Pikeman Archive
Thread: Pikeman (and polearm specialist) Survey; all posts are appreciated.
Starsider
Master Pikeman
No other combat skills
No medic skills, However I am working my way to master chef which I'm hoping will help.
> What are your top issues with this profession?
Inability to block/poor defensive abilities.
> What are your overall thoughts on this profession?
The pikeman is actually a very powerful and useful melee fighter, in the right circumstances. My biggest beef is that we are expected to be able to use our special moves on groups of mobs, however we are unable to survive more than few seconds against groups of tough creatures, so these special moves are usually worthless. Many creatures I can take on solo, however packs are usually what kill me. We need more effectively crowd control defense, especially since knockdown doesn't work. Maybe a "area" intimidate or something.
In-game name
Jadzya Jacinta
Galaxy
Bria
What skill boxes you have in the pikeman profession
almost Novice
Do you have any other combat skills
no
Do you have medic skills?
no
What are your top issues with this profession?
PvP fights with long range oponent ... cant get close enough 
What are your overall thoughts on this profession?
aside from the PvP ... i really like it ... esp love the mualty target attack
Jr'Gn Fli
Intreped
3,2,2,2
Master Creature Handler: Becuase this is the profession I wanted most in the game, turns out it was the most viable one to mix with Pikeman, or at least the funnest.
Master Medic: Like having the ability to heal myself and others, although I spend most of my time healing my pets.
I cant stand PvP! I am useless in a raid. My hits are almost non existant in PvP. Where is my defense? How the hell does ANYONE move in on me when I got a big stick pointing them in the face. My VL and LVA have a better reach than any other melle weapon but it might as well be a toothpick. Why oh Why do I end up doing more damage to myself then the other player or mob when using special attacks?
Overall I am very dissapointed with Pikeman. I was under the impression that we were a defensive character and we would be one of the most valuable melees to have around, I mean come on when you see a guard what does he have? What weapon do the Emperors Guards use? A freakin vibro-lance thats what! My first weapon in this game was a wooden staff and I've worked long and hard to get to the point I'm at only to be dissapointed. Whats that freakin -50 hanging over your head dude... no wait! Dont run away! Stand here so I can hit you! "You were slain by so-and-so. Requesting the nearest cloning center.
Puusher
Lowca
1,1,0,1
no other combat skills
enough medic to play with bio-eng, but will be dropping it. got a master doctor friend
same issues as everyone else. and the fact that we're not getting any attention. i'm up for doing what needs to be done, i just need someone to tell me what that is.
ungah
- Galaxy
Naritus
- What skill boxes you have in the pikeman profession
Master Pikeman
- Do you have any other combat skills
Master Creature Handler
chose CH because i found myself staring at pretty blue skies way too often.
Apprentice Pistoleer
chose this because nothing pisses me off more than being kited around by sissies.
- Do you have medic skills?
novice medic box.
because i take more damage than most of my buddies.. and i needed to be able to heal pets.
- What are your top issues with this profession?
1) HAM costs
2) damage too low
3) accuracy better at Master level but still too low.
4) toughness (we have none.)
- What are your overall thoughts on this profession?
even with all of the problems im never dropping this profession. its what i wanted to do right from the beginning.
Ashar
Flurry
What skill boxes you have in the pikeman profession?
2-0-3-2
Do you have any other combat skills?
I have Marksman with two boxes of Ranged Support, which I am in the process of surrendering. I never really used them, anyhow.
Do you have medic skills?
Yes. I have Novice Medic, because it is virtually impossible to solo if you lack the capacity to heal yourself
What are your top issues with this profession?
Accuracy. I could tolerate the horrible HAM costs if I were able to consistently land my specials. Also, a lack of defensive bonuses and our inability to chain KD's makes it virtually impossible to tank.
What are your overall thoughts on this profession?
I like it. Pikemen do need a lot of work, but I still manage to do my fair share of damage when I'm in a group. I just wish it were easier to solo.
Cythem Etan
Gorath
3,3,3,3 pikeman
novice carbineer. We're worthless why even try polearms in Pvp.
