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[Epsilon82]

+1 for hectic - GNF

No thanks. When has "hectic" been fun in a music game?

I just played a ridiculously difficult Megadeth song on expert guitar and it was hectic and I failed out. Wow that was fun

/sarcasm

Thanks to the wonderful inclusion of "No Fail" mode in RB3, that problem is a thing of the past.

[Iceman71421]

I really dont care about most of the responses especially "www2112" or whoever who seems to pick fights with most people for no reason and is normally on the losing end.

A checkpoint timer would make this game much more fun.

[HeyRiles]

I just think it would remove a lot of strategy as well as a reward for those who comfortably know the song and know when to expect section breaks

[dog037]

I don't think it would change the gameplay all that much.

[Cipher_Peon]

No thanks. When has "hectic" been fun in a music game?

TTFAF is amazing on everything.

[Iceman71421]

I just think it would remove a lot of strategy as well as a reward for those who comfortably know the song and know when to expect section breaks

I dont understand how "strategy" means playing a song 3 or 4 times to learn the arbitrary checkpoints. Strategy should be understanding the changes in a song and expecting a checkpoint when there is a musical change , a bridge or a solo.

[HeyRiles]

I consider it strategy since the majority of my scores are sightreads and are simply an understanding of when the gates show up in time with the music

At any rate you can always see the gates show up on the horizon, and I imagine a big count down in the middle of the screen would essentially be placed right on top of the gates on screen anyway, making it super redundant

And in the end adding a countdown would do nothing towards having to replay the song 3 or 4 times to learn the arbitrary checkpoints. I mean they aren't even arbitrary, you can kind of easily tell where the checkpoints are just by listening to the music

[www1221]

I really dont care about most of the responses especially "www2112" or whoever who seems to pick fights with most people for no reason and is normally on the losing end.

A checkpoint timer would make this game much more fun.

1. You are using a suggestion from a person not related to Harmonix in anyway as proof that this timer might be coming.
2.A time would not change anything. You can see the gate from pretty far away.
3.its 1221 not 2112.
3.I "pick fights" with people who are wrong or acting like idiots. Take your pick at which one of these you are.

TTFAF is amazing on everything.

Uhhh no

[MagicMurderBag7]

TTFAF is amazing on everything.

Except my ears.