Pikeman Archive

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I took up Pikeman because an old guildmate of mine said it rocked and i should try it... i was sold after i hit polarms 2. Its also sweet to clear out Janta/Mokk missions in under 45 sec thanks to area2

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Comming from a very strong AD&D background, I saw one character when I was new to SWG wielding the LVA. Wham, that was it.

I think I was trying Rifles then, can't be really sure, all I can remember though is dragging everyone I knew around trying to get Polearm xp, oh and for the record, the first time I mastered Pikeman I had no idea what buffs where so I practically used just auto hit to level.

Now I picked Pikeman back up after trying some pure crafting gig that just wasn't cut out for me. I dare say I curse at myself for dropping it at all but anyhow, the love is back where it belongs.

Nerelith Vel'Et'Aril
Master Pikeman
Sentinel of Horus

This is round two for me with pikes. The first time out, I was torn.

On the one hand, being a TKM, I was used to a certain level of protection (toughness) and rate of attack (capped). On the other, there is nothing more cool looking than a Pikeman in combat. I couldn't help but feel like I was missing out on something, but overall, the grind called me, and I stayed with TKM over Pike. When the holo grind stopped, I wasn't really sure what to do with my time. At that point I was a Master Rifleman, Master CH. But CH was becoming stale. I liked it, but not enough to stick with it as an end game. I missed having melee ability, and started to grind fencer, because I knew of Rifle's lack of defenses against state attacks. My heart just wasn't in it though. I'm a PVE'r, and Fencer stinks at PVE. I consideredSwords, but they are so BLAND.Then I remembered Pikes. I started reading the pike forums, and realized I had never really experienced the full potential of the class. With the FS melee speed now available, I decided to give pikes another go. I will drop rifles beforeI drop pike now. I'm completely hooked. I really don't care much (at all) about being a Jedi, but force enhanced pikeman/master ranger is starting to sound pretty cool.

Tyyy LowYspetily:
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~ Wookiee at LarGe ~

Ever since I realized that the brawler profession and its branching professions weren't so bad after all, I've always wanted to go pikeman. I made the suggestion a few times to my friends, but they told me about all kinds of problems and extra work you had to do, even at master, so I put it off for a while. Instead, I went off to master fencer, which I still think looks great, but when my account was down for 2 months, I had the chance to make a new char on one of my friend's accounts. The first thing I did was to pick up a pike and go hunt chubas.. And it doesn't take long to get hooked from there. Pretty soon, I had an LVA, and was loving every minute of the game.

To be honest, when my account was down, it was because I had left the game... It was boring me to death. I absolutly dreaded getting on everyday. Since I've started working on pikes, I can't pry myself away from it.

But, I owe at least a little bit of it to Malinko, since he was the first one I knew to go down that path. He's a bum and he knows it, but that bum knows how to have fun.

As for the DoT nerf, let it come. Because when it comes, it will be towing a combat revamp behind it... And maybe that 320-588 LVA will start to mean something more then the DoT attached to it. Andd even if it doesn't, I'll be pikeman till the end.

-|ERIDOS|-
Animus Exitum Nevalantii Mens Mentis Necto
Semper Praesul Presul

The dots....

I look forward to the coming combat balance when armor and buffs aren't so overpowered that you need dots to kill players in pvp. I had been thinking about going pikeman for a while and while I was out hunting NS I looted a 600 tick mind fire lance which sealed the deal.

| Kilon Wiekog |- | Master Fencer, Commando |
| Kalon Wiekog - Dark Jedi Knight |
~ Destroyer of teh Bunniez~ Arch Nemesis of Jene'vieve ~
"I don't like the CU" --Every selfish Loot Hoor in the game