Offline gameplay
So I will preface this saying i think the game does feel much better this year in terms of game flow. possession. defending. goalkeeping. shooting. all feels better.
However, I believe their biggest change to offline play "authentic gameplay" actually breaks the game. When on the CPU logic is completely docile. This is most noticeable in lower league play (ex. Ch'ship, League one, League two). The CPU rarely puts together an attack and for some reason they cant "think" when passing and recklessly lose possession all the time.
This is also extremely noticeable when playing Ultimate difficulty. The cpu just seems to lose all control of themselves, cannot pass, do not go forward, and cannot defend; regardless of sliders.
Turning off authentic gameplay gives the CPU a sense of aggression and intent again, mind you there is little to no tackles or fouls - but they at least seem to be able to play football.
Aggression, First Touch, Buildup Speed, and First Touch Pass frequency all see heavily nerfed by default. On Legendary, i have to set First touch pass (so far) to 35, First touch error down to 40, while build up speed to 78 - so that the cpu will not only "try" to attack but not recklessly give the ball away.
I also notice that even on 90+ aggression with authentic off, theres little to 0 heavy tackles in the game. Along with the shooting frequency not even noticeable until 90 as well.
I am still testing (in league two) on legendary and full manual settings but if anyone is curious, here are my current slider set at 6 min halves - input is always appreciated! :
gameplay type - custom
authenticity features - off
wind effects - medium
weather effects - on
sprint speed - 36/38
acceleration - 49/51
shot error - 65/55
shot speed - 44
header shot error - 20
pass error - 52/58
pass speed - 36
header pass error - 55
injury freq - 75
injury sev - 30
gk ability - 55/65
marking - 45/65
run freq - 25/55
line height - 55/60
line length - 35
line width - 48
fb pos - 75
power bar - 50
first touch control error - 90/40
intercept error - 80/60
ball deflection error - 99
tackle assistance - 10/90
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tackle aggression - 99
buildup speed - 78
shot freq - 88
first touch pass freq - 35
crossing freq - 82
dribble freq - 54
skill move freq - 48
