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Déjà Bru · 02-09-2014, 03:12 PM

I don't want to speak for the big guy, or anybody else with exact knowledge, but it has always been my belief that this is true: that "ratings [are] passed to the AI through a filter, so that with a bad scout, the AI has a high chance of seeing an inaccurate rating." Else, why have a competition for the best scouts in the game?

Now, how the developer accomplishes this may not be evident to the user. It may be he has it that the AI ignores its own scouting reports and is indeed looking directly at actual ratings, albeit filtered and "fuzzied" by the scouting quality that it has on file for a particular team.

By the way, don't forget about the setting in Game Setup as to the accuracy of scouting. That may affect things over and above (below and under) the quality ratings of scouts that you see.

02-09-2014, 03:12 PM	#2
Déjà Bru Hall Of Famer Join Date: Apr 2009 Location: Long Island Posts: 11,741	I don't want to speak for the big guy, or anybody else with exact knowledge, but it has always been my belief that this is true: that "ratings [are] passed to the AI through a filter, so that with a bad scout, the AI has a high chance of seeing an inaccurate rating." Else, why have a competition for the best scouts in the game? Now, how the developer accomplishes this may not be evident to the user. It may be he has it that the AI ignores its own scouting reports and is indeed looking directly at actual ratings, albeit filtered and "fuzzied" by the scouting quality that it has on file for a particular team. By the way, don't forget about the setting in Game Setup as to the accuracy of scouting. That may affect things over and above (below and under) the quality ratings of scouts that you see. __________________ - Bru