Scouting Issues

Holden Caulfield · 03-05-2013, 09:15 AM

Not sure where to post this, but the scouting is very confusing/limiting.

If I want to assign my scout to a country, I can only assign him to Canada, USA, Sweden, Russia, England, Germany. I realize that these are all the playable leagues, but how do you scout players from Finland, Slovakia, Czech, etc. I'm guessing this is something that is coming later when those leagues are included in?

Also, when going to scout Russia, my options are Kontinental Hockey League, Russian High League, Russian Hockey League, Russian Junior League, Youth Hockey League, Youth Hockey League 2. What? Should be listed as KHL, VHL, MHL, MHL-2, etc I have no idea what these leagues are as they are listed.

Very annoying a bunch of unknown but useful players in UFA at the start of the game with no ratings and no way to scout them really. Takes a while to scout them individually. Particularly due to the nature of the next problem...

No way to scout or check the shortlist? At least none that I've found.

I know the solutions are coming, not critizing just trying to point out things. Thanks.

CeeBee · 03-05-2013, 10:11 AM

After assigning a job I can't seem to easily go back and check what the job is.
e.g. Set a scout to scout the NHL Draft and in the main scouting screen list it just says Seth Jones or whatever player I presume is being scouted? (should it not say NHL Draft?). Now if I click on that scout it gives a list of players but theres no way to tell what the job really is unless I click on one of the players names. I'd rather have the main screen tell me the scout is scouting the draft and clicking on a player would give me the player profile.

JeffR · 03-05-2013, 12:19 PM

Yeah, scouting is pretty rudimentary at the moment, it hasn't gotten a lot of attention yet. As you're seeing, scouting for non-draft purposes is a real pain. Once the scouts have had a bit more editing attention (specifically, giving them an accurate home region and getting scouts for all playable leagues), I'd like to get that screen, the assignment methods, and the feedback from scouts all overhauled.

One thing we can fix soon: scouts are getting minimum, instead of average, default ratings. That shouldn't be happening, but it's an easy fix.

Astark · 03-05-2013, 12:43 PM

Can there/will there be a way to disable scouting report messages? I have 9 scouts working draft-eligible players, and my inbox gets flooded with reports. Not big, but just something that is a little annoying while playing.

Peter10 · 03-05-2013, 01:11 PM

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Originally Posted by Astark

Can there/will there be a way to disable scouting report messages? I have 9 scouts working draft-eligible players, and my inbox gets flooded with reports. Not big, but just something that is a little annoying while playing.

Havent tried yet but maybe disable "news for shortlisted players" and see if it works.

EberleisEdmonton13 · 03-05-2013, 03:22 PM

Almost every 14-16 year old player that I have scouted seems to be over 6 feet and weighing around 260 lbs, seems to be a big 14 year old haha. Anyone else having this happen?

Astark · 03-05-2013, 04:13 PM

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Originally Posted by Peter10

Havent tried yet but maybe disable "news for shortlisted players" and see if it works.

Does not work.

Zorbane · 03-05-2013, 04:16 PM

Is there a checkbox for scouting reports at the bottom?

block15blaze · 03-06-2013, 10:23 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Holden Caulfield

Not sure where to post this, but the scouting is very confusing/limiting.

If I want to assign my scout to a country, I can only assign him to Canada, USA, Sweden, Russia, England, Germany. I realize that these are all the playable leagues, but how do you scout players from Finland, Slovakia, Czech, etc. I'm guessing this is something that is coming later when those leagues are included in?

Also, when going to scout Russia, my options are Kontinental Hockey League, Russian High League, Russian Hockey League, Russian Junior League, Youth Hockey League, Youth Hockey League 2. What? Should be listed as KHL, VHL, MHL, MHL-2, etc I have no idea what these leagues are as they are listed.

Very annoying a bunch of unknown but useful players in UFA at the start of the game with no ratings and no way to scout them really. Takes a while to scout them individually. Particularly due to the nature of the next problem...

No way to scout or check the shortlist? At least none that I've found.

I know the solutions are coming, not critizing just trying to point out things. Thanks.

I find it frustrating that free agents have no attributes. It would be good to have the option to show or mask the attributes until scouted. Personally, I would always play with attributes of all players showing as standard. It would really put me off the game to have to scout players to see their attributes, especially free agents.

