Was defense speed ever decreased to help attacking play, or doesn't appear to have been.
I was also checking old support tickets and one was about the intensity factor. This was brought into the game to help create a gap in levels. It effected speed snd padding ability mainly but helped encourage teams to gain levels and create a gvg advantage for higher level teams. This seems to be what has been taken out if the game. A team 10 levels lower shouldn't be able to out run the other team if both are maxed in speed for their respective levels.