I would be in favor of a setting between normal and hard as well. I'm not sure if that is able to happen with the coding time Markus acknowledged trading takes.
I will say, playing historicals on normal, neutral, I do see some things that are strange. I've tried trading off good players at the deadline when not in contention and received no offers or they want me to add a top level player with my vet for a mid level prospect. I've also had instances where I've tried getting rid of a mid-range player and nobody was willing to offer anything.
One thing I wondered when reading Markus' response was about the calculation of whether the AI team is better after the trade and how much of a role that plays. For example, if I offer my 4* prospect for the AI's mid-level vet when they're rebuilding, why do they also ask me for another 3* plus prospect? Do they value their current team maybe too much or the prospects too little?
I think that's been the biggest thing for me. Rebuilding teams don't seem to get rid of the players they can and often seem to ask too much for them. If they're judging whether the prospects improve their current team or how much they are hurting their current team by trading the player they don't need, is that playing a role? That could also be what causes some of the imbalance. I have no idea if that's true but it crossed my mind when reading that.
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