Starting on beginner...work to heavy?

bryan.david · Basic Member Joined: 27 Sep 2005

Alright, over the past 2-3 weeks of playing Ultramix 2 & now Extreme 2... well, I can get an AA rating on Extreme 2's 'Speed Over Beethoven' tune, very fun one I might add... but once I try going to standard or heavy mode, I get totally lost, can't move that fast or even determine where to go before the arrows are past already..

Does this come naturally over time or is there some sort of strategy? Any tips would be appreciate it... I just wanna get better at it.

Nougatrocity · Trick Member Joined: 12 May 2002 Location: Somerville MA

Practice.
http://www.ddrfreak.com/phpBB2/viewtopic.php?t=96135

FujiFlame · Trick Member Joined: 15 Sep 2004 Location: Orlando, FL

It's something that takes time. Working from Beginner, to Light, then Standard and finally Heavy does take a certain level of experience with many aspects of the game, such as eye-leg coordination and such. The one thing that irritates me about people who are new the the concept of DDR is when they figure there's some trick or strategy to it. Seriously peoples, you get good at it just like you get good at anything else: practice.

Da-Risin-Smoke · Posted: Mon Oct 03, 2005 10:13 am Post subject:

i started on light, cuz DDRMAX didn't have beginner.

starting on lesson mode is better; if you start on beginner it can create bad habits like returning to the middle.

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gasm · Trick Member Joined: 27 Apr 2005 Location: Montreal

If you are having problems reading the arrows you should play stepmania on keyboard to improve your arrow reading abilities. Thats what I did, it helps.
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Synaesthesia · Posted: Mon Oct 03, 2005 11:21 am Post subject:

Fireheart · Basic Member Joined: 20 Sep 2005

IMO - best strategy. Dont look at the light/heavy ratings, look at the foot difficulty. I guess most standard songs are around 5-6? so just playing the 5 footers for now, then goto 6, then 7, 8, 9 ect.
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TheKat · Basic Member Joined: 18 Jan 2005 Location: Umass

If you feel as the arrows are clumping together, trying turning up the speed to 1.5x. I felt that even though it is faster and you need to react faster, I loose myself if the arrows are clumped together.

Actually, if the speed is 1x, I get lost. I been playing for over a year now and AA 8 footers and A catas (9 footers).
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Griesus · Posted: Mon Oct 03, 2005 4:50 pm Post subject:

Stickies, Schmickies, eh?

http://www.ddrfreak.com/phpBB2/viewtopic.php?t=96135

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QWERTYkid911 · Trick Member Joined: 18 Aug 2005

All you do is practice. PRACTICE. Believe it or not, IT WORKS!

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Trip Machina · Trick Member Joined: 22 Aug 2005 Location: Louisiana

STAY AWAY FROM BEGINNER MODE!!
It teaches you to stay on the center of the pad, which is a BIG no no (dai iya iya).

Instead, you should spread your legs (away from the pad center) and play easy songs on LIGHT mode.

If you wanna become a DDR purist like me, go buy Dance Dance Revolution (US) and play that and get used to the FPS and timing on that. Also, you'll learn the TRUTH about difficulty names.

...it's the closest thing to DDR 3rd Mix, as Konamix kinda resembles 4th Mix; but of course, you are not even supposed to know that these games exist. =P
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P-Chan · Posted: Mon Oct 03, 2005 10:09 pm Post subject:

I think the sticky thread has been pointed more than enough times... refer to that thread and to tho whole gameplay forum, please
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