Breakout challenges - for whales and super players only?!

I'm totally overwhelmed with the new challenges. Realistically you alway need to play for 4 stars as otherwise you won't get enough rewards.

I'm a 84 OVR with NMS (except for the CFB + Madden 25 bundle). My skills are mediocre especially after a 15 year hiatus from Madden.

While I did pretty well - with a bit of grinding - to get a full count of stars (Legends, TOTW, Boom, Team Captains etc.) I totally - and I mean TOTALLY- fail with the new challenges. I also manage to fulfill the requirements for the Season 2 Field Pass alright (have reached Level 34 or 35) even though I hate the INT requirements.

I managed the first of the Achane challenges after several tries but the second already gives me massive problems. No matter what I try (Stretch, ISO, shifting players pre-play) I get only a few yards in the second challenge that requires 20+ yds rushing in 2 attempts. Best was 19 yds with a Stretch only to be tackled for loss in the next play. Most plays are 2-3 yds with a lot of TFLs by the CPUs in the next try. Tried at least 25 time with no luck.

Switching over the other Breakout challenges section and I don't even manage to complete a pass except a few lame drag routes which are not enough to get those 4 stars. I have Hines and a few other 86 speed receivers but no luck.

Is it just me - being a lame mediocre player - or has the difficulty being bumped up?

I like to hear your opinion. Thx! (yeah, I know....gidgud....but that doesn't really help me)

i didnt really struggle on them, im in the same boat as you nms, and a 84, there were some i had to replay to get the full starts but i walked through the first ones

These challenges are a Pain in the Ass.  I'm using Jaden Daniels for my running challenges, but even that is tricky.   It does seem extremely difficult to run with a running back.  Maybe someone else has suggestions there.

I've finished all of the offensive challenges between the new set of challenges thanks to JD5.  Just need to finish these 5 defensive challenges.

I'm struggling badly!! Bout to throw my controller across the room. Haha. Taking a break from those! Clearly my offensive line sucks. And 87 speed isn't fast enough. And running the ball is like running into a brick wall. They've never made these challenges this hard. Besides the epic ones. Which those are supposed to be challenging.

Anyone have a glitchy run play they could share?  Struggling as well  

Oh and these would be a lot easier if I had that UA 88 Saquan Barkley that was promised to me today.  Assholes.

highsierra2024 said:

I'm totally overwhelmed with the new challenges. Realistically you alway need to play for 4 stars as otherwise you won't get enough rewards.

I'm a 84 OVR with NMS (except for the CFB + Madden 25 bundle). My skills are mediocre especially after a 15 year hiatus from Madden.

While I did pretty well - with a bit of grinding - to get a full count of stars (Legends, TOTW, Boom, Team Captains etc.) I totally - and I mean TOTALLY- fail with the new challenges. I also manage to fulfill the requirements for the Season 2 Field Pass alright (have reached Level 34 or 35) even though I hate the INT requirements.

I managed the first of the Achane challenges after several tries but the second already gives me massive problems. No matter what I try (Stretch, ISO, shifting players pre-play) I get only a few yards in the second challenge that requires 20+ yds rushing in 2 attempts. Best was 19 yds with a Stretch only to be tackled for loss in the next play. Most plays are 2-3 yds with a lot of TFLs by the CPUs in the next try. Tried at least 25 time with no luck.

Switching over the other Breakout challenges section and I don't even manage to complete a pass except a few lame drag routes which are not enough to get those 4 stars. I have Hines and a few other 86 speed receivers but no luck.

Is it just me - being a lame mediocre player - or has the difficulty being bumped up?

I like to hear your opinion. Thx! (yeah, I know....gidgud....but that doesn't really help me)

I'm just getting started on these, but initial impressions are quite similar to your own.  Although i would say i probably have a slightly above average squad.  Using (boosted, to 88 SPD) CJ2K at HB, with the Evasive that starts ON has seriously helped me to get through the rushing challenges, such as gain 20 yards in 2 plays, gain 40 yards in 4 plays type stuff.

Also had to adjust my playbook on offense to go back to Seattle, as most run plays this year are horrendous.  You can find my favorite run play under Bunch TE formation.  I'll keep you posted on my success, or failures.  About to settle in for a bit to see how far I actually get.  Curious what type of defense challenges, or how difficult.

dino412 said:

Anyone have a glitchy run play they could share?  Struggling as well  

Oh and these would be a lot easier if I had that UA 88 Saquan Barkley that was promised to me today.  Assholes.

Sorry, didn't see your post -- but please check my reply above, i DEF shared my favorite run play, although it's not glitchy per se, but decent.  It's also where i have struggled a bit.

dino412 said:

Anyone have a glitchy run play they could share?  Struggling as well  

Oh and these would be a lot easier if I had that UA 88 Saquan Barkley that was promised to me today.  Assholes.

ravens (pb) pistol strong(f) power option(p)

the later the pitch the bigger the play if u know how to attack the edge w the qb 

if u run this on me online i’ll bite u tho i’m just tryna help get u some stars

peatrick said:

Sorry, didn't see your post -- but please check my reply above, i DEF shared my favorite run play, although it's not glitchy per se, but decent.  It's also where i have struggled a bit.

