The long anticipated fix to injury recovery is now live!
To recap, injury recovery has had the following flaws:
- Players suffering injuries in the postseason would not see any recovery until season rollover even if it was a short-term injury (i.e. 10 days)
- Players who suffered very short injuries could be moved to the Injured List and receive one or more unexpected recovery cycles
- Players suffering injuries near the end of the regular season were receiving premature recovery cycles at season end
- Players on the injured list would receive multiple recovery cycles using incorrect data that would lead to players improving beyond not only their pre-injury ratings but sometimes beyond their projected ratings.
The improved injury logic works like this:
- Player suffers an injury with length of injury determining whether a "Time of Injury" ratings hit takes place
- If an injured player who incurred a "Time of Injury" ratings hit is on the IL, the player will see a single "Time of Return" ratings adjustment just prior to becoming healthy.
- The amount of lost ratings recovered is based on player's makeup rating and franchise's medical budget
- The player's ratings will never increase beyond the ratings prior to the injury
- A new, more generous recovery formula is in place
- If an injured player on the IL is scheduled to heal during the season rollover timeframe, the player will see the "Time of Return" adjustment during rollover.
- If an injured player has a very long injury where he isn't scheduled to heal until the next season, he must be placed on the IL at the start of the season and will see his "Time of Return" development cycle just prior to becoming healthy.
The fix is immediate and will impact currently injured players and all injured players moving forward. The fix is not retroactive.
In addition to the injury recovery fix, we've also introduced injury duration ambiguity for an added sense of realism. Instead of exact days for injuries, you'll see timeframes (i.e. 2-3 weeks) until they get within 15 days of being healthy.
If you spot any issues, please post in the forums/discord and include the world, franchise and player name.
We hope everyone enjoys this long-awaited improvement.
9/15/2026 10:39 AM (edited)