NullpoMino Extreme Too Hard?

[tpanderson]

From what I found from the Nullpo's source code:
Extreme Mode

Level: ARE-Line ARE-Line Clear-Lock Delay-DAS
1   25   25   40   30   16
2   20   20   20   25   10
3   15   15   10   25   10
4   10   10   6   20   8
5   10   6   5   18   8
6   10   4   4   18   6
7   8   4   4   17   6
8   6   2   2   16   6
9   5   2   2   15   6
10   4   2   2   15   4
11   4   2   2   14   4
12   3   2   1   14   4
13   2   2   0   14   4
14   2   2   0   13   4
15   1   1   0   13   4
16   1   0   0   13   4
17   0   0   0   13   4
18   0   0   0   12   4
19   0   0   0   11   3
20   0   0   0   11   3

And From what I see from those, the difficulty factor was lack of ARE, especially if some players prefer ARS. From level 16 the ARE is 0, whilst even Shirase/Speed Mania 2 still have ARE, even if it's small, allowing mobility on ARS. Does this needs nerfing down? I think to compensate on adding ARE on higher levels, lock delay should be lowered, like in Level 20, lock delay should be 8.

[Kitaru]

It's balanced around move reset, which I guess is why all of the recommended rules attached to the mode are SRS. However, Nullpomino does feature the ACE-style ARS rules as well -- Classic-Easy-B, for example, features the standard ARS colors and sonic drop but features Bag randomizer and move reset lock delay.

[bigwig]

It's balanced around move reset, which I guess is why all of the recommended rules attached to the mode are SRS. However, Nullpomino does feature the ACE-style ARS rules as well -- Classic-Easy-B, for example, features the standard ARS colors and sonic drop but features Bag randomizer and move reset lock delay.

While we're on the subject. I tried out speed mania classic 2 on nullpo today (macs don't do mame), and the 300 section definitely seemed be faster than in Death 300 section I had played earlier that morning.

[Kitaru]

TGM1 didn't have a "speed mode," so Speed Mania 1 is to Death as Speed Mania 2 is to Shirase.

[Ravendarksky]

I'm not big on the technical details of these things but I used to play extreme mode for about 1 hour a day. After 6 months I managed to beat it whereas I've never really gotten past S8 or so with TGM.

While I'm much better with SRS than ARS extreme still feels a lot easier to me.

[tpanderson]

It's balanced around move reset, which I guess is why all of the recommended rules attached to the mode are SRS. However, Nullpomino does feature the ACE-style ARS rules as well -- Classic-Easy-B, for example, features the standard ARS colors and sonic drop but features Bag randomizer and move reset lock delay.

Did you mean standardised colours like red for Z, green for S, cyan for I and violet for T?
And the difficulty factor of Extreme is steep increase of speed especially starting in level 10.