Some of us previously discussed the Decades Challenge a little in the "Weekly Challenge" thread and I thought I'd open up a new thread just for this Challenge to see if anyone else is interested. I think a lot of people find this one the most, or at least one of the most, difficult Challenges in the game:
Others report that the first game isn't a big deal, and perhaps the 3rd. But the 2nd and 4th are really tough. My experience has been that the first is pretty easy, and I've found the 2nd nearly impossible. Lost the 2nd game at least 10 times.
I finally beat the 2nd game last night, fairly comfortably, but without a big margin of victory.
It's a 1980s all-star team for the CPU and I think the starting lineup is: Magic, Jordan, Bird, McHale, Moses Malone? Magic is a much bigger problem than the Oscar of the first game, in my experience. Magic drives much more aggressively and is basically unstoppable, and extremely difficult to contain.
But this is the HoF CPU cheese. Add in Jordan hitting open threes. Bird shooting 80-100% from outside if he's open. And everyone nailing an incredibly high rate of any open midrange. Meanwhile, one's own wide open shots cannot be relied upon, even if you nail the release. Expect to get some routine inside shots and even dunks blocked by OP CPU defense. And never risk passes unless passing lane is 100% open, because CPU picks off pretty much anything that could be construed as within arm's reach.
Obviously, I still have 3rd and 4th games to play and, frankly, I don't expect to complete them both on this try.
This is the lineup I'm using right now:
As always, against the CPU, I try to take advantage of any easy fast-break opportunities I can get. And because it's HoF, will also shamelessly cheese any rim run opportunities I can get with a trailing big.
In halfcourt offense, with my starters, I'm mainly running Pace and cheesing P'n'R with LeBron seeming to be the most effective ballhandler, because my 1, 2, and 3 are all elite shooters and with PF LeBron and my Center running the P'n'R, both the CPU's bigs are pulled out of the paint.
Someone had suggested using Blake Griffin because he's too strong and fast for vintage PF's to deal with. I found this to definitely be the case in the 1st game. In that one, one could do a lot of baseline spin cheese with Griffin against, I think, Jerry Lucas. Not as effective in the 2nd game, but still a pretty good option.
- 4 Game Series: must go 4-0.
- Hall of Fame Difficulty
- All-Star CPU Teams (best of a decade)
- 3 Amethyst Restriction (but CPU won't count Diamonds)
Others report that the first game isn't a big deal, and perhaps the 3rd. But the 2nd and 4th are really tough. My experience has been that the first is pretty easy, and I've found the 2nd nearly impossible. Lost the 2nd game at least 10 times.
I finally beat the 2nd game last night, fairly comfortably, but without a big margin of victory.
It's a 1980s all-star team for the CPU and I think the starting lineup is: Magic, Jordan, Bird, McHale, Moses Malone? Magic is a much bigger problem than the Oscar of the first game, in my experience. Magic drives much more aggressively and is basically unstoppable, and extremely difficult to contain.
But this is the HoF CPU cheese. Add in Jordan hitting open threes. Bird shooting 80-100% from outside if he's open. And everyone nailing an incredibly high rate of any open midrange. Meanwhile, one's own wide open shots cannot be relied upon, even if you nail the release. Expect to get some routine inside shots and even dunks blocked by OP CPU defense. And never risk passes unless passing lane is 100% open, because CPU picks off pretty much anything that could be construed as within arm's reach.
Obviously, I still have 3rd and 4th games to play and, frankly, I don't expect to complete them both on this try.
This is the lineup I'm using right now:
- PG: AS CP3 / Current Westbrook
- SG: TBT Diamond Crawford / Current Klay
- SF: DYN Kawhi / Current PG13
- PF: TBT LeBron / Current Blake Griffin
- C: Historic Diamond Bill Russell / Miami Shaq
As always, against the CPU, I try to take advantage of any easy fast-break opportunities I can get. And because it's HoF, will also shamelessly cheese any rim run opportunities I can get with a trailing big.
In halfcourt offense, with my starters, I'm mainly running Pace and cheesing P'n'R with LeBron seeming to be the most effective ballhandler, because my 1, 2, and 3 are all elite shooters and with PF LeBron and my Center running the P'n'R, both the CPU's bigs are pulled out of the paint.
Someone had suggested using Blake Griffin because he's too strong and fast for vintage PF's to deal with. I found this to definitely be the case in the 1st game. In that one, one could do a lot of baseline spin cheese with Griffin against, I think, Jerry Lucas. Not as effective in the 2nd game, but still a pretty good option.
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