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Thread: when is the pikeman revamp

ash2dust
Thu Mar 25, 2004 7:36 pm
#1





i didn't want to post this in the question thread since a lot of those either weren't questions, didn't get answered, or don't seem to get the answer i'm looking for (prolly the only way i'll get it is by stalking all the devs till the answer correctly) or into the rant thread since i actually want it read by somebody. anyway, image designer got their major (and much needed) revamp. coming up, smugglers are getting theirs (don't know why since they are a really good profession in my opinion in a lot of different ways).somewhere i saw that squad leaders are getting theirs after smuggler (which is needed since i think they are really weak).


after hunting with most every profession who is rancor hunt worthy (and some that are not), i still think that pikeman suffer the most bugs/skills in which i think should be fixed and from what i have read, i'm not the only one who thinks this way. any other class that has a hero mentioned in the star wars universe, has skills to rival that person (as long as they are master). for example, everyone know boba fett is a pimp and one of the best bh in the galaxy. bh in player vs. anything as a master is awesome. han solo is a smuggler, i think master smugglers kick a**. jedi have jedi, and we all know that they suck (/sarcastic).


even tho not all the professions have someone to look up to in the star wars universe, pikeman have the imperial guards (the red cloak and helmed guards that stand with the emperor in #6 for those of you who don't read the comics). the imp guards were hugely pimp in the comics (i haven't read a book with them yet) and were easily equivalent to boba fett or jagged fel. i don't know if they could kill a jedi tho but i know it would be a sweet fight.


i've seen people who have put like a red cloak and red composite helm in their house and set the name as imperial guard and i think that's sweet. i just don't understand how the devs can bring in mandalorian armor (even tho the mandalors live 1000s of years ago) and wookie armor (even tho they don't wear armor) and not bring in anything for us. i think that's great that we'll get wookie armor since the wookies are very weak and they do need something besides a lot of stat points. we are like the wookies of the fighting professions. we need some help. we need some wookie armor in the form of better weapons and better special abilities. we need our block fixed to let no damage through. now i know i'm really ranting but i just wish our profession would get the attention it deserves.


i'm sorry for taking up everyones time but i just don't want to put all this time into a profession that's really looked down upon even though i won't stop even once i hit master.


o, and i expect flames.





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JLG88
Thu Mar 25, 2004 7:40 pm
#2

Why would you expect flames? your a pikeman, just like us, and this is a reasonable post that no one has the answer to unfortunately, unless i'm GREATLY mistaken. We were wondering your exact same thoughts, too, about when the revamp is going to happen.



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Gunman21
Thu Mar 25, 2004 7:47 pm
#3


"Combat Balance"


We don't get our own specialized revamp, we get fixed with the combat balance.

Message Edited by Gunman21 on 03-25-2004 06:48 PM




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R.I.P. Pikeman!

Ssedi
Thu Mar 25, 2004 8:05 pm
#4






Gunman21 wrote:


"Combat Balance"


We don't get our own specialized revamp, we get fixed with the combat balance.

Message Edited by Gunman21 on 03-25-2004 06:48 PM





Which from what I am reading in the "State of the Game" letter, they are putting off till god knows when. Plus the fact we have no idea what they plan to do or not do. They just told us everything will be "looked" at in the combat balance.



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AgekVahoba
Thu Mar 25, 2004 8:06 pm
#5

What the hell does "Combat Balance" mean? "We were going to do something to fix your proff, but we were to lazy, so take this... what does it do? How the hell are we supposed to know?"



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MagusZDark
Thu Mar 25, 2004 8:12 pm
#6





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Gunman21 wrote:


"Combat Balance"


We don't get our own specialized revamp, we get fixed with the combat balance.

Message Edited by Gunman21 on 03-25-2004 06:48 PM


_________________________________________________________________________________________________________


Taking from:



http://forums.station.sony.com/swg/board/message?board.id=Developers&message.id=27771


Why is the combat balance being put off?


The combat balance is another massive overhaul. We want to get a lot of player feedback from it, and make sure we have it right before we put it in the game (to avoid another Crafting Experimentation situation).


So once again they are putting the majority of combat classes on hiatus. I have NO idea how long and have no clue how much feedback they need. Those IC ideas were made back in January.


So good job SOE for once again showing your incompetence.

Message Edited by MagusZDark on 03-25-2004 07:13 PM

turrix
Thu Mar 25, 2004 9:01 pm
#7

/shrug


/glasshalffull


I'd rather have a well thought out plan than a hastily put together POS that made combat even worse.





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MagusZDark
Thu Mar 25, 2004 9:04 pm
#8






turrix wrote:

/shrug


/glasshalffull


I'd rather have a well thought out plan than a hastily put together POS that made combat even worse.








Well considering all we ever got from the devs were "Wait for Combat Balance" then they come up with this crap. And will now have to wait LONGER!
Ciao
Thu Mar 25, 2004 9:21 pm
#9

There will be no Pikeman revamp as there arent enough Pikeman to "waste" time on you. Sorry but its true. As far as the combat balance that is gonna happen sometime well after the Space Expansion is released, well, that revamp might not happen as you will be distracted with the Space Expansion. You, as a group, are too easy to passify.


But honestly, think about it. Why would they dedicate resources to a class no one plays???





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teamdoa
Fri Mar 26, 2004 2:56 am
#10






Ciao wrote:

There will be no Pikeman revamp as there arent enough Pikeman to "waste" time on you. Sorry but its true. As far as the combat balance that is gonna happen sometime well after the Space Expansion is released, well, that revamp might not happen as you will be distracted with the Space Expansion. You, as a group, are too easy to passify.


But honestly, think about it. Why would they dedicate resources to a class no one plays???








Probably the same reason why they bothered to put the Nightsister Energy Lance in the game, probably why they changed the range modifiers on weapon, probably why they spent ages motion capturing for the proffession, probably why they modelled all the weapons and art work for the proffession.....the list goes on.



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Gunman21
Fri Mar 26, 2004 3:54 am
#11


Because they understand that if a profession is interesting and on par with the other professions, that players will begin to play that profession.


Thus every profession in the game gets thier attention.

Message Edited by Gunman21 on 03-26-2004 02:55 AM




Aidelon Kejaci
Legends Among Warriors

Former pikeman correspondent December 2003 - August 2005.

R.I.P. Pikeman!

OutbackWookiee
Fri Mar 26, 2004 4:59 am
#12


Well, since no one has stepped up to flame this guy, I'll have to chomp at the bit.



Dude ... you are a major star wars geek. Thats coming from a star wars geek.



P.S. I agree with most everything you said ... geek!





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ash2dust
Fri Mar 26, 2004 2:49 pm
#13

hehe, if only it was true




ashen monotane
medic 4440
master swordsman
master teras kasi
novice scout
wanderhome server
apocalyptic vision guild

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