[maximemoring]

I get what both you and icontrolyourworld (by the way, thank you for the example). I am not specifically trying to make a brutal file, though the melody/sound design, in a way, requires me to make that second part more intense.

I'm currently going for your point 1), where I do a stream, but also move the kick jumps completely off from the first repetition (for overall difficulty progression, I might end up putting it back later) of the first part and add additionnal jumps for the overlaying melody during the second part, effectively so every 4th has a jump. To give it more uniqueness, I've also made it so at that point, it's the jumps following the overall melody, and the single notes are simply following the upwards/downwards motion of the melody in that 4th.