Hi,
first off, I'd like to make it clear that I've been a PES fan (not necessarily a fanboy, though) since Pro Evolution Soccer, and even if I think there have been some somersaults along the way, I have never been truly disappointed by a PES game (with the sole exception of 2014). With 2015, I think some very good improvements have been made in terms of gameplay (physics, player movement, passing-oriented playstyle, etc.). There are some annoying things that I never really understood and haven't been fixed as yet (ugly menus, horrible game plan navigation, FL match schedule mechanics), but I can live with those. However, there is one particular gripe that I have, and it really does drive me crazy - the incredibly botched stamina mechanism.
The stamina recovery is unrealistically slow even among regular matches if there is a cup/EL/CL game in between your league fixtures, but what really makes it mind-bogglingy unbearable are the national team matches. I fail to understand what purpose could this asinine feature serve, apart from trolling or nagging the player, in which case it is doing an spectacularly good job. But seriously, it just makes the navigation through the match schedule slower, further delays you with useless information about the selected players and, most importantly, drains an insane amount of stamina from your roster. And we're talking about the kind of amount that makes your players virtually useless if you want to play them for more than 45 minutes for a few matches, with any luck. Of course, the only way to return the player to his original usefulness within a reasonable period of time is to leave him at the bench for a match or two. I have no comment on such a mechanism that does not include rather caustic swearwords, so I'll just get to the point of the thread (yay, finally) - I'd like to know if ther is some kind of tool that would allow one to alter the stamina drain mechanics, and if there isn't one, if someone could point me in the right direction as for what tools could possibly allow me to edit it. And make no mistake, I don't intend to make the players tireless, but with the little amount of control that the devs give us over the gameplay (kinda makes me think of about how great for example the NHL franchise is in that regard), I don't see any other way around this.
On a completely different note, I could also use a few tips regarding defense - I find that ther is an abysmal difference and a steep difficulty curve when playing against the top opponents like Chelsea, Real Madrdid and the like - even individually, they seem very hard to get the ball back from, while I have great difficulties making my way toward the goal in a one-on-one fashion. I'm talking about the Regular difficïculty, because I think it is pretty much impossible to not win on Amateur, especially if you hplay sports games a lot. On Regular, however, mid-tier teams are usually no problem and I can scramble from 3 to 6 goals within a twelve-minute match. However, when I play against the top teams, it's like playing on another difficulty level, and the fact that the computer seems to convert most of its chances doesn't exactly help that.
Thanks in advance
first off, I'd like to make it clear that I've been a PES fan (not necessarily a fanboy, though) since Pro Evolution Soccer, and even if I think there have been some somersaults along the way, I have never been truly disappointed by a PES game (with the sole exception of 2014). With 2015, I think some very good improvements have been made in terms of gameplay (physics, player movement, passing-oriented playstyle, etc.). There are some annoying things that I never really understood and haven't been fixed as yet (ugly menus, horrible game plan navigation, FL match schedule mechanics), but I can live with those. However, there is one particular gripe that I have, and it really does drive me crazy - the incredibly botched stamina mechanism.
The stamina recovery is unrealistically slow even among regular matches if there is a cup/EL/CL game in between your league fixtures, but what really makes it mind-bogglingy unbearable are the national team matches. I fail to understand what purpose could this asinine feature serve, apart from trolling or nagging the player, in which case it is doing an spectacularly good job. But seriously, it just makes the navigation through the match schedule slower, further delays you with useless information about the selected players and, most importantly, drains an insane amount of stamina from your roster. And we're talking about the kind of amount that makes your players virtually useless if you want to play them for more than 45 minutes for a few matches, with any luck. Of course, the only way to return the player to his original usefulness within a reasonable period of time is to leave him at the bench for a match or two. I have no comment on such a mechanism that does not include rather caustic swearwords, so I'll just get to the point of the thread (yay, finally) - I'd like to know if ther is some kind of tool that would allow one to alter the stamina drain mechanics, and if there isn't one, if someone could point me in the right direction as for what tools could possibly allow me to edit it. And make no mistake, I don't intend to make the players tireless, but with the little amount of control that the devs give us over the gameplay (kinda makes me think of about how great for example the NHL franchise is in that regard), I don't see any other way around this.
On a completely different note, I could also use a few tips regarding defense - I find that ther is an abysmal difference and a steep difficulty curve when playing against the top opponents like Chelsea, Real Madrdid and the like - even individually, they seem very hard to get the ball back from, while I have great difficulties making my way toward the goal in a one-on-one fashion. I'm talking about the Regular difficïculty, because I think it is pretty much impossible to not win on Amateur, especially if you hplay sports games a lot. On Regular, however, mid-tier teams are usually no problem and I can scramble from 3 to 6 goals within a twelve-minute match. However, when I play against the top teams, it's like playing on another difficulty level, and the fact that the computer seems to convert most of its chances doesn't exactly help that.
Thanks in advance