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Hmm might try a better melee range class, like the riflemen. Seriously how can a rifleman have better chances at hitting at close range than we do? That just makes me sick!

Is this a novelty class? Might as well call it flag guard proffesion. Since all we do is wave a big stick arround until we die! we seriously need to do something top get their attention.

ravalin there is no real reason why an unarmed should be able to beat you unless you're really close. With lunge you have a range of 15. So lunge, sweep, death.

You MUST be doing somethign wrong.

and yes, they are REALLY nasty. Masters avg 8k per hit I hear. Also they miss 1 out of 25 or so. You just need to climb. And if you're still having problems, then you're not using pikemen right.

yeah you're right, lunge, sweep, death. First I lunge at them...miss. Then I'll sweep at them....miss. Then they kill me....death. Yep sounds about right.

what part of the missing 1 of 25 did you not catch?

Look at the second branch of support tree. +20 to accuracy.

Ooooo ok. Wished they gave us that skill at the firstsupport skill. Now I have to gain 85,000 combat exp till we stop being the laughing stock of the fighting class... now to go find a stupid combat staff so I can manage to kill something. Sorry I'm just so ticked off how they screw us over and show no sign of fixing it...

8k damage on avg at master. It's not screwing us, it's players having to give their dues. We have to suck first befor riping whole teams apart.

we have area knockdown, nuff said, how cool is it to just be able to sweep a whole crowd of enemies surrounding you right off their feet, and actually do alot of damage to each one in the process, you have to know when to use which weapon, you need to find a good lance for soloing, my lance is 33-321, 3.9 speed, and the HAM costs are about 1/2 or less of an LVA, next get a good LVA or VL for grouping, or if you are a medic with any skill, you can use it all the time, but if you are soloing, dont use a weapon that will kill you faster then it kills the mob, know when to use which moves, if you are going use you LVA, use it to quickly demolish things, use berserk, and land fast hits for 1k+ over and over for a steady stream of fast damage, if you need some leverage and a mob has lots of life, switch to that great lance, use sweep, warcry, then sweep again, then hit ph2/ph3 or actionhit2 depending what u have (action hit drains action really good if it takes a few minutes to kill something), then sweep again, heal yourself, ph2/ph3, etc. etc. etc.

the class is pretty much balanced, u cant base classes on their PvP nature, because PvP as it is now = the first person to land their knockdown will win, there are a few minor tweaks that can be adjusted, but u shouldnt say the class really sucks right now just cause u die a few times

-Apake Reneic, Tarquinas

I'm very skeptical at that 8k damage on average remark. Really, 8k average calls for a nerf. Of course, I'm pretty sure you're just exaggerating it by a lot.

Haha, there is no master Pikeman that does 8000 average hit. I have posted a few times on this forum on my strongest hit I have ever done as a Master Pikeman, and it was low 9000s to a Tusken Raider which I think some people might have landed and are confused by it. My average Polearmhit3s are 2000-3500. My average regular attack is 350-700.

whoops, must have misremembered and placed the max of a master pike as avg.

Its all well and good that we get so much better...blah blah blah once we "Climb the tree". However, it's pretty stinnking hard to climb the tree when you miss all the friggin time!

Pretty simple, we need to hit more NOW...of course you get better at master...but I'm 100,000s away from that...AND, at Expert Rifle prone at 60m I get +30 with my tusken rifle. Gee...this makes sense...I have half the experience in a separate profession, yet my accuracy with the lesser trained weapon is so much better?!

Simply put, give me a broom handle, and I'll walk up to you and smack you in the face with it 9 of 10 times(minus one for laughs), do I have martial arts training to use it...Nooooo...Do i sweep the floor at my house and miss the dirt....nooooo...

Guess all Pikeman are blind in one eye until master... That would explain the -50 accuracy.

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Chilastra