Thanks I will give it a go with tht and both options.

dino412 said:

Thanks I will give it a go with tht and both options.

Having CJ2K with Evasive that starts ON helped me achieve those Solos from part 1, going through the rest now, not terrible, but definitely not the usual cake-walk.

I might actually be enjoying this.

highsierra2024 said:

I'm totally overwhelmed with the new challenges. Realistically you alway need to play for 4 stars as otherwise you won't get enough rewards.

I'm a 84 OVR with NMS (except for the CFB + Madden 25 bundle). My skills are mediocre especially after a 15 year hiatus from Madden.

While I did pretty well - with a bit of grinding - to get a full count of stars (Legends, TOTW, Boom, Team Captains etc.) I totally - and I mean TOTALLY- fail with the new challenges. I also manage to fulfill the requirements for the Season 2 Field Pass alright (have reached Level 34 or 35) even though I hate the INT requirements.

I managed the first of the Achane challenges after several tries but the second already gives me massive problems. No matter what I try (Stretch, ISO, shifting players pre-play) I get only a few yards in the second challenge that requires 20+ yds rushing in 2 attempts. Best was 19 yds with a Stretch only to be tackled for loss in the next play. Most plays are 2-3 yds with a lot of TFLs by the CPUs in the next try. Tried at least 25 time with no luck.

Switching over the other Breakout challenges section and I don't even manage to complete a pass except a few lame drag routes which are not enough to get those 4 stars. I have Hines and a few other 86 speed receivers but no luck.

Is it just me - being a lame mediocre player - or has the difficulty being bumped up?

I like to hear your opinion. Thx! (yeah, I know....gidgud....but that doesn't really help me)

A lot of times players want to handoff and spam sprint. It's more effective to let the blocking develop and hit sprint into the holes.

Try running traps and counters. The blocking develops before the RB gets the ball and you are forced to follow/train yourself into finding the holes quickly.

It's part of EA's gatekeeping system. It's not that the challenges are harder per se, it's that they add some total bullshit factor to them. Most of these new challenges, your offensive line just isn't blocking. Period. Regardless of who you are using or what the stats are, it's like they are cut in half at best. If you pay attention, a lot of the challenge sets that are like a ladder (as opposed to being able to jump around and choose which to do next) are like this. It is literally DESIGNED to keep you from getting the free players quicker, and get you frustrated, so you go BUY players to improve your team to beat the BS challenges. but in a week or two, these will be "toned down" and not hard at all. 

At least these aren't just pure glitch BS. On the epic challenges, I had one where the computer player ran out of bounds...then ran downfield about 20 yards...out of bounds the whole way - and the yards counted! And another where I hit sticked the QB at about the 3 yard line...knocked the ball back to about the 7, where it just laid on the ground...and the QB ran into the endzone for a TD - without the ball. I am absolutely convinced that EA hires it's staff from people that Goodwill turned down.

TavynDrak said:

It's part of EA's gatekeeping system. It's not that the challenges are harder per se, it's that they add some total bullshit factor to them. Most of these new challenges, your offensive line just isn't blocking. Period. Regardless of who you are using or what the stats are, it's like they are cut in half at best. If you pay attention, a lot of the challenge sets that are like a ladder (as opposed to being able to jump around and choose which to do next) are like this. It is literally DESIGNED to keep you from getting the free players quicker, and get you frustrated, so you go BUY players to improve your team to beat the BS challenges. but in a week or two, these will be "toned down" and not hard at all. 

At least these aren't just pure glitch BS. On the epic challenges, I had one where the computer player ran out of bounds...then ran downfield about 20 yards...out of bounds the whole way - and the yards counted! And another where I hit sticked the QB at about the 3 yard line...knocked the ball back to about the 7, where it just laid on the ground...and the QB ran into the endzone for a TD - without the ball. I am absolutely convinced that EA hires it's staff from people that Goodwill turned down.

Great post, thanks for the chuckle. Finally managed to get through all of my Solo Challenges, both parts... but ended up taking me well over an hour. Had to retry the rushing challenges a bunch. Thankfully defense was fairly straightforward.

I think my favorite challenge was the defensive one with these main requirements: 

• Don't allow more than 1 touchdown this drive

These guys certainly know ball. Wish the rest were this clever. Goodwill rejects sounds on point. I can't even tell if they're generating ALL new content via AI or if there are actual human beings who are truly this incompetent. I've worked with some seriously special Einstein types over the decades, but EA really has a way of demonstrating that they are not the best among us. At anything, but especially not understanding the great game of football, let alone software development, project management, etc. However, they're exceptionally adept at being greedy and pathetic.

SosaChamberlain said:

ravens (pb) pistol strong(f) power option(p)

the later the pitch the bigger the play if u know how to attack the edge w the qb 

if u run this on me online i’ll bite u tho i’m just tryna help get u some stars

That last part made me laugh.