Scouts and "Talent Only" in online leagues

Doctor Drew · 01-14-2003, 11:35 PM

There are some of us who really enjoy the "talent only" option and scouts and coaches, feeling that they add an element to the game that's missing when it's just about raw numbers. Unfortunately, this doesn't really work out in an online league, since there's no way to let OOTP know which team you are when you fire it up, so when you look at the different teams, you look at them through THEIR scout's eyes, not yours. If there was a way to use this feature effectively in an online league, that would be great. All that would really be necessary would be a way of telling OOTP which team you were representing, and instead of it giving you a generic "league" view, it would give you a view from the perspective of your team. No major changes, but it would allow us to use this excellent feature for an online league. Thanks.

smolen22 · 01-14-2003, 11:40 PM

I've actually been thinking about this too...The easy cheat in FA signings of simply switching which signing team you are renders different scouts near pointless. Perhaps if the scouting and FA actions were nested within each teams menu, at a point past team passwords then these problems would dissapear. And as a result add a layer to what could be a really challenging type of online league: talent only, scouts enabled.

Doctor Drew · 01-16-2003, 12:00 AM

Is this in the works at all? Or do the developers feel that there is not enough interest in such a feature?

01-14-2003, 11:35 PM	#1
Doctor Drew Minors (Single A) Join Date: Jan 2003 Posts: 55	Scouts and "Talent Only" in online leagues There are some of us who really enjoy the "talent only" option and scouts and coaches, feeling that they add an element to the game that's missing when it's just about raw numbers. Unfortunately, this doesn't really work out in an online league, since there's no way to let OOTP know which team you are when you fire it up, so when you look at the different teams, you look at them through THEIR scout's eyes, not yours. If there was a way to use this feature effectively in an online league, that would be great. All that would really be necessary would be a way of telling OOTP which team you were representing, and instead of it giving you a generic "league" view, it would give you a view from the perspective of your team. No major changes, but it would allow us to use this excellent feature for an online league. Thanks.

01-14-2003, 11:40 PM	#2
smolen22 Minors (Rookie Ball) Join Date: May 2002 Posts: 36	I've actually been thinking about this too...The easy cheat in FA signings of simply switching which signing team you are renders different scouts near pointless. Perhaps if the scouting and FA actions were nested within each teams menu, at a point past team passwords then these problems would dissapear. And as a result add a layer to what could be a really challenging type of online league: talent only, scouts enabled.

01-16-2003, 12:00 AM	#3
Doctor Drew Minors (Single A) Join Date: Jan 2003 Posts: 55	Is this in the works at all? Or do the developers feel that there is not enough interest in such a feature?