Cmode questions

[NetNomad]

I've been playing a bit of cmode lately, and I have a few general questions:

Good map/bad map: I hear people talking about these... how do you know what's a "good map" and a "bad map?" And what's so good about a "good map?" I've read some guides here and on PSOW but I haven't found a clear explanation on this yet.

Clear times/TA times: I don't see the purposes of these... originally I thought TA times were the required times for S-Rank, but apparently this is not so; I added up the times in PSOW's clear time list and it came to just under 7 hours. So what are the TA times for?

Clearing and re-clearing: I've already seen that you can re-do a stage and save your original time. But what about c9? Do you only have one shot at c9? What if I need to play c9 just do learn the maps and puzzles... do I just purposely die at the end? Are there teams willing to do this? :S

Thanks alot.

[Phantom_RAcast]

1. good maps have better monster variations. monster variations based on id.
2. TA is just to improve your time, pointless in my opinion.
3. I'm 99% sure you can redo c9.

[Devlin]

i just beat Cmode on xbox,6:17:23,named the saber 'LEGEND'.

bad maps are also bad spawns,too many of bad enemie..

we would make graves and make new rooms,which in time gives you a good map.

TA is just time attack,as for re-doing C9,dunno,havent tried yet

[Tycho]

People consider time attack a challenge; because it requires more skill than regular gameplay does.

1. good maps have better monster variations. monster variations based on id.

o_o It's based on luck, not ID (not on LCK either).