are scouts needed when hidden player attributes is selected?

yajeflow · 04-20-2007, 05:31 PM

if scouts only give feedback in terms of attribute numbers, then what is the point of having them in personnel? is it a total waste of time/resources???

1998 Yankees · 04-20-2007, 08:22 PM

We need to clarify your question. I don't think you are talking about the "create and maintain hidden players" that you can choose only once, when creating a game, in which the game will create hidden players in countries that do not have leagues and who wait to be discovered by scouts that you send for this task.

If by "hidden player attributes is selected" you mean that you have turned off all the player rating scales, then scouting would appear to be superfluous, as scouts will still report their findings (I think they still see the actual ratings in player profiles) but without any numbers for you to make a judgment by. See the first screen below for an example.

However, a scout will still report on what he sees as the top players in an organization, and the top prospects of an amateur draft. See the second screen below (both of these messages were generated after I turned off player ratings in my game).

yajeflow · 04-20-2007, 09:01 PM

excellent. this perfectly answers my question. they DO have a purpose even if they do not report ratings. cheers!

04-20-2007, 05:31 PM	#1 (permalink)
yajeflow Minors (Double A) Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: newport beach Posts: 114	are scouts needed when hidden player attributes is selected? if scouts only give feedback in terms of attribute numbers, then what is the point of having them in personnel? is it a total waste of time/resources???

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1998 Yankees Hall Of Famer Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: Yankee Stadium Posts: 5,592	We need to clarify your question. I don't think you are talking about the "create and maintain hidden players" that you can choose only once, when creating a game, in which the game will create hidden players in countries that do not have leagues and who wait to be discovered by scouts that you send for this task. If by "hidden player attributes is selected" you mean that you have turned off all the player rating scales, then scouting would appear to be superfluous, as scouts will still report their findings (I think they still see the actual ratings in player profiles) but without any numbers for you to make a judgment by. See the first screen below for an example. However, a scout will still report on what he sees as the top players in an organization, and the top prospects of an amateur draft. See the second screen below (both of these messages were generated after I turned off player ratings in my game). Attached Images __________________ The 1998 Yankees are considered to be among the The Best Major League Baseball Teams Ever From 1902-2005 by Baseball Almanac. They were 68-20 at home that year (including playoffs and World Series) in the original Yankee Stadium (1923-2008), "Where Players Became Legends."

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04-20-2007, 09:01 PM	#3 (permalink)
yajeflow Minors (Double A) Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: newport beach Posts: 114	excellent. this perfectly answers my question. they DO have a purpose even if they do not report ratings. cheers!