ZeroTheHero said:
- Set all player's Tenacity between 65 and 75
- Increase Stamina for all by ~5
I have set it up like you suggested and after a few matches, the gameplay seems overall more challenging. Hardly ever are there more than 1 goals scored. Even though I still have more shots than the CPU, I do not score that often.
CPU is also more conservative when substituting players. It reacts appropriately to the score (extra defender / extra attacker), but rarely do I see also 3 substitutions used.
Difficulty: 4 stars
Match length: 10 min
First, I tested the tweaks in my usual Exhibition settings:
Home – Away // Player // Shots on goal, Shots on target, Possession, Score: HT // FT // ET1 // ET2 // Penalties
Chelsea FC - Aston Villa // home // 9:1, 3:1, 61:39, 0:0 // :, :, :, : // :, :, :, : // :, :, :, : // :
Chelsea FC - Aston Villa // home // 2:0, 1:0, 56:44, 0:0 // :, :, :, : // :, :, :, : // :, :, :, : // :
Olympique Marseille - Hannover 96 // away // 1:6, 1:3, 49:51, 1:0 // :, :, :, : // :, :, :, : // :, :, :, : // :
Olympique Marseille - Hannover 96 // away // 1:5, 0:2, 51:49, 0:0 // :, :, :, : // :, :, :, : // :, :, :, : // :
Sparta Praha - Udinese Calcio // home // 1:3, 1:0, 42:58, 1:0 // :, :, :, : // :, :, :, : // :, :, :, : // :
Sparta Praha - Udinese Calcio // home // 2:1, 0:0, 53:47, 0:0 // :, :, :, : // :, :, :, : // :, :, :, : // :
Real Madrid - Atletico Mineiro // away // 0:11, 0:5, 43:57, 0:0 // :, :, :, : // :, :, :, : // :, :, :, : // :
Real Madrid - Atletico Mineiro // away // 1:2, 0:1, 53:47, 0:1 // :, :, :, : // :, :, :, : // :, :, :, : // :
Then I went to play FIFA World Cup with Costa Rica:
Home – Away // Player // Shots on goal, Shots on target, Possession, Score: HT // FT // ET1 // ET2 // Penalties
Uruguay - Costa Rica // away // 2:3, 0:2, 53:47, 0:0 // 5:5, 1:3, 50:50, 1:0 // :, :, :, : // :, :, :, : // :
Costa Rica - England // home // 6:1, 2:1, 52:48, 0:1 // 13:4, 5:1, 53:47, 0:1 // :, :, :, : // :, :, :, : // :
Costa Rica - Italy // home // 7:1, 3:1, 47:53, 0:1 // 15:3, 8:2, 47:53, 1:1 // :, :, :, : // :, :, :, : // :
I managed to lose and not even score twice in a row, which has not happened in a very long time.
So I decided to play FWC with a stronger team to see the difference.
Home – Away // Player // Shots on goal, Shots on target, Possession, Score: HT // FT // ET1 // ET2 // Penalties
Germany - Ghana // home // 9:0, 4:0, 55:45, 1:0 // 16:3, 9:1, 52:48, 1:0 // :, :, :, : // :, :, :, : // :
Germany - Portugal // home // 3:1, 2:0, 52:48, 1:0 // 8:4, 4:1, 52:48, 1:0 // :, :, :, : // :, :, :, : // :
USA - Germany // away // 0:5, 0:1, 48:52, 0:0 // 3:10, 0:3, 48:52, 0:0 // :, :, :, : // :, :, :, : // :
Italy - Germany // away // 2:5, 0:3, 47:53, 0:1 // 4:12, 1:6, 42:58, 1:2 // :, :, :, : // :, :, :, : // :
Germany - Switzerland // home // 6:0, 2:0, 52:48, 1:0 // 11:1, 6:0, 51:49, 1:0 // :, :, :, : // :, :, :, : // :
Netherlands - Germany // away // 1:0, 0:0, 49:51, 0:0 // 2:3, 0:2, 48:52, 0:0 // 2:5, 0:3, 50:50, 0:1 // :, :, :, : // :
Belgium - Germany // away // 3:5, 2:3, 44:56, 1:1 // 4:12, 2:6, 46:54, 1:1 // 5:13, 3:6, 45:55, 1:1 // 8:14, 3:7, 46:54, 1:1 // 2:4
Both goals in the first two matches were scored from the penalty kick, as well as the goal in the final match.
Even though CPU is not much bigger threat in the offense, its defensive work improved (it still allows many shots but from less dangerous positions) and with the combination of reduced & equal Mentality and 4 stars difficulty, the game seems more enjoyable to me.
I hope it is not because the CPU just has different habits of playing on different difficulty levels and that I won't become accustomed to it after a while and destroy the CPU as previously. Nevertheless, at least for the moment, this tweak has been an improvement to my WE9LE experience, so I thank you for that, ZeroTheHero.