Equal expenses doesn't work

[Lex Logan]

I never cared for the "arms race" expense model, and coupled with the failure of max scouting (see other thread) was delighted to switch to Perfect Scouting and equal Farm and Medical. But those don't work either: the game initially forces all teams to be equal, but the AI proceeds to change expenses as under Normal mode, and if you check League Editor you'll see different ratings (Farm, Medical, Scouting) recorded for different teams, just as in Normal mode. We have no way to tell what ratings the game actually uses.

Does anyone else use equalized expenses? Do the AI teams stick to those requirements? What is reported in League Editor? Note that you have to be careful to catch differences in expenses -- any time you view League Settings or go into commissioner mode, it may reset the AI teams to the same expense levels. But sim forward a week or so and check the Finance page and some teams will have changed.

I strongly suspect the AI suffers from bad scouting information, poor player development, and bad medical care. No wonder it's so easy to win 120+ games year after year at Mogul level.

This bug has been reported for the current beta, but I doubt it will be fixed before release.

[Louddog]

I use perfect scouting in BM12 and have noticed some teams pay a different amount (some more, some less, but most are the same). They all show 100 for the scouting rating though.

[Lex Logan]

I use perfect scouting in BM12 and have noticed some teams pay a different amount (some more, some less, but most are the same). They all show 100 for the scouting rating though.

Here's a screenshot of the Finance page along with a snip from the League editor for Colorado. So does Colorado benefit from 85/85/100 ratings, as shown in Finances, or 50/50/50, per the League Editor?

I loaded an earlier .mog file, and switched Colorado to human controlled. Going into commissioner mode immediately equalized expenses for all teams, but did not change the 50/50/50 ratings for Colorado. I then checked the lineup dialog and it does look like Colorado enjoys Perfect Scouting. So it looks like Equal Expenses does, at least, give teams equal ratings, though we don't know for sure about Farm or Medical. It just doesn't maintain equal expenses, but it will abruptly kick the AI teams back to equal whenever you go into Commisioner mode. I suppose I could toggle Commisioner mode once a week or so.