I would agree that, purely anecdotally, the success rates in the Development Lab seem lower in my first playthrough than they were in 25.
I had already planned on setting the difficulty down for it in my second playthrough. I don't quite understand how it feels like cheating if you're asking the devs to boost the success rate and they give you the tools to do so yourself. From what I understand, it reduces the Development Lab difficulty for both you and the AI teams, so there is no unfair advantage being given.
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