Songs that should have higher or lower difficulty

[MadTaco]

Pandemonium's Medium steps are probably one of the most fun 9-block patterns I've found so far. I'd say it qualifies as a solid 9, just one with a whole lot of steps to fit with the BPM.

Hmm....I don't play ITG too much...but VerTex Medium should be upped a block (I think it's a 7). It requires you to be able to read slower BPM's, or die from too high of a speed mod (you can use the C mods...but it kind of ruins the "challenge" of this song) in the 600+ ending, which I think is pretty cool.
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[Almost Crimes]

I can't really pass any ITG 10s (There's a couple I can barely pass at home, need to go out to the arcade soon), and even some 9s that I can't pass, but I can pass Pandemonium Medium. It's a hard 9 but not the hardest for me.
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-The Strong Julio!

[Homo-Wan-Kenobi]

I think I'd be one of the most wildcard responses on here...mostly on account of my 1x religious beliefs and lack of any real stamina. For example, I can ** or *** most of the 8- and 9-block songs on hard (including a good number of sightread ***s) but there are plenty of expert songs I can't pass. On ItG1 I still have yet to pass Pandemonium, VerTex, and Bouff on hard (Bouff just because I need to play it at an arcade; runs into jumps frequently are not my friend on the Afterburner on a smooth concrete floor) and a majority of the songs on expert. The only songs I can pass above a 9 are Queen of Light and D-Code on expert (well, I passed Liquid Moon with some ridiculously low score in the high 70s once and apparently that's a 9 now anyway) so to me there isn't much difference yet between an 11, a 12, and a 13. Queen of Light I have up to 95.84 now and D-Code I sightread 92.91 on 1x (full combo, didn't hit any mines). But I look at Charlene and Utopia and think I could do either of those if I held the bar. On Charlene I die in the stepjump section but I can FEC it up until there without much stamina drain, and the sets of 3 16ths with mines between are actually fun to me. Utopia I will probably never *score* well on but if I can get through the 16th run section the rest is cake to pass. So someone tell me it's OK to let go of my 1x no-bar ways and progress higher
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[FujiFlame]

Yes, it would more than be OK. I used 1x on DDR until I played ITG, and now have much better sightreading capabilities. I went no bar well into ITG, and eventually hit a near standstill in skill level, and it was just too hard to put up with, and now I'm rather glad I use the bar. No one cares if you don't play 1x or without the bar, or at least no one should care; what really matters is how much you enjoy the game, so if you want to take your skill further, go right ahead.

[Syncopation]

Ride The Bass Expert seems a bit too easy to be a 9 block.

First time I played it I passed it sightreading (3x, Metal, Hallway) with about a 66.xx%. Second time I played it, same mods, I finished with an 80.xx%.

In general, I currently suck at ITG Hard/Expert 9's: having slop/passed Hardcore Symphony (Hard 9) with a low 42.xx%, slop/passed High (Expert 9) with a low 57.xx%, and Da Roots (Expert 9) is the only 9 block I have passed with about a 72.xx%... aside from Ride The Bass (Expert 9).

Sure, those broken up sixteenth note triplets in the "verse" sections are tricky to get Fantastics on, but they can be "slopped" with even Way Offs without too much loss of health bar.

Obviously, other 9 block songs are much harder (in step density and/or rhythm complexity), a bit faster in tempo, don't have as many recovery pauses, and have stops and/or tempo changes vs. Ride The Bass Expert. I suggest that Ride The Bass Expert has a very good case for being an 8, or maybe even a 7 (regardless of what the Hard difficulty might already be).

[Rancidfish]