Master medic, formerly 2,3,2,1 doc. No points left and i wanted buffs, 2000 strength should help those ham costs.
My number one issues are: Weapons, our accuracy, ham, and damage are laughable. Commandos setting people on fire do more damage then me cutting them completely in half with an unltrasonic genlong vibro axethat should make armor look like cottage cheese. Yet my max damage was 600 on a prone sharpshooter with polearm hit two.
we need a clear cut definition of our class. Other people have said it and i'll say it, we need to pick one.
One thing i'm adament about our proffesion is being 'too' fixed. I mean we're asking for block, counterattack, dodge, highest damage, greater range, better toughness, when does it stop? I honestly think they need to fix maybe half of our 'problems'. Our class is screwed but most of the stuff people talk about are gripes.
"Whenever i charge in Pvp i always get shot before i can do anything!!1" " I want to block lasers with my staff!"
Duh, accept that. work on some tactics, frankly i'm a great addition to any team in any bar or cantina. Find me 6 overts and i'll put them all on their backs. But once i try and solo i'm torn apart by any shooter. Which is how it's supposed to be.
I think our proffesion, while F'ed, doesn't need all of the above. Choose three things and only three. the devs are more likely to give us some minor stuff then completely rework our proffesion.
My top choices are Gimped weapons, new skills(KD pending), and block.
I see pikeman as the skinny dudes that aren't gonna let you hit them. TKA may have greater toughness because they use their body to do damage. We're throwing a giant pole around. I'd be fine with our toughness if i blocked like i was supposed to.
I'm assuming everyone has accepted kiting will happen. But shouldn't someone wearing full composite be the easier to catch than a fat mon calimari merchant. I mean he's completely covered in metal, i say armor and certian attacks should have an effect on movement and speed.
It's embarrasing chopping someones' legs in half to have to chase them down the street to hit hit the rest of them. Shouldn't leg hits have some sort of meaning?
Someone also spoke of bleed being an only melee attack, nobody in any of the movies that got shot bled. the laser seals the wound. How many times have you seen a lightsaber make someone bleed. It's the same principle. Our weapons aren't condensed damaging energy, they're giant knives meantfor cutting people.
that was my first post as a long time pikemanso i had to get a lot off my chest.
Hearo Stonewell
Wonderhome
Novice Pikeman, 1-0-0-1
No other combat professions.
Simple medic abilities, because the guys that helped me were smart enough to know that I'd need to heal as a Pikeman.
My main problems with Pikeman are speed and accuracy. Right now, I don't know much about how we are advanced wise ... but I do know that swinging with a LVA at 4.8 seconds and only hitting something 10% of the time KILLS a man very quick. I'm a Novice, and I can only take on one gualama at a time before I have to sit down and rest. ONE GUALAMA.Other classesare taking on hordes of storm troopers, and I can't kill a pony.
The amount of damage we do to ourselves is far too extreme. I just noticed that Polearm hHt 2 takes away half my health bar and almost all my mind. That's plainly obsurd.
This is my bone to pick with the guys who made Pikeman, and who obviously refuse to fix it -- You lie. You say that practically EVERY profession and ANY kinda player, even if you play for a little a week, can eventually become a Jedi. That's a LIE. If I can't kill a pony, how am I going to kill a dark jedi to get a holocron? I certainly can't BUY a holocron like the Droid Engineers -- WE AREN'T PAID. We're offered 1600 creds for mission that we get annihilated on, even with pets. SOE has LIED, because a man who's profession is Pikeman will never become a Jedi. Not in a million years.
In fact, if SOE can show me a man who's ONLY PROFESSION he has is Pikeman, even Master Pikeman, and with it he has become a Jedi -- then I will single handedly end the complaints of all the Pikeman. As obsurd as my end of the deal is to complete, I can promise you that proving YOUR end of the deal is just as obsurd -- and will never happen -- because a Pikeman cannot become a Jedi.
Either FIX THE PROFESSION, or REMOVE IT FROM THE GAME and make all current PikemanaNEW, GOOD melee professioninstead. Better to be something we don't want to be, than live in humilation and shame.