Pikeman Archive
Thread: Rant thread!
There is NOTHING wrong with jumping in the lake, heck thats just plain smart. You cant attack in water, and if he gets to the other side before you, he can attack you while your vulnerable. Thats not cheap, thats GENIUS. But yea the friend group teffing is lame.
My rant?
Swordsmen get another weapon from the next dungeon. Heck, I am going Master Swordsman, but it's honestly bs. I mean, REALLY. We just got the Scythe. Why oh why do they CONTINUE to ignore Pikemen? Gunman, do they hate you or something?
Oh, and btw, the way to fix the FOTM is to make all these cool weapons available at Master, and Master only. Then you won't have people running around with Scythe's (for instance), that are 0-0-0-3 Swordsmen....
My rant for this thread is the complete and total lack of management of the development goals in the overall perspective of the game, and how it effects Pikeman. Development just seems to be based off the the first three people that talk at the monday morning meeting, after that the manager in charge either tones it out completely or heads to the greens.
By having perhaps one of the most obtuse and obscure of the developers (who we share with that other great potential/tragically frustrating class bio-engineer) were pretty much guaranteed that our concerns will never be heard, let alone understood.
Liwiwo wrote:
that bicep is about 1-1,5 million worth, due to the suppl y and demand (every female char wants one, not many around) your post made me laugh though, guess you dont do much in this game than kill stuff for the killing of it
Yeah, I gave the bicep to a lady friend of mine. It seems as though the market has dried up. People are only getting 1 mil or so for them now.
My game is pretty much spent killing stuff for the killing of it. I didn't know there was another purpose to this game.
Blast ye typos! 
Message Edited by Legwand on 04-15-2004 11:17 PM
Heh, I thought I had the HTML thing down, but I guess not.
The link to the powerup: http://www.imagedump.com/index.cgi?pick=setandget&tp=63759
The link to the axe:http://www.imagedump.com/index.cgi?pick=get&tp=63758
I think your real rant should be "I'm poor and have no money".
How do you survive with 60k??
Legwand wrote:
I think your real rant should be "I'm poor and have no money".
How do you survive with 60k??
Heh I just happened to be broke when that SS was taken.
Bria's economy is one big fubar anyway.
MadDog36 wrote:
My rant?
Swordsmen get another weapon from the next dungeon. Heck, I am going Master Swordsman, but it's honestly bs. I mean, REALLY. We just got the Scythe. Why oh why do they CONTINUE to ignore Pikemen? Gunman, do they hate you or something?
Oh, and btw, the way to fix the FOTM is to make all these cool weapons available at Master, and Master only. Then you won't have people running around with Scythe's (for instance), that are 0-0-0-3 Swordsmen....
Really, I think it's the scythe-wielders that are the FOTM. All I see now are scythe wielders (but quite a few LVA wielders too). I agree with a previous post the the Energy Lance needs to be a quest item and not an uber loot drop. And make the cert for it master pikeman. Course it couldn't hurt to have a couple of new polearm weapons, like a double bladed vibrosword or (from KOTOR) an Echani Ritual Brand. Or how about an actual Pike? The pike was a long spear used in medieval times, but there is no such weapon in the game that I know of. They were very effective at piercing armor and downing horsemen, and good at keeping other melee combatants out of striking distance.
My rants about the pikeman profession (but don't get me wrong, I created my current char with the sole purpose of aspiring to master pikeman, and I am getting close (3 0 4 2).
1. I have a current block skill total of +85. Yet I find that almost EVERY attack directed at me lands. As a matter of fact, when I'm in combat, I seem to successfully counterattack far more often than block. How does block work, if in fact it is not completely broken?
2. Accuracy and speed suck, but a pikeman nearing master levels begins to compensate for these disadvantages, so not so much of a rant as an observation.
3. HAM costs. Does anyone else feel that the HAM costs for special attacks are too high? I find that I kill myself far faster with specials than any opponent can.
4. Damage. Shouldn't we get a skill for polearm damage that increases with skill, to compensate for the sucky damage of your average polearm? I mean a master pikeman should be able to deal out large amounts of damage, even with say a reinforced combat staff. TKAs get increasing damage as they progress, and have minimal HAM costs for their special attacks.
Claothera wrote:
1. I have a current block skill total of +85. Yet I find that almost EVERY attack directed at me lands. As a matter of fact, when I'm in combat, I seem to successfully counterattack far more often than block. How does block work, if in fact it is not completely broken?
TheStarWarsKid wrote:
Claothera wrote:
1. I have a current block skill total of +85. Yet I find that almost EVERY attack directed at me lands. As a matter of fact, when I'm in combat, I seem to successfully counterattack far more often than block. How does block work, if in fact it is not completely broken?
When it says you counterattack, you are really blocking, its a typo in the combat log.
Ah ok thank you for the clarification. It seems now that with the latest publish the combat log is actually reporting a "block" result. And it seems to be working a little more often. Also I noticed that the profession title "Expert Pikeman" was replaced by "Sentinel". I like it. But there are other issues that need to be addressed first.
Many (including myself) make requests to the developersto "fix pikeman". Something productive I would like to see from other pikeman players: Make a short list (3-5 things) that are in most critical need of fixing. Just saying "fix pikeman" is rather vague, and I for one would like to know more about what is specifically wrong with the class. Now that I am near master level (finally!) I feel much more confident in my abilities, and, while I am no TKM, I can hold my own, unbuffed,with 4-5 nasties surrounding me and wishing for my death. Area attacks are a thing of sublime beauty.
it never really did strike me why people rant just spank somming in game to calm down