[Syd Thrift]

No, you’re not reading what I’m saying. I’m not saying that vets shouldn’t be “too far off”, I’m saying that the moment a vet’s Power or whatever falls, you will know about it with 100% accuracy. The new system means that sometimes for players on other teams it might take an extra month to hear about it. That’s.... fine, I guess, although I’d prefer scouts to stick to their original opinions for longer. However, what’s unchanged, and what breaks scouting, is that there is literally *never* a situation where a scout says “I think Mattingly is losing it” that turns out to be untrue. Literally never. It doesn’t happen and the way the scouting system is set up it can’t happen. If you’re playing with a high TCR setting, it is also *never* the case that a scout says “wow, Dwight Gooden really put his Control together” where *that* turns out to be untrue. Again, it’s literally impossible for this to happen, even on the lowest accuracy setting.

There is no fog of war with scouting when it comes to veterans for that reason, and so it’s useless. Just use the real ratings if you’re not going to play stats only.