller]

Hard. I have 1CCd all of the Windows games (not counting DS, SB, FW etc though) on Normal and managed to survive some of the extras, so I have ramped up the difficulty to Hard and trying to 1CC them again. It took me a while to beat SA since I never played it much, but afterwards it feels suprisingly easy. I have never really touched easy mode though.

[Radaxen]

Normal.

Sometimes I play Hard on MoF just to try it out, but usually for other games I barely 1cc or can't at all on normal.

[marukyuu]

Normal.

Sometimes I play Hard on MoF just to try it out, but usually for other games I barely 1cc or can't at all on normal.

same, but I also play PCB on Hard.

[Laplace]

Normal~
But then, If I fail a lot, I switch to Lunatic to make Normal seems easier.
It works sometimes
._.

[Shanghai]

Well,before I used to go for easy when I first started playing Touhou.But I started doing normal because if I get used to normal,easy would be soooo much....easier :3!Im too nooby for hard and lunatic. lol

[ark]

Lunatic yeahhh