I've played quite a bit of NCAA 11 this year. I've also played a lot on both AA and Heisman. I'm normally an AA guy but I did play on Heisman for parts of this year, a good part of NCAA 09 as well a decent portion of NCAA 06.
From my experience this year both AA and Heisman can play very well after the 3rd patch. With slider tweaks I think both levels can play very similarly but there are a few differences that I have experienced.
1. Outside Running Game. The user's outside running game is far more open on AA than Heisman. It's easily the biggest difference I've seen after the third patch. On Heisman the outside running game is tough for the user. Getting a long gain is unrealistically rare on Heisman while AA long gains happen too much imo. Adjusting the human RBA slider can help with this.
2. Heisman Blitzing - the cpu blitzes a bit more. Coaching sliders help as the cpu is blitz happy, particularly on 3rd down but it does seem more prevalent on Heisman.
3. Heisman Cpu FG Kickers - they attempt long field goals that they have no chance of making. On AA the cpu won't attempt a FG that is way out of their range. On Heisman you will see some kicks barely make it into the end zone sometimes. I don't know why the logic would only be broken on Heisman but EA should fix this.
I've gone back to AA and am staying there. For those who are better than me Heisman may be the only choice. For those that are a little tired of AA maybe Heisman should be considered. I don't believe that Heisman cheats at all. I simply believe the base set of underlying sliders is that much higher. I actually created a conversion excel sheet that will convert a set of AA sliders to Heisman if you want to see how your AA sliders translate to Heisman.
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