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It doesn’t get harder though. At the top levels - from what I’ve seen - you need fewer points to win the league.

How are you finding this?

It’s not about making it hard, it’s about making it as realistic a sandbox as possible. And one where you win all the time (once you’ve established yourself) is not a realistic sandbox. Hence why SI are making headline changes to AI etc.

The challenge I want is the one Pep has right now with City. Does that sort of challenge exist in the game?

Also why is he number 11? FM continues to be poor when it comes to AI manager number allocation.

Wow there really is no comparison between the two Lingard never hit Saka’s heights, couldn’t even establish himself for England. Saka an undisputed top player for club and country.

Are you factoring in TV money? The over £70m is not just the prize money.

Not at all, that player is just not close to Messi, like you claimed. “Below par” when compared to the best player of all time.

Definitely not Messi. Below par technical attributes and 4 stars. Messi he isn’t.

A bug is literally any element of the game that isn’t working as expected. There are plenty of those Nothing is ever bug free in beta. Some of the bugs have been there for years too.

I think the reason this hasn’t been changed too much is because a lot of casual players want to play gegenpress and might not always buy the players suitable for it (ie high stamina) thus having too many players jaded leading to complaints. Similar to current injury levels being lower than real life - SI don’t go too extreme to try to cater for the masses.

That’s just gaming it though. It should be a bit more like real life.

Can only echo this. I’m hoping there is code that treats the keeper position differently - they should definitely be able to get injured but it needs to be far rarer than outfield players.

One thing I noticed in the video of the guy that holidayed for 100 years was the Scottish league. After 20/30 years there was a completely different winner every year for a number of years. It’s like the league has completely levelled out once Rangers and Celtic have fallen away. This says to me there is still something wrong. 1) There aren’t many precedents of a league, especially Scotland, where there is no dominant team. Even if it changes every 10 years or so. 2) It means if a human player was involved the league would be far too easy in future as there is just no competition. The winners are losing 10 games and winning the title with a very low points total. It still looks like the top teams are struggling to manage themselves and sustain dominance this far in the future.

What were the points totals of winners in the later seasons in the PL?

You can change this in preferences. It’s been this way for some time though.

How does that impact making sure the AI are as realistic as possible? Should we play the games for 30 minutes instead of 90 or with two balls because the whole premise is set on not being realistic?

It is up to SI to produce as realistic a game world as possible I’m afraid. And that’s what they are trying to do. If the AI is still struggling to squad build at the top level then it’s on them - as they have said they are trying to improve it.

Why should I need to limit myself? Just make the AI at the top teams buy more wonderkids. SI are obviously aware it’s a problem hence trying to fix it.

This needs fixing. It’s way too strict.

This is a bit concerning. What was changed then? It’s a headline feature and there are numerous reports of the same squad building issues.

Teams being so precious about where a loan player plays is well overdone still. Amad was playing as an AM for Sunderland last year, I’m sure United were not bothered. Similarly Alvaro Fernandez is currently playing left wing for Granada. I bet the United manager isn’t complaining. It’s a weird feature that doesn’t add anything realistic. Just annoyance.

Love this. It now makes it worthwhile having a sub keeper on the bench.

Anyone holidayed yet to see how the squad building holds up for AI teams 20 years down the line? Does the headline feature deliver? 👀

The problem is the word ‘features‘. It implies that new things are added and that’s not always required - I’d suggest too many things have been added and the game suffers from bloat. This is definitely the view of a lot of older players. What the game does need year on year though is incremental change - things can always be improved. If ‘new’ things are not added but existing things get a good refinement or improvement, I’ll be happy. I do get the issues with this though from a marketing/buzz perspective.