by Leena » 02 Mar 2009, 22:48 I've found a happy medium with CPU speed in the low Pro sublevels, but the CPU still hits too weak and inconsistent there for my liking. If I'm against anyone with low topspin, even Serena, they hit short junk that I can attack every point. Sorry to go on about this, I'm the type that craves for perfect sliders.
Just wondering, what's your topspin at? That could be affecting a few things.
Topspin is something that I think needs fixing, at least on the women's side. With low topspin accelerations, the ball does travel through the air faster, but after the bounce it loses too much speed, even on carpet and grass. To compound that, the CPU makes many more errors on high bouncing balls, and rarely on balls near the ground. Thus, there's no reason to not use 100% topspin with the ladies.
For instance, I set the CPU's lob percentage down a little at a time 'til it was at 0, because he kept hitting almost PERFECT lobs each time I approached the net on a good approach shot. I did this hoping it would cause him to hit the lobs a little bit shorter at least SOME of the time so I could get in decent position to hit a good smash, but for the most part it doesn't seem to have much effect on the outcome; the lobs are STILL too deep... 
As for the side-to-side speed of the CPU, like I said, I don't mind so much dealing with his speed during groundstroke rallies, but when you are at the net there should be some drop off in his ability to race back and forth endlessly, tracking down virtually EVERY volley that you hit with the SAME speed that he exhibits in the grounndstroke rallies. From a geometrical viewpoint, when you are at the net volleying from sideline to sideline with PACE, you SHOULD have court geometry on your side, since the whole point of being up there in the first place is to use the angles to your advantage...
