Scouting Suggestion

PSUColonel · 09-26-2014, 09:47 PM

We have talked about adding additional staff to OOTP 16. Scouts would be a logical area to do this.

Another suggestion I have, is the ability to scout players for any number of games you wish. Players should only be allowed to be scouted while they are actually playing games.

The amount of money you pour into your scouting department (number and quality of scouts) along with the scouting department's reputation, and the number of games/weeks/months a payers is scouted, should all go into the scouting accuracy.

As it is now, we can scout a player anytime we want, but it would be much more realistic to tell your scout.."scout player X for X number of games. The more games, and the better the scouts, the more accurate the reports. One thing to try and model, would be the amount of scouting resources available to a GM without getting too gamey.

Discuss.

Griever20 · 12-06-2014, 11:00 AM

Ok, my take on it.

I remember older OOTP versions, where you had like 4-6 scouts or smth, and basically had to assign them to teams and players to get even remotly accurate ratings, and I always found that pretty exhausting, especially for OOTP players who wanted to sim alot, and had to assign the scouts to teams and the draft pool all the time.

But, I also think that aimed scouting reports from the head scout/scouting departement SHOULD have have an effect on the accuracy of scouting. I mean, if I sent out my head scout to look at a 21-year old C in MY AA system, and he tells me all the way he is a 1* player, and I now by looking at him with 100% accuracy(in a non-dynasty game, my TOR game I play for myself for fun), that he has been a 3-4* potential player since the same scout discovered him 5 years ago in the DR, it kinda annoyes me.

I would like some kind of additional option to sent my head scout or a couple of scouts to look at a player for like a week, and to get more accurate ratings, because it's realisic right? Especially to get a little bit more accurate ratings on you own players, where coaches AND scouts look at. (Yes, I know the Astros had J.D. Martinez and released him, but he reworked his stance and his swing, I would categorize that in OOTP as random development change for a player)

More discussion?

09-26-2014, 09:47 PM	#1
PSUColonel Hall Of Famer Join Date: Feb 2002 Posts: 13,139	Scouting Suggestion We have talked about adding additional staff to OOTP 16. Scouts would be a logical area to do this. Another suggestion I have, is the ability to scout players for any number of games you wish. Players should only be allowed to be scouted while they are actually playing games. The amount of money you pour into your scouting department (number and quality of scouts) along with the scouting department's reputation, and the number of games/weeks/months a payers is scouted, should all go into the scouting accuracy. As it is now, we can scout a player anytime we want, but it would be much more realistic to tell your scout.."scout player X for X number of games. The more games, and the better the scouts, the more accurate the reports. One thing to try and model, would be the amount of scouting resources available to a GM without getting too gamey. Discuss.

12-06-2014, 11:00 AM	#2
Griever20 Hall Of Famer Join Date: Mar 2014 Location: Dortmund, Germany Posts: 3,723	Ok, my take on it. I remember older OOTP versions, where you had like 4-6 scouts or smth, and basically had to assign them to teams and players to get even remotly accurate ratings, and I always found that pretty exhausting, especially for OOTP players who wanted to sim alot, and had to assign the scouts to teams and the draft pool all the time. But, I also think that aimed scouting reports from the head scout/scouting departement SHOULD have have an effect on the accuracy of scouting. I mean, if I sent out my head scout to look at a 21-year old C in MY AA system, and he tells me all the way he is a 1* player, and I now by looking at him with 100% accuracy(in a non-dynasty game, my TOR game I play for myself for fun), that he has been a 3-4* potential player since the same scout discovered him 5 years ago in the DR, it kinda annoyes me. I would like some kind of additional option to sent my head scout or a couple of scouts to look at a player for like a week, and to get more accurate ratings, because it's realisic right? Especially to get a little bit more accurate ratings on you own players, where coaches AND scouts look at. (Yes, I know the Astros had J.D. Martinez and released him, but he reworked his stance and his swing, I would categorize that in OOTP as random development change for a player) More discussion? __________________ The Montreal Expos... Exposing the New MLB? MLB 2015 - Being the Brewmaster(ended) MLB 2013: The Blue Jays That Never Were(concluded)