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Originally Posted by SirMichaelJordan
I use very low accuracy settings and i don’t think the scouting is useless.
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I think they're completely useless if what you want is for scouting to interject a level of "fog of war" between you and the actual ratings. They do so to some degree for younger players but not even a little bit for older ones.
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On very low settings with a player having a very high accuracy level, the reports are still inaccurate compared to 100% accuracy settings.
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Not even remotely true for veterans. Anyone who has been in the league for more than 3-4 years will have 100% accurate ratings, to the extent that you will know the very same month exactly when their ratings dip.
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I agree FM is just a different sport when it comes to scouting, teams literally scout the world for unknown players and even use the game’s database itself to find some hidden gems. In baseball, the top prospects are already known to the world. These days there aren’t really any hidden players. Players from the Caribbean are playing in showcase leagues at the age of 14.
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That's a. not necessarily the case when you're talking about 16 year olds - even those Caribbean kids are pretty well unknown - and b. not at all the issue. FM has ratings which grade a player's individual abilities to run down the field, knock headers into the goal, shoot corners, and do a whole bunch of other things that are not reflected directly in the statistics the leagues around the world keep (although this is beginning to change). In OOTP all of the ratings, with I guess the exception of the mental ones (which are randomized anyway), are based on actual stats.
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Overall the written reports are miles better than the previous incarnations, but I would like to definitely see more information maybe even a player comparison or two.
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That would be nice. It would be nicer if scouting actually did what it's supposed to do.