What's the difference between good gming/coaching and "exploiting the engine"? What's the acceptable win % before it's considered cheating?
The 2 shooters + 1 passer thing is something I've seen on the sths forums but once you start test simming it quickly becomes obvious that snipers >>>>> passers.
We're trying to build the best team possible just like everyone is, ours just turned out to be too OP apparently.

Anyway, you're not going to find settings that would make passing important in STHS, however defense is as important as scoring and it's the secondary attribute for passing in the decision-making formula.

What if we define new archetypes something like

Sniper: SC 99 / DF 70 cap
Playmaker: SC 70 / DF 99
Two-way/all-around: SC 80 DF 80

Then set passing to 40 for everyone and adjust the sliders. In theory a SC 70 DF 99 player would have more assists than a sniper and all 3 builds should be more or less equally good.