Pikeman Archive

Getting medic skills is possibly the best thing a pikeman can do IMO. Being able to heal yourself is the best way for solo combat.

Barring that, I'd recommend taking low difficulty missions and just blasting through them. I usually just attack the nest, spin attack its denizens as needed, and then move on. Lairs have the advantage of automatically drawing all the inhabitants to you for handy slaughter. Its usually about 2k xp per pop and you get lots of cred usually, plus there's virtually no danger of getting killed. Oh yeah, little to no downtime either if you use a lance or some low HAM weapon.

Example: One time was when I killed 9 paralopes with one spin, got about 1800xp *snaps fingers* just like that. Definatly easier that a tough fight with a single mob worth 1800xp.

1800xp for one mission is not much once you need 350k of xp for one skill box... not with the amount of time it takes to get a mission, finish it, get to your other mission, finish that one, and then going back for some more.

i would just like to add.. those piket longhorns are harder then baz nitches.

Giant baz nitch are 4700 ungrouped and very unresistant to knockdown, i might start doing these once i get sweep2. Hey eapan how many blocks do you have filled? wanna race to the top? lol im only at 2122 though almost 2132.

Koomba

Intrepid

Baz nitches are doable solo. Just run up to one and they agro at 15m-16m. Then run 50-60m away and then wack away.

Sure, I'll give you a race... I am at 3122 and only 100k away from 4122 (I could make it 3132 right now if I wanted to but I want a new title! ). That'll give me a little more motivation to keep myself going when I am soloing something for big xp with no one to talk to . lol

Ok guys let's hear, ramble off these mobs for 3k + xp that you can kill twice as fast as a picket longhorn. I'm all ears!

And no, I am not being sarcastic.

after u get defense 3, pikets are trivial, no matter how many there, i have soloed up to 12 at once, and could probably do more if necessary...stances make you get more exp per mob, i grinded pikets for my exp, i got stances 3, 4, offesne 1, 2 all in the same day, and the next day i got offense 3 and 4, all of that from pikets, plus they are 10k per missions, and the lairs give like 5k exp each

something that is better though are Grassland Voritor Trackers on dantooine.....13k missions, and they are so easy...if u have sweep

since there is only 2 per lair, equip your reinforced staff, and if they are close together, target one from like 70m, and just use /taunt, and the other one will run at u, or if hey are far apart, just shoot one til it chases u away from the other one, so u can kill 1 at a time, these will give u about 5k exp per kill, but the lairs only have like 6-8 mobs before u gotta blow it up, instead of the 9-12 for pikets.....

enjoy

12 at once! How do you manage to survive long enough to get all of em down? i have sweep 2 and was using it earlier against two pubams, 1 of em fell everytime the other one resisted 5 in a row then mind killed me:\ I guess they arent the best things to fight but still, 12 at once! Also which AE atack doyou use spin2 or stun2? and I dont suppose your wearing armor.

Hey eapan im like 200k behind, but I have to stop playing for awhile now lol ops.. i'll precongrat you:/

Koomba

Intrepid

im a zabrak, with 800 willpower, no i dont wear any armor, just clothes

i have all my weapons hotkeyed, as in:

shift+1 = lance, shift+f2 = vibro lance, shift+f3 = long vibro axe, shift+f4 = reinforced staff

i use a 3.5 speed, 15/30/12 HAM cost reinforced staff for my area sweeps...and i keep a close eye on all the animals, and i sweep, and sweep until they all fall down at least once, and i count how many hits it takes, if they all fall with under 4 sweeps, then i will hit shift+f3, and do a area attack 2, then another area attack 2, then shift+f4, sweep, sweep, sweep, shift+f2, area attack 2, or if im getting low on mind, i will just do regular attacks with long vibro axe to let my mind regen some, then switch back, sweep, switch back attack, if i get low on H/A i just heal it after i sweep, instead of attacking....works rather nicely

well that willpower prolly makes a huge difference, me being trandoshan has prety much non, i even lowered my health to 750 just to boost up secondarys for action and maxed mind. Still it seems like getting hit by even 1 or 2 will kill me... oh well Im doing solo mokk missions now and those are nice xp and money.

Koomba

Intrepid

mokk? Where are they?

Well, with this new knockdown timer which I read will likely be released to the live servers by the end of the week almost makes defensive techniques seem nearly pointless. I'm contemplating whether I should just go up the offensive branch to get leg hit 3. though it won't stun, it should do more damage then polearm hit2. Once this kd timer goes live sweep 2 will be practically useless unless in a big group.

If you are still looking for things to solo, this may help. What you need to do is invest 15 points into novice medic so you can use some stimB packs. Go to Dathomir/aggro outpost and find huurton stalker missions for 9k. 2 spawn at a time so pulling 1 at a time is very simple. Put a stun on and then just let regular hits go at them. Heal self when low and get 4k EXP EA.

I have found a trick also. Seemed when I was in a group with 1 other person and i was the only person hitting the hurrton i would get 5k exp per. Not sure if this is a bug or if they get harder with someone else in the group but may be worth a try... Im maxxed out on exp now so have a ball!