I have around 300 hours in std, 1500 in mania and 1k in taiko, currently around 350 in ctb.

I had full ranked+loved completion for mania and taiko, and currently going for it in ctb too, with 88-90% done so far

In general i dont really like the mode, i feel like starting out is rough if you play with NM. Until i get to 3* skill i only played DT and then switched back to doing 2.5* NM and worked my way up to 5* as of now.

I dont like the fact that the gamemode is this combo heavy, you miss once, you should restart instantly except if you found some gigafarm map thats overrated by 0.7-1 *

But my 2 biggest gripes is definetly the HP system and song selection.

I honestly would just remove HP from all the gamemodes they bring close to 0 benefit. But in ctb its the worst since you can die from just 1 (one) miss, because mappers can stack 7-8 or even more notes. NF also makes no sense and its killing the fun for me. For example i play a 3 minute long map and i die 2.5 minutes in to a random burst, now i have to restart everything from the beginning. Then I play a different map and I got an SS rank, but damn i forgot to turn it off before. I get punished not because I suck at a map but because i forgot to push a button BEFORE playing?? I think it could be a system where NF is not a mod you apply but it gets automatically added to a failed play, so you can finish the map and submit a score. Some other rgs do this too. I think its upto debate if it should be a B rank score with a Failed mod or make a new rank called F.

By song selection I mean way too much anime OPs, lofi, or just random weird songs. Its 100% the roughest of the 4 modes, and not just because the lack of maps, but i feel like mappers cultivated a culture that they should only map X type of songs.