Pikeman Archive

Hey guys! as Xahn wrote, I am your new Correspondent for the pikeman class! I am not a member of SOE, nor am I making any direct contributions to the game. I am just here to read your guys' oppinions/concerns about the game, and it's usage of the Pikeman class. I'm here to help sort through the messages and forward them to SOE.

I have a pikeman, like most of you, so I am sympathetic to all of your guys' concerns about the game. I will be creating a new topic for your guys' concerns, ideas for the future, or just any comments you have on the game dealing with the pikeman.

I can try and help you with your questions about the class, and I will try to help out here for as long as I am commisioned for this role. Keep in mind I do not have any answers as to what the Devs were thinking when they created the game, nor am I being told what to do by SOE.

Thank you all for the welcomes, and have fun my fellow pikeman!

Khrim Charan

Gorath

If I were to guess, which I have been (indirectly)asked not to... I would say that the modifiers exist for a balancing purpose, pikeman weapons are pretty strong, and I think it makes up for most of the modifiers (this is my guess, which may not be correct, but please add a detailed description of what you would like to have done, and why)... Just add all concerns under the topic I post, and debate it out with all the players. The more debating, and the more players who explain their concern, the moreI willtellSOE.

Khrim Charan

Gorath.

That's not balance..Pikeman weapon's strong?? I can't even use a weapon past my intermidate brawler tree and dev's arent even working on it! That's bull**edit** we should have equal toughness,

welcome ,

if u ask me those modifiers are messed up i gave up on pvp shooters jus run and shoot till your dead

sure i can hit for 1000 but because of speed of weapons by the catch up with shooters hes out of range.

also are weaponsare low damage alot more often than high side unless u use action move that suck your ham down worse than anything couldhit you. ohh and damage wise since shooters go for head shots we melee are more worried with the ha and not the mwhen distributing are stat points guess what happens to us poor pikers were dead in 2 head shots . lol, could go on for a hour but ill give u a break it is your first day .

I'd like to start by asking if X-SilverSurfer is a master pikeman. I'm one block away from master and logged on today to be extremly frustrated.

Three major things imho

1) HAM cost, this may improve with the new option to have weapons crafted down to zero cost, but haven't had time to test yet. Beside that the cost are horrid. I'd rather be hit by an enemy than use any of my special attacks. If the HAM is going to be so exspensive then make then hit more often. For example: nothing is more hardening then attempting to warcry over and over until I'm half to out of HAM. This must be corrected ASAP.

2) This is directly and indirectly related to pikeman. I went master brawler to get the benifits of warcry2/intimidate2/berserk2. Has been pretty good and was only thing keeping my pikeman alive imho. After logging today it was pathetic, killed by a butterfly. The change from 2x base damage to +75 damage was needed but may have been too harsh of a change, zerk was my money maker. From what I can tell zerk2 only last longer no extra damage or speed which is pure crap, here is why: zerk1 last long enough to smack them while effects are on them and wears off in time to put effects(stun,dizzy..etc) back on them and then go zerk1 again. Zerk2 actually becomes a disability due to that reason, it last so long with no effects and you get pounded in the face more often. Zerk2 should add more damage and a little more speed to go out of the way to get master brawl to give help to my pikeman since all of our HAM cost are asking for death.

3) Possibly the most important of my three complaints is the fact that we are melee. Show me one game where a melee character can't "tank" better than a ranged character. From the day of release all of us melee character including pikeman have been one big nerf. We can't tank anything without needing major heals, while the ranged people get all the exploits from knockdown to have UBER pets tank while they shoot for free exp. The CH nerf is seperate in its self but honestly being so close to master pikeman half of my exp would not have been possible with out my trusted pets which i can no longer call. No complaint on the pets because i chose melee because in raids i would like to be the guy taking the aggro and the heat and leting the ranged people get there hits in saying "wow he's a tank." You know what i get though, **edit** you are heavy on the stims. This is a MAJOR issue that can't wait for another big patch this needs to be updated withing the next couple days. It's not just us pikeman it's all melee. As for the toughness mentioned it's true we should have equal to all other melee classes we attack slower even though we damage more. Let us be good at something because ina duel the first hit will decide the fate, and being the slowest that leaves us on the ground unless we evade/block...etc. I can't stress enough this is a major issue and I can speak on behalf of all melee people on tarquinas when i say this is a HUGE issue.

I'm on Tarquinas go by Snowballschance and am a proud member of BHSS, message me anytime with questions or thoughts. I've done nothing but enjoy the game even though it has flaws, but after today flaws have been increased because melee's were nerfed from release and now are almost worthless. "Make a ranged character" is what I hear but I choose to be a pikeman as I choose to pay for the game; so no I won't be a ranged character. Although I love this game dearly I will not continue to stand by playing a gimp character. Thank you for taking the time to read my thoughts. May the force be with you all as it is with me.

Am I a master pikeman?

no. but almost. I am kindof taking my time, playing with the Artisan and Entertainer proffessions, and having some fun with the game.

Does It matter?

No, because I am only here to report on what you guys write, not what I think. Though, I will add my 2 cents every now and then, and try to help out the newbs.

I am just playing this game like everyone else. I didn't write it. So please don't expect me to know everything, but do expect me to claim that I do lol, j/k

Good post, very very very detailed. and happy hunting all you pikeman

Khrim...

actually its a good idea since if your not you can be objective since it doesnt hurt you one way or other.

that being said fix are ham and toughness lol

hi

it's too unequivalent, i'am Pikeman and Wookie, so i have no armor, i have a friend carbiner and ranger, when he attack a creature he launch one or two trap making a head shot and there is at least 1 minute before the pet start to attack him with one half of is health down.

When i attack a creature i go like a good tank, i make a ko and polearm hit 2 with a good sliced vibrolance with a marvelous power up and i hit, the crit is ko but not for a long time, i miss my firs p h 2 , i hit another time and make a really good hit (around 900 ) but my ham gone with all that special attacks, i am at the middle of my life and action pool but i am a wookie, i have no fear, the creat hit me hard when i am almost dead i imagine a casino table, i say BANCO, if i am lucky i win the fight, if i m out of luck, i m out of breath...

When a commando, or a BH or a pistolero attack with no fear with a blaster, and kill all creature with head shot or makes warning shot when in danger, WE (understand pikeman community and/or Wookie melee with a big vibro lance areor a long vibroaxe are feeble and weakest than abageraset.

Thx to have read this post and sorry for my poor english