Pikeman Archive

Thread: Farewell to 95% of all pikemen

-Linux-
Fri Apr 29, 2005 2:07 pm
#14






Cowboybebop777 wrote:


All polearm moves are now animations of basic attacks, leg hit, and lunge... no more cool insane spinny moves that made me master it and spend about 20 million on it... now im down 20 million credits, all my good stuff is going down the toliet faster than a fat mans shjt, and well the moves just look gay...


among other things...


great job devs, made our days as wacking stick users so much more exciting, (the whole poll of1 - 5 funness factor and having 76% or so have 1 should have given you a hint to uhh ya know, NOT DO WHAT YOUR DOING NOW?)




Just think how us TK feel, our cool Uh3 = gone



#.Byme.#
Kettlermoor/Guild Wars
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annelid0
Fri Apr 29, 2005 2:10 pm
#15


Jarx_Xun wrote:
Ummm the animations are still there. You guys just aren't paying attention. It seems that each attack has more than one animation. I've been having a great time with my pikeman today.



There are still animations for lunge, leghit, and spin attack. That's it.

It's bland. I miss my old stun2 and hit3.



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Ilykerrimo
Grumpy Old Pikeman
Masochistic Wookiee

Boscohark
Fri Apr 29, 2005 2:24 pm
#16

I am still here and will be. I might add TK for some extra tanking but Master Pike was my first Elite profession and I am not changing it. Played for a couple of hours yesterday and plan to play more today andI have thouroughly enjoyed it.


Obviously there is still a lot of bugs to be fixed, but i am here for the long haul.


Looking forward to trying some of the new Pikes as well.


Cheers!





Boscohark / Baldorhark
Grumpy Old Wookiee of Bria / Mystical Purple Wook of Gorath
Elder Pikeman / Master Entertainer

hovis8
Fri Apr 29, 2005 2:51 pm
#17


well for the last 6 hours i have been playing and pikeman suck!before the cu it was a fantastic prof and i would never have changed it,after the cu its just a joke,ranged just takes us apart now!all my nice lances have now gone the ones ive spent millions getting or weeks looting all brought into line and r worth jack,i have no way of making cash to sustain my toon anymore ,i used to go out looting to sell off to make money,earlyer 6 of us went out to dath grouped and all got wasted in minuits, there is no way im gona take 9k missions and spend hour after hour doing these boring missions for not a lot of cash.i can understand for some ppl the cu is a good thing but for me its just the end,most of my guild is from the usa and im from the uk so grouping is gona be a prob unless i stay up till 4 am everyday.i no the devs have to fix a few things but unless things change for the better (in my opinion)i just cant stay,il give it a short time to change but i really dont hold much hope

Message Edited by hovis8 on 04-29-2005 02:59 PM

NasherUK
Sat Apr 30, 2005 2:19 am
#18





I hated it aswell, but trust me once you master the new icons and find good combos its actually as good as all the other melee proffs, if not better.


The old animations are still there, but it seems to select which one to play randomly depending on which special you use (the higher level the move is the more fancy it looks), also don't forget you can now use specials from other proffs! (aslong as they are still melee ones for melee and ranged for ranged)


I have been soloing krayts and nightsisters all evening


Oh yea get rid of the LVAs and get vibro lances

Message Edited by NasherUK on 04-30-2005 02:21 AM

Iridescence
Sat Apr 30, 2005 8:51 am
#19


NasherUK wrote:
The old animations are still there, but it seems to select which one to play randomly depending on which special you use (the higher level the move is the more fancy it looks)



...I haven't seen that happen a single time.

Message Edited by Iridescence on 04-30-2005 11:52 AM

Bockeroo
Sat Apr 30, 2005 12:39 pm
#20

the only reason i became pikemen was for the special attack graphics. gone



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Jarx_Xun
Sat Apr 30, 2005 3:24 pm
#21


Maybe you should play more or something because I clearly see this happening. Even for specials like leghit, sometimes you kick them, sometimes you spin etc
annelid0
Sat Apr 30, 2005 10:41 pm
#22


Iridescence wrote:

NasherUK wrote:
The old animations are still there, but it seems to select which one to play randomly depending on which special you use (the higher level the move is the more fancy it looks)



...I haven't seen that happen a single time.


Ditto.

As previously stated, leghit, spin and lunge retain animations. The vast majority of animations are totally gone though. This is not for lack of playing or looking for them. If I actually saw myself do a good animation I'd give a yelp of joy and report it.

They're just not there. Anyone who sees them needs to get off the drugs.



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Ilykerrimo
Grumpy Old Pikeman
Masochistic Wookiee

SlaserX
Sat Apr 30, 2005 10:43 pm
#23

In the CU, things have gone completely the other direction havnt they? I've tried all the melee classes, and none could shine a light to the awesomeness that is pikes. I have some pre-cu VLs that converted to WAY better than anything I can craft right now (I'd have to have like 40 experimentation points to craft up to even get close to the converted VLs). I used to be a big swordwhore, because they were hands down the best out there (TK, eat your heart out), but now nothing can shine a light to pikes. I'm going MPikes+MBrawler (unless the ranged profs are magically better than everything out there).



Hokage:
The ORIGINAL Wookiee Jedi... ok, so I was the 7th, sue me.
annelid0
Sat Apr 30, 2005 10:53 pm
#24


SlaserX wrote:
I'm going MPikes+MBrawler (unless the ranged profs are magically better than everything out there).



I hate to tell you...



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Ilykerrimo
Grumpy Old Pikeman
Masochistic Wookiee

GrendelsMother
Sun May 01, 2005 5:04 am
#25

Good bye FOTM mind fire dot monkeys, and good riddance...



Tzitzimime - Creature Handler and Pikeman since the beginning.
I continue to play this game out of love for my professions.

When the "New Game Enhancements" go live, I will leave this game.
You can give it a pretty name, but it does not hide your shame...

"I mean, what is a pikeman and why is it something in the game? The only other profession we didn't absorb into one of these iconic templates is the creature handler and only 1% of our players play that character type."
- SOE Producer Dallas Dickinson (unknowing and misinformed)
Tao-Te-Ching
Sun May 01, 2005 5:21 am
#26


Hello ROOT wh0re last ditch shot monkeys.


Need a timer on that, or make it work like knockdown. This is crazy.



Tao-Te-Ching
Raujin Loire
Counter-Insurgency Experts
Defending the real Truth
"Through the Empire, we will bring peace to the galaxy"

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