Team Scouting Discoveries

azepeda · 12-13-2018, 08:42 AM

Is there a way to increase Team Scouting Discoveries to a larger amount than 56? I purposefully created a league with a small draft and there are no free agents younger than 25 years old.

Rain King · 12-13-2018, 08:06 PM

I definitely wish there was more control over the number of players that come into the game this way. The options we have now are quite limited.

Drstrangelove · 12-14-2018, 03:09 AM

I don't know where you are getting the cap of 56 from (as I can see a way to make it much higher), but I don't see how that will work to offset drafts that are set at too low a level. Imo, discoveries appear too sporadic and erratic to sustain a professional operation.

NoOne · 12-14-2018, 07:58 AM

you may get them sporadically, but you know exactly how many per year based on setting.

size of league affects the numbers you can select? if i recall... i thought i saw larger numbers in a 40 team league. been a while, though

i always turn these off and up the IAFA #s. it's not 1:1. 12 or more scouting discoveries per team would be a very large increase. However, they are much better MiL players than S.D. players. so, i figure it's a wash.

the only potential problem to reducing the SD is # of players in Rookie and maybe S A... if you are already skimping by, this may cause shortages... but nothing significant if you have more than enough now.

it's probably going to reduce how many superstars you find - a minor amount. you'll miss out on 1 star player every decade, give or take. no guarantees they would actually develop, but you'd have the opportunity.

12-13-2018, 08:42 AM	#1
azepeda Minors (Double A) Join Date: Mar 2011 Posts: 151	Team Scouting Discoveries Is there a way to increase Team Scouting Discoveries to a larger amount than 56? I purposefully created a league with a small draft and there are no free agents younger than 25 years old.

12-14-2018, 03:09 AM	#3
Drstrangelove Major Leagues Join Date: Jun 2014 Posts: 346	I don't know where you are getting the cap of 56 from (as I can see a way to make it much higher), but I don't see how that will work to offset drafts that are set at too low a level. Imo, discoveries appear too sporadic and erratic to sustain a professional operation. Last edited by Drstrangelove; 12-14-2018 at 03:12 AM.

12-13-2018, 08:06 PM	#2
Rain King Hall Of Famer Join Date: Nov 2005 Posts: 3,072 Infractions: 1/1 (1)	I definitely wish there was more control over the number of players that come into the game this way. The options we have now are quite limited.

12-14-2018, 07:58 AM	#4
NoOne Banned Join Date: Apr 2015 Posts: 7,273 Infractions: 1/2 (4)	you may get them sporadically, but you know exactly how many per year based on setting. size of league affects the numbers you can select? if i recall... i thought i saw larger numbers in a 40 team league. been a while, though i always turn these off and up the IAFA #s. it's not 1:1. 12 or more scouting discoveries per team would be a very large increase. However, they are much better MiL players than S.D. players. so, i figure it's a wash. the only potential problem to reducing the SD is # of players in Rookie and maybe S A... if you are already skimping by, this may cause shortages... but nothing significant if you have more than enough now. it's probably going to reduce how many superstars you find - a minor amount. you'll miss out on 1 star player every decade, give or take. no guarantees they would actually develop, but you'd have the opportunity.