Pikeman Archive

Highs:

Very fun to play, a good part of an efficient PvE tank template

Lows:

Of all the existing polearms the vibrolance is the weapon of choice... can we pretty please get some of our really awesome looking weapons (LVA, NSEL) as the weapon of chocie instead of the rather dull vibrolance ?

/areataunt should be a pike special, not a swordsman special as of their defined roles

I think we should have some kind of root or snare move where we can push melee enemys out of the way,in real lifethe advantage of having a pike is that you cankeep enemys away from you. we should have some kind of move where we can advantage of having longer weapons thenall the other melee players.Other than that and the poor animations i think pikeman is a great profession and its really cool to be able to carry pikes around ( althoughI would prefer that we have a pike that requires a certification, just to set us apart from all the people who want to carry around a pike but dont wantto grind the profesion).

Good: Defense, multiple state effects(some of which need to be fixed)

Bad: Weapons tend to be a little on the low side of damage, Armor break really needs to last longer, We need more kinds of weapons(a vibrolance is all any pikeman would use), Area taunt?(Advanced tank class really should have a way to hold group agro), we need root recovery

Ill edit as I think of more!

Message Edited by Hulke on 07-15-2005 03:05 PM

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Nerf_Happy wrote:

Next, I have been pikeman for nearly 3 and a half years. Um you sure about that number bud?

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and yes I am trolling, your point is?

Message Edited by Nerf_Happy on 07-16-2005 12:49 PM

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Nerf_Happy wrote:

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Wombatula wrote:

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Nerf_Happy wrote:

Next, I have been pikeman for nearly 3 and a half years. Um you sure about that number bud?

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and yes I am trolling, your point is?

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*shrug* people make typo's, it's 2 and a half years. It was about 2 AM when I posted this, I didn't go through and correct everything.

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And it was even later then, and I was trolling, so there.

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Wombatula wrote:

And it was even later then, and I was trolling, so there.

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Message Edited by Nerf_Happy on 07-16-2005 12:51 PM

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Nerf_Happy wrote:

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Wombatula wrote:

And it was even later then, and I was trolling, so there.

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Depends on where your at. It was 2 AM for me . It dosn't really matter anyways. The whole point of the message was to put in my 2 cents on what I thought about Pikeman.

Message Edited by Nerf_Happy on 07-16-2005 12:51 PM

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4:15am for me! PWNED!!!!!

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Wombatula wrote:

4:15am for me! PWNED!!!!!

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First of all, pikeman is the best class in the game .

Next, I have been pikeman for nearly2 and a half years. I have always been in love witrh the proffession and never wish to change.With CU, there are some good, and some bad things I would like to add.

good things: Pikemans, along with another melee proffession make a very stout tank for PvE and PvP. We can 'ok' CC, you can area KD and allow people to get back a bit. The ability to keep multiple states on them to lower their damage, spd, etc. Decent damage output if you have a good weapon, and use the right combination of special attacks. All around well rounded class.

Bad things: I agree with all the people, we need a larger selection of weapons. All melee do. Ranged prof's get quite a few new weapons with the addition of ROtW weapons. Pikeman get the Trando Lance, Kashyyyk Hunter, and Kamonian Great Staff (sorry if I left out a couple other). The NSEL's need an upgrade. post-cu NSEL's are no where near as good as they used to be. The effect should last longer on them as well. Pikeman have no form of root/snare, or root/snare recovery. If we get hit with a snare, we get to stand there and heal, and attempt to chase them down. If we get rooted, we get to just stand their and heal, while they get to run 35-85m (depending on weapon, or ranged arms) and continue to shoot at us. If they get a snare in while we try to close in that range, there is no way we are going to catch up to them. May I suggest some sort of snare off a special? or a short duration root? The animations as well need a bit of an upgrade . In my opinion, I see the pikeman's role as to tank and CC, we get area KD, intim, warcry, and other states. It is tough to keep agro on things and tank though, there is a10-15 sec (I think) downtime on the taunt. I would like to see an area taunt, with a faster downtime, or an area intim. I know I'm dreaming on some of these things, but hey, it could happen

I will add more things that I like/dislike about post-cu pikeman as I go along. Hope it's possible to address some of these issues.

Message Edited by Nerf_Happy on 07-16-2005 12:36 PM

Message Edited by Nerf_Happy on 07-16-2005 12:41 PM

I dislike the weapon impact "sounds" - they're way too muffled. I prefer the older metal-clunking sound. It had more substance.

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