Which is more important...

[Maxxmaster2006]

clearing the song or getting a good grade?

imo i believe that the song getting passed is whats important at first then going for the grade

[Blacksgiving]

clearing.

Then non-random clearing.

then scoring.

[Snapps]

hard clearing

then clearing

then yeah, score

[VeliusIIDX]

For me it's always been score over clearing because I found clearing to be really annoying to do.

But it doesn't matter which order you go really.

[afex.racer_X]

IMO you should be able to clear it before you clear it on random. I know this doesn't apply for some songs, but it's how I roll. Or try to at least.

But, I think score is more important than clearing. You only get it noted that it's cleared once. Score you can keep improving.

[my58vw]

Initial clear (random/hard/normal) first

Then work on score...

Why care about score if you can not pass the song... wow I got a C on mei hyper but I had a 2% at the end... see the point!

[Mangojoyride]

in a game as generally difficult as this. you should feel accomplished to have cleared a song

even if the last three measure were slow, and easy as shit and allowed you to get the remaining 26% you needed to clear that 10

[Trip Machina]

Originally Posted by my58vw

Initial clear (random/hard/normal) first

Then work on score...

Why care about score if you can not pass the song... wow I got a C on mei hyper but I had a 2% at the end... see the point!

I'm with you all the way!!! See, I'd rather clear MEI [A] first, THEN work on scoring on it despite the fact that I won't clear it in my lifetime.

['Sodoru]

for me its..
1st: clear
2nd: random clear
3rd: hard clear
4th: score.
I feel better when I don't play with random on.

[The Black]

My list is

1. Clear
2. Hard clear
3. Score

(yeah, no random clear)

[Akkaraju]

I'd usually go through most songs like this:

1. Normal Clear
2. A number of randoms after i know the normal chart
3. hard clearing or full comboing (i usually go straight to score if i hard fail a number of times)
4. random score
5. normal score

[tornupsock]

Originally Posted by my58vw

Initial clear (random/hard/normal) first

Then work on score...

Why care about score if you can not pass the song... wow I got a C on mei hyper but I had a 2% at the end... see the point!

Because there are instances where you can get a really good score, but just get fucked up on the last 3 measures.

Ex. I have an "A" on Leaving [A], and from what I remember, am close to AA, but cannot pass because of those damn end chords. Although, at this point, I should probably get the gall to actually go to training mode and get those last 4 measures down...

[POST RENAISSANCE]

Let's say you play arcade mode in the arcade.

Getting a clear will get you a 2nd stage, final stage, or maybe even an extra stage. You don't need a good grade for that.

Getting a good grade without passing gets you shit.

[syk-iidx]

I always work on passing songs first. Non-random clear, then hard clearing, then full/perfect comboing the song. Note the full combo can take forever with many songs, so I get my score up while I do that, heheh.

[tornupsock]

Originally Posted by POST RENAISSANCE

Let's say you play arcade mode in the arcade.

Getting a clear will get you a 2nd stage, final stage, or maybe even an extra stage. You don't need a good grade for that.

Getting a good grade without passing gets you shit.

This implies that you are at the arcade, and it is your first song. This wasn't part of the speculation.

Not only that, but trying to clear a song involves working on your score. You can't have the first without the second. (I haven't seen anyone try to good attack on IIDX)

However, you can work on score, get a AA, say "fuck the rest of the song" and still fail.