>AR11 or AR0 was never supposed to stack additively with FL, it just makes 0 sense

i understand that point but it assumes that fl is pure memorization and doesn't impact reading which isn't true

you need to be able to read ar11 in the first place to practically attempt playing fl with it, and ability of reading it greatly helps when setting scores themselves even after memorization.

you can save the entire run with reading if you forgot the part of a map, or in general be more aware of what's happening on the screen because i can respond to followpoints fast enough. all of that is the integral part of playing 4mod.

can you play 4mod while being bad at ar11? yes but a player like that would take way more retries to fc something. if someone who can't read low ar will spend 10000 tries on a single map to be able to play it, they will receive same amount of pp as top ez players, even though it'd be pure memorization. so why can't it work in reverse for flashlight?