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Thread: Gun do something, now.

NasherUK
Sat Jul 31, 2004 11:36 am
#14

Without speed skill tapes its awful though, feels like fencer at novice :/
cadof
Sat Jul 31, 2004 8:13 pm
#15


Speed is fine with a player-crafted lance. Only time speed is a problem is when you have a looted lance with 800+ max damage and a speed of 5+. I still think the problem with us for most part is weapons cannot be player crafted and are accuracy suck azz. It is not that we cannot use dots or are speed is to slow. Dot weapons granted at such a low skill level killed the dot weapon. When every one found out are only ability in p-v-p could be attained at such a low skill level we become part of the fotm or template. Every one could have it and use it. Every one can agree that something had to be done about Combat Medics dots. Instead of talking about how dots got taking away from us we should be screaming to get fixed so that we do not even have to pull out a night sister weapon to be completive in p-v-p. We have become so dependent on these weapons and they are like a drug to some of the community of pikeman thay cannot use and going through whithdrawls.


Lets start geting some fixes are time is due.It has been due for a while and it just got worse instead of better for the pikeman profession in P-V-P.

Message Edited by cadof on 07-31-2004 08:29 PM

Raanan
Sun Aug 01, 2004 3:17 am
#16






JLG88 wrote:

thats why you get speed tapes. if all professions where capped, this game would suck ass






If? Most are.




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Dynastar
Sun Aug 01, 2004 10:46 pm
#17

Im all for anything that reduces the effectiveness of DoTs, sorry.

As for the loot component idea, I've suggested a few times that the Vibro Lance and Long Vibro Axe schematics be changed to include a Reinforcement Core. This would allow for Geonosian Reinforcement Cores, or Acklay Bones to be used. However, it is not that simple. A standard crafted Reinforcement Core would increase minimum and maximum damage by 40-45 and reduce speed by .5-.6 seconds. This would leave us with a base LVA of roughtly [email protected] and while I'd enjoy it, I'm not quite sure if the Devs or other professions would. Most likely, the base LVA and VL schematics would also be altered in that the speed and damage were changed so that the addition of a Reinforcement Core would bring the weapons to their current levels. You also have to remember that if this was done, we would face the same problems with Acklay Bones as Swordsmen do, namely slow speed and inaccuracy.



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StikerRunningfly
Mon Aug 02, 2004 8:35 am
#18

People seem to be forgetting that other things that are on the discussion table are armor and buff nerfs. If these changes happen, your damage issue will be much less of a problem. I still feel we need accuracy changes, but as Gunman has stated many many times, he's been pushing for that.
OoloXotminz
Mon Aug 02, 2004 10:11 am
#19


my only problem with pikeman is that i am at the speedcap with a 1400 damage pike, and i still lose 90% of the time when fighting other melee professions. a TKM can KD a pikeman instantly and they will not stand up forever without using KD food or dabbling. A swordsman will just beat the crap out of me with a good hammer, and fencers have stun batons...The mitigation is the biggest problem for pikeman because your weapon, even 800 max damage, will be around 300 minimum at the highest. I dont want to use DOT's but as a pikeman, you have to.



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JLG88
Mon Aug 02, 2004 6:13 pm
#20






Raanan wrote:





JLG88 wrote:

thats why you get speed tapes. if all professions where capped, this game would suck ass






If? Most are.



only tkm and fencer




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Raanan
Mon Aug 02, 2004 11:22 pm
#21






JLG88 wrote:





Raanan wrote:





JLG88 wrote:

thats why you get speed tapes. if all professions where capped, this game would suck ass






If? Most are.



only tkm and fencer







Are we talking with or without skill tapes? Considering how many people have skill tapes, I was assuming with. Without them tkm, fencer, and pistoleer are the only ones to be at speed cap. With them, my sarcasm remains valid. Most are.




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