Scout report advice.

When i get scout reports back i get them say a player maybe useful, good, avoid ect...

what i would like to know is the order in which these go. what is my scout trying to say?

When i get scout reports back i get them say a player maybe useful, good, avoid ect...

what i would like to know is the order in which these go. what is my scout trying to say?

As I understand, each line goes with a number of stars, so you can just go by those. For example a 1 star player might have the "not worth signing" line, and a 5 star player would have something like "would be an important player for the team".

Someone will come along with a definitive list I'm sure but as a rule of thumb I discount 2.5 stars and below when scouting. 3 stars and above are the players you want to be looking at (the accuracy or otherwise of your scouts report notwithstanding).

i given up on the scout reports since i downloaded genie. genie is awesome!!

While we're on this topic - is the number of stars absolute or relative?

I swear that sometimes I look at a player, then I look at the same player later on, and the number of stars *seems* to have changed. Maybe that's because a different coach or scout is judging and I just wasn't paying attention? Or is it because the player is being compared with something in my squad that's changing?

So many questions I have This game deliberately keeps so much stuff vague, its part of its charm I guess.

And what are the silver stars for? Is five silver stars equal to one gold star, or something?

1. Silver stars are below the gold star rating, so 4 silver stars is less than 1/2 a gold star.

2. Scouting stars will change relative to the players on your team. Meaning, if you have a striker with 100 CA, scouting another striker with 105 CA may give you 2-3 stars. However, if you sign a 125 CA striker, that 105 CA player would see his stars drop because he's worse than your best striker.

3. I have had some players gain stars in some cases; apparently my scouts/coaches gained better knowledge of the player?

1. Silver stars are below the gold star rating, so 4 silver stars is less than 1/2 a gold star.

2. Scouting stars will change relative to the players on your team. Meaning, if you have a striker with 100 CA, scouting another striker with 105 CA may give you 2-3 stars. However, if you sign a 125 CA striker, that 105 CA player would see his stars drop because he's worse than your best striker.

3. I have had some players gain stars in some cases; apparently my scouts/coaches gained better knowledge of the player?

This. And also, the better the JPP/JPA of your scout, the more accurate he is likely to be.

Genie is just plain cheating and always will be. Thats why scouts are in the game so you can make a decision on their reports.

While we're on this topic - is the number of stars absolute or relative?

Very much relative... almost bordering with useless

I swear that sometimes I look at a player, then I look at the same player later on, and the number of stars *seems* to have changed. Maybe that's because a different coach or scout is judging and I just wasn't paying attention? Or is it because the player is being compared with something in my squad that's changing?

It can be both, and for some more reasons...

* Different coaches/scouts give different evaluations of the same player

* Your striker was 3.5* in Championship, but when promoted to EPL he drops to 2.5*. That doesn't mean his ability has dropped, it just means he's now just adequate if compared to the average player in the league.

* Your 3.5* striker can drop to 2.5* if you sign a better striker, or a better player in any other position.

* Your 3.5* striker can drop to 2.5 because he's getting old/worse

* Your 3.5* striker can drop to 2.5 because the clubs' reputation/expectations have changed, and what used to be good is now just average. [this might not be related to the aforementioned promotion/relegation]

So, in the end, the Star Rating is a bit confusing... The coach's comment, e.g. "Player X would be a good Premier League player" or "Player Y would be a leading star for most Premier League clubs" are the part you'd focus the most...

Stars are confusing and often misleading.

It's easy to get a 2* report for a player who then has a CA/PA around 140, which is still decent enough to be a backup player in most Top Clubs, and possibly a semi-regular for mid-table and below...

Some of my rotation midfielders are just 2*, yet they perform as well, if not better, than an expensive 4* guy.

P.S. keep in mind the Star Rating doesn't take into account ANYTHING but CA/PA, so you can still get a 3* report for one of those flawed newgens...

So when buying and picking players, don't go just by the Stars, but keep an eye on the attribute distribution