[How do I...]

On 22/02/2022 at 01:23, fc.cadoni said:

@_Zee the analyst report, comes with scout report. You can't ask separately for analyst report. I have tried all the methods about "Analyst Priorities" as you, but no luck. Need some work there from SI.

So then it sounds like all the buttons, switches, and menus for anything related to the Analyst - is all for show and does nothing. Which is a bit irritating to be honest.

I can confirm that I seem to receive an Analyst Report with a 100% completed scouting report, about 70% of the time. Not sure what causes an Analyst Report to fail to generate, but there's no way to request one specifically.
So all you can do is just hope and pray when requesting a Scouting Report that an Analyst Report comes with it.

[How do I...]

So I tried adding the criteria you showed in your screenshot, but it oddly has no parameters to set. It doesn't seem very helpful if it doesn't list any conditions to set (like the minimum star count for ability). Seems like a bug unless I'm missing something?



 

Also, I've never once seen the menu in my 2nd screenshot populated with anything, really starting to wonder what it takes.
 

 

[How do I...]

On 02/01/2022 at 05:48, santy001 said:

Not too sure about specific players but in the priority if you set stats you're after then the analysts should begin searching for those. It would make sense that its not particularly player based in my mind at least because you're asking them to identify players who meet certain data points.

Sorry, could you clarify how to do this? I've been trying to figure out how to control my performance and recruitment analyst's as well and I can't figure it out. My "Scouting > Assignments > Analyst Priorities" menu is also always empty. I've tried taking direct control of the scouting responsibility but this doesn't seem to help. It just removes the "General Focus" Button in the upper ribbon with a "Assignments, (x) Active" button.

I'm trying to get specific analyst reports for players that my scouts are saying have been 100% scouted. But the Analyst Reports menu on the players page is empty and clicking the "Assign Scout" button does nothing. I'm fully staffed with performance and recruitment analysts (1 head and 4 standard for each).

[Request: Stop allowing transfer revenue changes during Transfer Window]

Quite surprised no one else has encountered this. Am I really the only one?

[Request: Stop allowing transfer revenue changes during Transfer Window]

As it says in the title. It can be pretty devastating expecting 25% of a $100m sale and then only getting 10%. You'd think if these jerks on the board were planning on making this change they could tell me BEFORE the transfer window instead of DURING.

 

 

[Position/Role/Duty training and tactical familiarity]

4 hours ago, gard_86 said:

This makes sense! Thanks for that.

Just got an answer from WorkTheSpace on youtube, and he says that players can get familiarity from just playing in the prd without the individual training, but that it may take seasons... I am yet to see that this is correct.

That matches what I've experienced. It feels like a single match day is equivalent to about 1 balanced day's worth of training as far as PRD-filling goes.

@Mitja - Sorry mate, I know it's hard to explain via text. And I'm still not 100% on how it all works yet either. All I can say is keep playing with it in-game and experiment. If you have any specific questions I'll do my best to answer them.

[Position/Role/Duty training and tactical familiarity]

Yep, they will only gain PRD familiarity in the PRD you've specifically selected in their training page. (I'm still unclear what this means when you leave it on the non-specific default. Does the auto-selection change if the player is in a different PRD for each tactic?)
In addition, they will only gain PRD familiarity if you run PRD increasing training sessions or play them in matches.

If you change your tactics formation and/or the PRD locations/roles of an existing tactic, the player has to train their PRD-bar for that tactic from scratch again, separately.
Even if the P-R-D is identical between tactics. All 3 tactics are tracked separately for PRD-bar completion.

The implication of this I've found, is that it is very unwise to try and ask a player to play multiple roles, or even differing duties when training them in multiple tactics for the first time. This is mostly relevant for new signings that are completely unfamiliar with all 3 of your tactics, and if you wanted them playing different PRD's in each tactic.
If your goal for this player is "fill the PRD for each tactic ASAP", make sure the PRD for the player is the same between all your tactics. Once a PRD familiarity bar is filled for a given tactic, you can change the PRD for that tactic to something totally different if you want. As far as I can tell, as long as you don't change the Tactic layout, they won't lose PRD familiarity even for a completely different PRD and formation.
- - For example, - -  you can have a player be PRD full as a Inverted Winger in the AM(L) position for Tactic(1), and then start training up their PRD for a different Tactic(2) where they play as a Wide Midfielder in the M(L) position. You would have to set their training to Wide Midfielder in the M(L) position, but the PRD progress made in the already existing Tactic(1) - Inverted Winger as AM(L) - would be maintained.

This last little bit is just my random opinion - The lack of "familiarity carryover" that exists even when changing only the duty of a position/role seems overly restrictive in my opinion. There's absolutely no bleed-over in familiarity and there should be SOME if position and role remain identical.

[Position/Role/Duty training and tactical familiarity]

On 21/01/2022 at 21:33, CARRERA said:

Tactical PRD has nothing to do with role suitability or positional suitability.

it simply is about how good the player will carry out their responsibilities within your tactical construct. A low value will negatively affect your tactical cohesion.

There is no rocket science behind it. It is the more the better and very easy to achieve. 

Thanks for clearing up that Role Suitability and PRD Familiarity have absolutely nothing to do with one another.


I'll add that it's becoming more and more clear that the training schedule is the most important factor I've seen influence any attempts at increasing the PRD Familiarity bar. I'm sure playing your players in game contributes as well, but no more than a single day's worth of training. Making sure to select training sessions that mention increasing PRD Familiarity is really the only effective thing I've found thus far.

I'm finding that means it's incredibly important to make sure you have your match-day lineup set as early in the week as possible, and always update it ASAP after you know a change is needed. Because the game determines who gains PRD Familiarity by who is placed on the field in your Tactics screen when you run the training sessions for that day.  (edit: turns out it doesn't work that way)

[Position/Role/Duty training and tactical familiarity]

Here's a breakdown that hopefully illustrates the confusion between how this mechanic is being described and how it's shown in-game. It's been said that POSITIONAL FAMILIARITY and ROLE SUITABILITY are essentially "semi-permanent" contributors to the PRD rating of a player. Allegedly, the POSITIONAL FAMILIARITY does not diminish after it's been trained up to "Accomplished" (correct me if wrong) and ROLE SUITABILITY is simply a reflection of the player's key attributes for that role, shown in 5 star format. How the DUTY FAMILIARITY part factors into all of this, I'm still unclear. Pretty sure its just an extension of ROLE SUITABILITY and a further evaluation of those attributes?

But if this is the case, these are the questions being asked:
- What exactly is being trained when we see training sessions that highlight increasing the PRD rating?

- Does this imply POSITIONAL FAMILIARITY is not trained up if this PRD factor isn't listed in the training benefits?
- Does the PRD training benefit also increase the ROLE SUITABILITY ,ie the players attributes?
- Training sessions will often list specific attributes as benefiting, does the PRD benefit increase these attribute gains if they overlap?

- If POSITIONAL FAMILIARITY and ROLE SUITABILITY are supposedly always contributing to the PRD "total value", why do we see PRD values at absolute zero when they shouldn't be under these assumptions?


In the above example, the POSITIONAL FAMILIARITY is rated at "Accomplished", the 2nd highest it can be. The ROLE SUITABILITY is rated at 2.5 stars for the Advanced Playmaker role. Allegedly these are 2 of the biggest factors that go into determining what the Tactical PRD Familiarity Total is (EDIT: This has been determined to be incorrect. it's increased only by training.), so why is the value clocking in at absolute zero??

Thanks all.