You might be right...

*Shakes Head*

Or, you know, you could try reading what I actually said, and comprehending it before spouting bullshit about said posting.

Pot to Kettle: You're black.

Why is it always about color with you people?

What do you mean by "you people" huh?

I mean all them people who are into that "color" stuff. Ssspppfff. Like shades aren't good enough for them or somethin. Wantin colors dang-nabit. Bunch of hippies they all are, I say.

(There really should be a little smiley with a straw hat and a pipe.)

Yerh, but I'm the dude RPing the dude with the SIN of some other dude that's disguised as yet another dude! "You people," indeed!

Simple solution that helps quite a bit - It has been pointed out more than once that Search is pretty much the only power a Watcher has. So... give them an effective Specialty in it. +2 "designed for the task" bonus, or some such. 4 dice still isn't astounding, but at least it makes it possible for them to perform their listed primary function, plus it's simple and straightforward.

I'll just use the Attuned Watchers optional rule (Digital Grimoire) and give it a +(summoner's Magic) bonus to Search for the target it's attuned to.

It's not so often you need summon a watcher to search for something that's "already in your sight", so attuning watchers for Searching needs the Sympathetic Linking metamagic. My mages have never taken that :/

Edit: One additional way to make watchers more effective might be summoning a lot of them, and letting them use teamwork. I still wouldn't limit their rolls, though.

Making something that is not commonly selected more useful, and thus more likely to be selected over generally accepted 'must have' options, is generally a good thing IMO.

True enough.