Scouts

Errol1967 · 05-23-2012, 05:04 AM

I have a question, I play the Pirates and created a scout with all legendary stats accept for the minors (outstanding), I know that scouts can't be accurate all the time, but he does that a lot, for example, when I see a nice prospect in free agents list, I ask for scouting report, after 1 day or 2 he came up he is atm 1 star and 5 star in the future, I hired many prospects this way, but when they are in the line-up they drop dramaticly, so I was testing a bit, I looked at the options screen and saw that scouting was on normal, I go back and look in the free agents list and saw just like before enough prospects, especially mr's and sp's. When I go back to options and put the scouting on 100% accurate, all the prospect dissapeared, not a single prospect to find in free agent list, also when I look at the line up, some players dropped in rattings verry bad, so here's my question, why is this...what's the use of a legendary scout anyway, I payed a lot on salary for this guy and pirates don;t have a lot of money to spend, I know a legendary scout don't have accurate reports sometimes...but all his reports are truly false all the time, when I compare this with 100% accuracy, has this to do with someting in my scouting budget?

Cheerssss

henry296 · 05-23-2012, 09:29 AM

Here is the way I think about Scout ratings. I'm making up the exact numbers, but the I think it works conceptually.

Even a legendary scout is not going to be 100% accurate. However, a legendary scout might be 75% accurate and a normal scout is going to 50% accurate. Therefore, you do get a benefit from hiring a better scount.

Errol1967 · 05-23-2012, 11:17 AM

A better scout? There is no higher scout then legendary.!

henry296 · 05-23-2012, 11:57 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Errol1967

A better scout? There is no higher scout then legendary.!

Your legendary scout is better than an Outstanding or Good scout. Even the best scouts are not right all of the time.

sfeldkamp · 05-23-2012, 12:45 PM

Scouting Accuracy: Very High (not 100% accurate)
Ratings Scale: 1-5

I want my scout to generally recognize good players from bad players, but I don't want perfect information so I go with the roughest rating scale possible. That way I have to look at stats if I want to be able to choose between two equally rated players.

Also you can always have a peek at what OSA thinks of a player. And with players on the waiver wire or free agents, I'm generally skeptical. Make sure the stats and OSA corroborate what your Scouting Director says.

Errol1967 · 05-23-2012, 05:23 PM

Tnx man, I try one lower of 100% accuracy, because I don;t like 100%, thats cheating

, tnx for your reply

05-23-2012, 05:04 AM	#1
Errol1967 Bat Boy Join Date: May 2012 Location: Holland, Helmond Posts: 11	Scouts I have a question, I play the Pirates and created a scout with all legendary stats accept for the minors (outstanding), I know that scouts can't be accurate all the time, but he does that a lot, for example, when I see a nice prospect in free agents list, I ask for scouting report, after 1 day or 2 he came up he is atm 1 star and 5 star in the future, I hired many prospects this way, but when they are in the line-up they drop dramaticly, so I was testing a bit, I looked at the options screen and saw that scouting was on normal, I go back and look in the free agents list and saw just like before enough prospects, especially mr's and sp's. When I go back to options and put the scouting on 100% accurate, all the prospect dissapeared, not a single prospect to find in free agent list, also when I look at the line up, some players dropped in rattings verry bad, so here's my question, why is this...what's the use of a legendary scout anyway, I payed a lot on salary for this guy and pirates don;t have a lot of money to spend, I know a legendary scout don't have accurate reports sometimes...but all his reports are truly false all the time, when I compare this with 100% accuracy, has this to do with someting in my scouting budget? Cheerssss Last edited by Errol1967; 05-23-2012 at 05:07 AM.

05-23-2012, 12:45 PM	#5
sfeldkamp Minors (Double A) Join Date: Mar 2006 Posts: 184	Here's how I have my scouts setup Scouting Accuracy: Very High (not 100% accurate) Ratings Scale: 1-5 I want my scout to generally recognize good players from bad players, but I don't want perfect information so I go with the roughest rating scale possible. That way I have to look at stats if I want to be able to choose between two equally rated players. Also you can always have a peek at what OSA thinks of a player. And with players on the waiver wire or free agents, I'm generally skeptical. Make sure the stats and OSA corroborate what your Scouting Director says.

05-23-2012, 05:23 PM	#6
Errol1967 Bat Boy Join Date: May 2012 Location: Holland, Helmond Posts: 11	Tnx man, I try one lower of 100% accuracy, because I don;t like 100%, thats cheating, tnx for your reply

05-23-2012, 09:29 AM	#2
henry296 All Star Reserve Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Baltimore, MD Posts: 514	Here is the way I think about Scout ratings. I'm making up the exact numbers, but the I think it works conceptually. Even a legendary scout is not going to be 100% accurate. However, a legendary scout might be 75% accurate and a normal scout is going to 50% accurate. Therefore, you do get a benefit from hiring a better scount.

05-23-2012, 11:17 AM	#3
Errol1967 Bat Boy Join Date: May 2012 Location: Holland, Helmond Posts: 11	A better scout? There is no higher scout then legendary.!