SirManager · 03-06-2013, 12:09 PM

The scouting works? I dont get any reports ever, but I have assigned scouts to work (scout for leagues and specific players). Doing something wrong or missing something?

Gige56 · 03-06-2013, 12:32 PM

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Originally Posted by SirManager

The scouting works? I dont get any reports ever, but I have assigned scouts to work (scout for leagues and specific players). Doing something wrong or missing something?

I'm running into the same problem as well. I have my scouts in leagues that apparently aren't playing games, or atleast not active. That may be the cause in my game since the scouts technically have no game play to go by. I'm playing in the lower leagues in the NA (ECHL), not sure if your running into the same perdiciment...

Edit: I have my scouts in the SPHL, CHL, and FHL in the US and those leagues are not generating games played or stats...

03-05-2013, 09:15 AM	#1
Holden Caulfield Minors (Rookie Ball) Join Date: Jan 2013 Posts: 31	Scouting Issues Not sure where to post this, but the scouting is very confusing/limiting. If I want to assign my scout to a country, I can only assign him to Canada, USA, Sweden, Russia, England, Germany. I realize that these are all the playable leagues, but how do you scout players from Finland, Slovakia, Czech, etc. I'm guessing this is something that is coming later when those leagues are included in? Also, when going to scout Russia, my options are Kontinental Hockey League, Russian High League, Russian Hockey League, Russian Junior League, Youth Hockey League, Youth Hockey League 2. What? Should be listed as KHL, VHL, MHL, MHL-2, etc I have no idea what these leagues are as they are listed. Very annoying a bunch of unknown but useful players in UFA at the start of the game with no ratings and no way to scout them really. Takes a while to scout them individually. Particularly due to the nature of the next problem... No way to scout or check the shortlist? At least none that I've found. I know the solutions are coming, not critizing just trying to point out things. Thanks.

03-05-2013, 10:11 AM	#2
CeeBee Minors (Double A) Join Date: Apr 2009 Location: Chase BC Canada Posts: 105	After assigning a job I can't seem to easily go back and check what the job is. e.g. Set a scout to scout the NHL Draft and in the main scouting screen list it just says Seth Jones or whatever player I presume is being scouted? (should it not say NHL Draft?). Now if I click on that scout it gives a list of players but theres no way to tell what the job really is unless I click on one of the players names. I'd rather have the main screen tell me the scout is scouting the draft and clicking on a player would give me the player profile. __________________ Older is sometimes better.

03-05-2013, 03:22 PM	#6
EberleisEdmonton13 Bat Boy Join Date: Dec 2012 Location: Canada Posts: 10	6'4 260 lbs Almost every 14-16 year old player that I have scouted seems to be over 6 feet and weighing around 260 lbs, seems to be a big 14 year old haha. Anyone else having this happen?

03-05-2013, 12:19 PM	#3
JeffR FHM Producer Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: Kelowna, BC Posts: 16,623	Yeah, scouting is pretty rudimentary at the moment, it hasn't gotten a lot of attention yet. As you're seeing, scouting for non-draft purposes is a real pain. Once the scouts have had a bit more editing attention (specifically, giving them an accurate home region and getting scouts for all playable leagues), I'd like to get that screen, the assignment methods, and the feedback from scouts all overhauled. One thing we can fix soon: scouts are getting minimum, instead of average, default ratings. That shouldn't be happening, but it's an easy fix.

03-05-2013, 12:43 PM	#4
Astark Bat Boy Join Date: Mar 2013 Posts: 5	Can there/will there be a way to disable scouting report messages? I have 9 scouts working draft-eligible players, and my inbox gets flooded with reports. Not big, but just something that is a little annoying while playing.

03-05-2013, 04:16 PM	#8
Zorbane Bat Boy Join Date: Mar 2013 Posts: 13	Is there a checkbox for scouting reports at the bottom?

03-06-2013, 12:09 PM	#10
SirManager Bat Boy Join Date: Nov 2012 Location: Finland Posts: 10	The scouting works? I dont get any reports ever, but I have assigned scouts to work (scout for leagues and specific players). Doing something wrong or missing something?