"Lead to Succeed" Event vs. CPU - Impossible?

jcoppock5 said:

Ive finished it 5x now without any issue. A little different approach than others on here have said, mainly on defense.

Offense - streaks or deep ins with Worthy, 1 play TDs 99% of the time.
Defense - Ive been sitting back in Cover 3 and usering my LEDGE on the DLine to get to the QB. The problem i had with running mid blitz is when it's a run play, its usually so congested right there at the LOS that theres not much room for a hit stick. The RB just kind of runs into his blockers for an easy tackle. With Cover 3 they can get through the line and Lewis is there to pop him and forcing a fumble.

Yeah, this guy is doing what I’ve been doing, because I’ve had the same issue with the CPU ball carrier running into my non-user defensive linemen like a heat-seeking missile. Even so, I can’t say I’ve had ‘no issues’. My Ray Lewis just doesn’t knock the ball loose. I’m at the point where I might just try prevent defenses to get more space and time to switch defenders and get clean downhill hit sticks. I don’t know what more I can do to get around the punishing RNG I’ve faced in this mode.

phatalerror said:

Yeah, this guy is doing what I’ve been doing, because I’ve had the same issue with the CPU ball carrier running into my non-user defensive linemen like a heat-seeking missile. Even so, I can’t say I’ve had ‘no issues’. My Ray Lewis just doesn’t knock the ball loose. I’m at the point where I might just try prevent defenses to get more space and time to switch defenders and get clean downhill hit sticks. I don’t know what more I can do to get around the punishing RNG I’ve faced in this mode.

I run mid blitz, user ray lewis in the middle of dline, use ripper pass rush move on the center(up on right joystick), then spam strip button over hitstick. Spamming strip works better than hitsticks imo.

Crazy to see people actually struggling in this event. I think I've done 7-8 runs without any issue and usually not even needing to use time outs. The main thing is running mid blitz on defense. Most of the time if the CPU passes, they block the running back. When that happens I user blitz and myself or another lineman will get free and then you just need to strip the qb. A fumble (even if you don't recover) is an 8 point swing. Offense is really just run streaks since it's super easy to score.

NickyRozay said:

Crazy to see people actually struggling in this event. I think I've done 7-8 runs without any issue and usually not even needing to use time outs. The main thing is running mid blitz on defense. Most of the time if the CPU passes, they block the running back. When that happens I user blitz and myself or another lineman will get free and then you just need to strip the qb. A fumble (even if you don't recover) is an 8 point swing. Offense is really just run streaks since it's super easy to score.

I’ve completed it easily about 15 times + now but tbh I’ve lost twice and it was due to some insane cheese. The CPU ran the ball every play, right into my lineman so I couldn’t hit stick and even starting on their second possession they started chewing clock. Even when I got a hit stick off they wouldn’t fumble it was so frustrating. It’s only happened twice in 15+ attempts but aside from that, it’s very easy

CoachSky said:

Am I missing something here? Towards the last few wins you need - even if you score on your first play every time, you only have one timeout and the CPU will use chew clock and run the ball to milk the clock every time. Even when you get sacks and fumbles you usually only get 2, maximum 3 possessions and the later stages require more points than that. Has anybody finished this? 

Thought it might be a chill way to farm some coins while watching a movie but it appears un-completable until some changes are made?

For the most part you need to find a good defensive play that gives you good gaps to run through for both passing and running plays. I had good success with some blitzes but sometimes there would be no gaps to run through for running plays. Eventually I switched playbooks to a different 3-4 playbook and I found a blitz that consistently has much better gaps on both running and passing plays to sack-fumble the QB or hit stick the HB

I’m going 9 or 10 wins consistently. Every offensive play I scramble 20 yards with Hurts and go out of bounds. 

As others said you need strip fumbles for the higher difficulty games.

optimuschip12 said:

its even worse now with the garbage cool down. like....what is wrong with this company???? oh sorry you're getting too many coins, gotta adjust the game so that you can't use the same cheese play over and over? get fucked, EA

Not gonna lie, the cool down is forcing me to use more plays and open up the playbook more. I'm liking that in a vs. Cpu setting

3 of 4 times I have been able to complete all 10 games. You need luck in games 9 and 10 with hitsticks or sack fumbles

Best i got o so far was level 8. It got sweaty up there lol

I know this is nitpicking about a mode that was actually fairly enjoyable when I wasn't rolling snake eyes, but I hated having to take Delay of Game penalties to get back behind the opponent's 20-yard line after recovering a fumble.

I'm so sick of this mode now. I've had the worst breaks. I jar the bar loose from the quarterback when he scrambles after my linemen won't get free, and he catches his own fumble (so it's not a "fumble"), converts for a first down, and runs the clock out when I still get additional clean hit sticks but no fumbles.

Maybe I just have a poor defensive line, or maybe I've rolled that many consecutive snake eyes. I'm glad we'll likely get a new event tomorrow, so I can stop subjecting myself to this kind of RNG futility. I've got all year of that sort of nonsense to look forward to, and I don't need any more doses of it now.

phatalerror said:

I'm so sick of this mode now. I've had the worst breaks. I jar the bar loose from the quarterback when he scrambles after my linemen won't get free, and he catches his own fumble (so it's not a "fumble"), converts for a first down, and runs the clock out when I still get additional clean hit sticks but no fumbles.

Maybe I just have a poor defensive line, or maybe I've rolled that many consecutive snake eyes. I'm glad we'll likely get a new event tomorrow, so I can stop subjecting myself to this kind of RNG futility. I've got all year of that sort of nonsense to look forward to, and I don't need any more doses of it now.

Is it legal for a line man to catch a pass from the his QB?

I have had a number of plays where I hit the QB, the ball flies in the air (does not hit the ground), and one of his line men catch the ball and advance it.

There are definitely some odd things that happen from time to time that help the CPU team.

Wooooo said:

Is it legal for a line man to catch a pass from the his QB?

I have had a number of plays where I hit the QB, the ball flies in the air (does not hit the ground), and one of his line men catch the ball and advance it.

There are definitely some odd things that happen from time to time that help the CPU team.

I’m not sure how the NFL rules on a ball that goes into the air in a manner that the action wouldn’t be considered a forward pass. However, what I described was different: The ball was dislodged from the quarterback and fell in an upward arc at about the same speed as the quarterback continued to travel as he was hit, and so he caught his own would-be fumble. So even when I forced a fumble, it ended up not being a fumble. Just one of many irritating circumstances I came across in a mode where the math for winning later rounds was dependent on RNG on hit sticks and non-handoffs, and not merely stick skills.