Pikeman Archive

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VacaXXX wrote:

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"also im a tkm, so i just switch to head hits to finish"

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so why are you here?

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ALSO being the operative word there,

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MasterJedi3000 wrote:

i've seen not many pikeman around on servers and expect it to be one of the most under-rated professions and i've done a little bit of it and it's alright. could any of you pikeman out there give any tips on pikeman? thanks for the help

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Actually on Bloodfin there are quite a few pikeman on the server. Most though just got it for defense mods and then use a lva at begining to drop the dot and then move to another profession they have mastered like rifleman, fencer, or swordsman.

heh pikeman aint underated at all you guys have way more of a chance to loot a around 1000 damage weapon and good dot weapons wich make you virtually walkin cms and have cool area attacks,at least on my server theres a bunch of pikeman doc combos with probably teh 0040 pistol line those guys aint to fun to fight better have your fire blankets ready and lots of em

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driddo773 wrote:
wich make you virtually walkin cms

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As opposed to normal CMs which of course cannot walk but fly through the air on wings of gold?

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Iridescence wrote:

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driddo773 wrote:
wich make you virtually walkin cms

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As opposed to normal CMs which of course cannot walk but fly through the air on wings of gold?

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/rofl

No seriously, I like being pikeman, mainly because of the states and area attacks. There are a few drawbacks to it, however. Pikes is the only mastered combat profession for me, the rest of my skillpoints having been spent on Artisan/Weaponsmith (recently). The problem I see compared to other, more popular professions is the fact that the best versions of the 2 high-end weapons, LVA and VL, are looted. As far as I take it, there's no way a weaponsmith can craft a 500+ Dmg pike (unsliced). Now, you might say, go hunt NS and loot a good pike, but that's not an option for me. I went on an NS hunt with some guildies the other day and noticed I didn't do *any* damage at all, because of the resists. All the swordsmen with their 600+ Dmg PHs doing Mindhits and blast damage just cut through them like butter.

I really hope the CURB will change the following things: Higher damage CRAFTABLE weapons and/or more diverse damage types (not just kin and electric).

No damage at all?? Unless you're talking about NS Elders, a pikeman can tear through NS with a good LVA. Kinetic resists vary from 5-40% on sub-Elder Nightsisters. Elders, as its been said numerous times, are 100% to kinetic and electricity.

I can solo the NS Forced Labor Camp almost in my sleep as a Master Pikeman/Master Doctor with a 503-max crafted, sliced LVA.

You're totally right though.. player-crafted weapons should really be our mainstay.

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Iridescence wrote:
No damage at all?? Unless you're talking about NS Elders, a pikeman can tear through NS with a good LVA.
You're totally right though.. player-crafted weapons should really be our mainstay.

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Yes, I was talking about Elders, I thought that was obvious. A pure pikeman with no other combat profession has no way of killing them.

And thanks for agreeing with my opinion on crafted weapons.