Difference between difficulty levels?

[rristola]

First some background: I play offline, using Smoke patch, and now trying BAL with both Top Player and Super Star levels. To get more playing time I like to choose lower level league team, where level about 70 can do that.

My "problem" is, that between these two levels of difficulty there seems to be huge difference. When in Top Player, both I and my team seem to do OK in the game against same level team (the way they are ranked), but with Super Star level my team is like from the lower league than the other team. Still the opponents have lower rank. So, does the game engine REALLY adjust the difficulty levels by making the opponent team better than it is by numbers??? And I wouldn't wonder, if I would lose most of one-on-one's, but when my AI controlled better players did also... (And, BTW, I could live with this, if the difference wouldn't be so huge... In Super Star I lost a game against a bit lower ranked team, although they had the lowest attacking level set up (-2 in +2---2).

And, please, some help. As said, I start with second division team. Those seem to play long ball all the time. And, because I like to start my career as DM, there's not that much work (just to see the ball fly over my head). Any advice?

BTW, I tried to see why the opponents were so good in defence in Super Star level. When I looked one situation in replay and slow motion, I found out that the opponents can REALLY kick their legs through your players... That helps a lot. And, no foul!

[de_bot2]

Lol, referee system is annoying