I bought this game back when it was in beta. I read the horror stories on here, so essentially didn't even attempt to play a game until now. (Because of latest patch)
Just played my very first game of the season. After the game, I clicked on waivers to see if I could cheaply fill a hole - thinking beginning of season would be a good time to take advantage of salary crunched teams.
This is what I see:
Pretty disappointing.
Obviously, this shouldn't happen. I go to LA's team finances to see what's up. They were indeed over the cap, but this is ridiculous. They waiver 4 stars players and plus 5 other regulars. Not one of those players were claimed on waivers (obviously they'd be claimed IRL), and then they were sent to the AHL. Now, this makes very little sense in the new CBA because if it was a salary issue, sending to the AHL no longer relieves teams of the salary cap hit.
This is a normal game started with the latest patch. About as generic as you could get. Nothing tweaked.
Stuff like this ruins the entire integrity of a SIM, and essentially forced me to turn off the game after game 1.
If I'm missing something, please advise. Thanks.