Pikeman Archive

Message Edited by Ryche_Mykola on 08-24-2004 04:39 PM

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Gunman21 wrote:

Here are the currenttop issues for Pikeman. I saw a lot of people requesting aspecificthreadfor there so here ya go

Please note that this is not a discussion thread. If you would like to discuss adding/removing an issue, please start a new thread.

Thanks

Top-5:

Damage:

According to the description, Pikeman are "The hardest hitting melee profession." However, this is not reflected in the game. Polearm damage is mediocre at best, and needs to be increased

Suggested Solutions:

1) We need our Polearmhit3 modifier to be a x4 attack instead of a x3 attack

3) Heavy AP should not be out of the question for a hard-hitting profession, especially fora melee profession with short range and (easily-defended against) Kinetic damage.

Accuracy:

Two months ago, a change was made to polearm weapon accuracy mods. This change was a band-aid to tide us over untill the combat balance. However, the combat balance has now been delayed and accuracy is still an issue for us.

Suggested Solution:

At ideal rages, Long Vibro Axes and Vibro Lances should have positive range modifiers.

Defenses:

Pikeman have very low defenses, mainly toughness. This affects us negatively as we take more melee damage than any other melee profession.

Suggested Solution:

Change the +4 toughness modifiers in boxes 3 and 4 of the brawler profession to +10.

Block:

Block is ineffective, and needs to be balanced to dodge.

HAM costs:

Pikeman have huge HAM costs. With the combat balance delay, we request a decrease in our HAM costs as a temporary measure untill the new HAM system is in place.

'Extra Issues'

Spin/AOE:

These two attack stylescomprisenearly half of our profession. However, there is very, very little difference between them. AOE has status effects, whereasSpin hashigher damage. Something needs to be changed to seperate these two types of attacks away from one another better. Also, Stun and Stun2 are rendered useless when compared to polearmhit2, polearmhit3, and AoE2, and should be redone to give more variation to the profession.

Uniqueness:

Pikeman have excellent animations associated with our moves. However,each attack we have is either a clone or a semi-clone of other attacks in various professions. Pikeman need a skill/ability/attack that is unique to the profession and viable to combat.

Energy Lance:

Axkva Min's resistances need to be changed as to allow pikeman to deal damage to her. (Electricitcal or Kinetic damage types)

The Energy Lance needs a great increase in stats:

• Heavy Armor Piercing


• Higher Maximum Damage


• Improved disease dots

Attachments:

Polearm Damage Attachments do not work

Most Wanted Weapon:

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Message Edited by Gunman21 on 06-10-2004 09:53 PM

Message Edited by Gunman21 on 06-10-2004 09:55 PM

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