Last night I decided to deviate from my usual manual only online search for a change/test and oh boy, the resulting match was very, very different to what I've been used to playing against manual opponents.
It was like a different game!!
When I play against manual opponents, the game feels slower, more deliberate and even though I usually lose (mainly due to my misplaced passes) I enjoy the games.
Once I changed to non manual, all bets were off.
It seemed that I could be matched up against any of the assisted passing levels which isn't good or particularly fair. But more than that, the game felt faster and as I was now playing against Barca instead of lesser south American teams(presumably because winning at all costs was now paramount), my opponent just wanted to get the ball to Messi and dribble through my entire team everytime! It was ridiculous and also not fun at all.
Have any of you guys experienced a different speed when playing against assisted opponents online?
I shall be going back to manual for sure and learn to pass more accurately that's for sure as I went from loving the game online to starting to resent it.