How Long Until 1st Year Drafted Players' "True" Stats Appear?

[Heroesandvillains]

Re: How Long Until 1st Year Drafted Players' "True" Stats Appear?

I found a problem...kind of a glitch which eliminates the need to scout or makes you need a house rule.

Don't click if you don't want to know!!!!!!!!!!!!

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I'm not 100% sure this is correct, but I was 7/7 in a test franchise with HOU. If you don't scout a single person leading up to the draft you'll get a draft full of blue chips who are fully scouted and guys who have their bars completely empty. The guys with a completely empty bar actually show their correct potential/overall.

I was drafting in my Pirates franchise and I saw a SP with 95 OVR who had an empty bar in like the 4th/5th rd. I just took a stab and grabbed him. His POT showed at 95 after I draft him in the draft screen. I then take another SP with an empty bar and mid 80's POT. Well he was the same POT. Then I see a 64 POT 1B and he has his bar about 1/6 blue. His POT drops to 60.

Was this a coincidence? Nope as I did the test Astros franchise. I had #1 pick. I was able to snag a 75 OVR 87 POT guy with pick #1. His bar was empty and the OVR/POT stayed the same after I drafted him as did all 6 other guys I drafted. I even took a 47 POT guy and his POT stayed 47.

Empty bar = accurate OVR/POT & ratings are accurate

House rule = can't draft a guy with an empty bar

I'm going to get rid of one of those SP's I drafted, probably the 95 POT guy. It feels so cheap I hate it.

Question:

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What does "if you don't scout a single person" mean?

In season 1, I manually scouted all of my prospects and drafted accordingly. In season 2, I've decided to just let my scouts do their own thing (Auto Scouting).

Does this mean when I do the Draft all players with empty bars will have their true potential shown?

Or do they always, even if you participate in scouting?

Basically, what I'm trying to ask is, are the empty bar players always glitched or only if you never actually scout?

[NDAlum]

Re: How Long Until 1st Year Drafted Players' "True" Stats Appear?

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In each draft pool you'll get a random selection of the people in the scout pool that you scout from. You could fall in love with Prospect X in your scout pool and then enter the draft only to not see him there. It's pretty dang random and I'm not a fan!

To answer your question: Yes, if a player has a completely gray bar the overall/potential/ratings is exactly what they will be. If it says 74 OVR 87 POT that's exactly what he will be.

In the test Astros franchise I didn't scout a single player on my own. The only people in my scout pool who were listed were the blue chip prospects. They obviously all have a full bar and are accurately rated. When I entered the draft I had the #1 pick. Every single player in the draft had either a completely gray bar or a full blue bar. This means every single prospect in the draft pool had 100% accurate OVR/POT/ratings.

If a guy has any amount of blue from like 20%-80% the ovr/pot/ratings can drastically change when you draft him.

Kinda bummed hope it gets fixed next year

[Heroesandvillains]

Re: How Long Until 1st Year Drafted Players' "True" Stats Appear?

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In each draft pool you'll get a random selection of the people in the scout pool that you scout from. You could fall in love with Prospect X in your scout pool and then enter the draft only to not see him there. It's pretty dang random and I'm not a fan!

To answer your question: Yes, if a player has a completely gray bar the overall/potential/ratings is exactly what they will be. If it says 74 OVR 87 POT that's exactly what he will be.

In the test Astros franchise I didn't scout a single player on my own. The only people in my scout pool who were listed were the blue chip prospects. They obviously all have a full bar and are accurately rated. When I entered the draft I had the #1 pick. Every single player in the draft had either a completely gray bar or a full blue bar. This means every single prospect in the draft pool had 100% accurate OVR/POT/ratings.

If a guy has any amount of blue from like 20%-80% the ovr/pot/ratings can drastically change when you draft him.

Kinda bummed hope it gets fixed next year

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Thanks for the explanation. I guess only drafting players that have been at least partially scouted sounds like a decent enough house-rule then.

Good catch on the bug. It's a nasty one it seems.