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Originally Posted by Markus Heinsohn
In OOTP 8 almost all prospects were overrated by the scouts, we have changed that in OOTP 9... in fact, the whole scouting engine has been rewritten, so you cannot really compare the two anymore  In OOTP 9, when the scout favors tools, then he's more likely to overvalue the player... and if he favors ability he'll more likely underestimate the talent. |
Alright, I can accept this answer. The difference does seem a bit dramatic, but forewarned is forearmed!
Now I do have one final question just so I'm complete clear about how scouting budgets work. We have a few international leagues in our universe, each with their own custom average scouting budget that's different from the main league's scouting budget.
Would an international league having a different average scouting budget than our main league impact the quality of scouting ratings in our main league?
I ask because I was previously tripped up when I set different average salaries for each league in our universe. I wrongly thought that those average salaries were completely independent of one another. Eventually I learned that all the players in our universe are shared globally and that league's aren't truly independent. The end result is that, if one league has a value of $10M for average superstar salary and another has $7M, the league with the lower value can sign free agent superstars for much less than the league with the higher value.
I'm wondering if something similar could happen with scouting budgets. If one league has an average scouting budget of $2M an international league has an average scouting budget of $1M, would that have any effect on the accuracy of scouting reports in either league?