Yast Vs Apt

I added many new sources to my Yast list, and it still seems to me that Yast is an inferior tool compared to APT. I tried to add MPlayer and some other basic programs, and it just complains about lots of conflicts, and all the resolutions involve removing programs or other extreme things. Am I missing something? Is there a way to make Yast actually SOLVE dependencies instead of proposing solutions such as "ignore and risk inconsistensies" or "get an older version of such and such"... Apt seems to SOLVE dependencies automatically and make things much simpler. Thanks in advance, Barry