How to get better at FFR

[Mjosue]

Re: How to get better at FFR

lol

[Xx{Midnight}xX]

Re: How to get better at FFR

You might wanna add listening to the song a few times without ffr pulled up might help. May not allow you to memorize the arrow locations but it could help get the rythem down. At least in my experience it's helped.

[Mr.Nothing]

Re: How to get better at FFR

I apoligize I didn't think the colors ment anything until now

They honestly don't make a difference during gameplay, IMO.
They really only matter if you want to make sense in the Simfile Discussions.

lol

Don't post whore.

[Zephyr57]

Re: How to get better at FFR

Most of these techniques helped me when I was starting out. I've only been playing for about a month and a half, and I'm already better than the people who introduced me to the game!

[chessydonut]

Re: How to get better at FFR

What's PA ?

[Breakdown16]

Re: How to get better at FFR

What's PA ?

Perfect Attack. I think of it as Perfect Accuracy though. Be right back with a thread link.

http://www.flashflashrevolution.com/vbz/showthread.php?t=37697

Perfect Attack: Getting a good ratio of perfects to goods.

[Redsky139]

Re: How to get better at FFR

I think this thread needs some more suggestions about how and what to practice.

1. There should be some notes about focus and distractions. This game requires a ridiculous amount of concentration and a conscious effort to keep yourself focused. This is actually a very complex topic, so I don't have the time to go into it now.

2. There are a number of different skills that require separate practice, in my opinion.
There are:
a) Technique issues. There are general ones like minimizing the motion of your fingers, so they don't need to go as far to hit the notes and specific ones like working on left handed trills (or up-down trills for one-handers).
b) Stamina issues. As you get to the higher levels of difficulty and have developed your reading skills and technique to a certain degree, you may start to make mistakes simply because your muscles are tired. There are several ways to combat this - play through the pain (finish the song even though your hand is about to fall off) and playing songs that are even more tiring (e.g., MAX forever) to train, etc.
c) I feel like trying for a new FC requires a different skill set than trying for a new AAA. To oversimplify, the difference is is between practicing precision versus practicing speed (both reading and playing speed). I do think they are intrinsically linked, though. When I first started playing, I neglected working on AAAs because it was time consuming and required a lot of focus. Now I find when I practice AAAs, the additional discipline on, for example, hitting triples with good PA, can help me FC a tough song I'd been having trouble with before.
d) Anti-PA is a completely different skill set, but I'm not sure it's worth mentioning here. I've found one can improve their skill at mashing, as well, but that's not something to be encouraged.

In general, I find that you should be able to easily AAA songs that are 5 easier difficulty than you can FC (e.g., if you can FC very difficult songs, you should be able to AAA very easy songs without any trouble), and it's possible to AAA at 2-3 difficulties below your FC threshold with some work.

I'm sure there's more that could be said, but I can't think of anything more right now.

[lxDestinyxl]

Re: How to get better at FFR

I think this thread needs some more suggestions about how and what to practice.

Ok...

This is actually a very complex topic, so I don't have the time to go into it now.

Please don't. But I do have a reason why I don't include the more finer points of getting better at FFR. This is a fundamental base for starting off FFR. It is basically the essentials. The furthermore complex ideas on improvement will eventually come to the player, without the assistance of a guide. I don't think any more should necessarily be added to what there already is.

[kmay]

Re: How to get better at FFR

i think the best way to get "better" is to play songs that u cant beat normally without mashing. like EHHS or some other songs thats constant like that try reading the notes

[lxDestinyxl]

Re: How to get better at FFR

i think the best way to get "better" is to play songs that u cant beat normally without mashing. like EHHS or some other songs thats constant like that try reading the notes

Read tip #3. It pretty much explains that keeping yourself to one difficulty won't improve your excelling on FFR.

[robertsona]

Re: How to get better at FFR

you should change the part about speedmods b/c they changed i guess

[lxDestinyxl]

Re: How to get better at FFR

Thank you. I'll work on it ASAP, but for now I need to complete a crime fiction oral presentation, due in 6 hours.
EDIT: I won't update until the feature becomes public.

[frozen fire]

Re: How to get better at FFR

well the best way on how i got better is first to change your speed. if you are new at this then start with a 1.25x and slowly work your way up. Second is that i have my key configuation changed so that i dont have my hands all squished together on the arrow key (i use zx./). Third is to do game lvs that u can do without dying in them. Last but not least (this is all i can think of right now) NO MASHING.

[LizahB]

Re: How to get better at FFR

I just practice the same way I practice arcade style DDR...
Play like a total spazz, the more you play the more you get used to it and you can start trying harder things. ^o^

[shadmantut]

Re: How to get better at FFR

Hey man. Thanks for that great tip. I've been playing this game for like 2 years, using the one hand, arrow keys method, it has helped me tremendously. Thanks alot. XD