Pikeman Archive

Hey guys... Just wanted to find out what would be a good seondary melee professions for me to take with TKM. It seems like everyone puts pikeman down and that you are a bugged profession andneed some serious fixingwhich is personaly what draws me to this profession... I just wanted to get you opinions on weather or not its really that bad... I kind of like the idea of being able to take on mulitple mobs at once and the fact that you are a rare profession....don't see to many pikeman walking around.

If you could list some of the pros and cons of the profession and if you also feel that you are a profession in a major need of repairs, any information would be greatly appreiceated

I can tell you from first hand experiance that they do mix but not quite as you might think......

curently im a master TKA master brawler and 2/3 done with pikeman.... I will explane it this way the tuffness and state effects IE knockdown dizzy blind and deffence is far superior in TKA vs single targets and TKA speed is unmatched ... pikeman offers armor penatration, unmatched damage when the mob is knocked down, and a nice action bleed...... powerboost goes well with pikeman it allows you too fire off about 3 specials with the pike, then you have too stop becouse of the terrable ham cost..... so what your best option is do the state effects like knockdown and dizzy with TKA skills then finish them off with the pike...... also master brawler is almost a must with pikeman if that is all your going too use warcry2 intimadation2 and all the other neat things are what can save a pikemans life.... no clue why they made pikeman the weakest in tuffness compared too all the rest of the other melee classes its just that way...

have nothing in my hand vs a rancor he does maybe 120 damage too me if he gets a real good hit in... have a pike in my hand and he will do 300 or more.... hope that gives you a idea of what its like with that combo of professions....... I curently do not use knucklers I use alot more master brawler hits and states then I do TKA what I use with TKA is the powerboost woundhealing and tuffness of not having a weapon in my hand while I try too get a warcry or knockdown too stick then when I do the long vibro axe comes out and I start chopping on him needless too say he doesnt like being on the ground unable too get up with me hammering on him with that axe.....

Pros: really badass looking moves

Rare, The few the proud, the Pikeman

ability to hit a lot of enemies really hardat once

Cons: horrible range mods on our best weapons

need a personal medic (if not one yourself)

Rediculously high HAM costs

have to actually pay for a lot of training due to rarity

ability to hit a lot of enemies at once (hello aggro)

I love pikeman and mastered it the other week, now I'm dropping CH to pick up TKA.

If you're looking for a second profession to compliment your combat class, there are two things you can choose.

(a) Creature Handler

(b) Gimpiness

The choice is yours...if you pick (b), then you've come to the right place - you can't get much gimpier than a pikeman.

--Insomnia

WOW... thanks for all the info guys.

I just can't beleive all the negitive feedback that i recived about pikeman comming from the mouth of pikemen.I really hope that soon the dev's will see the HUGE weakness in pikeman and fix it for you guys

Even though most of the advice was negative i may just give pikeman a try to get the feeling for myself... either that or i may head down the crafting road instead of a scondary combat profession and go master archetect.

Thanks again for all the info

Try TKA+Fencer i'm TKM/Pikeman but thats becasue of holocron

With the proper food pikeman seems to bre all you need for pve but the way the game is atm if you do pvp you must have a KD/dizzy move or mind dmg therefor pikemand is gimped to you know where

Fencer has dizzy lunge

TKA has stright out KD/dizz

Swordsmand has one shot kill to head or Mind bleed or stron AOE, but most importantly you can cripple their mind in one shot kiling there speciasl and leting you finish

As i see it in pvp pikman must two shot to win KD then kill or else, if warcry2 was more consitant this would be much easier, polearm lunge is fun too out ot 20m, I really think pikeman needed a laongrange AOE kd or a non timered KD like the Chargeshot carbineers have

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Orerick Rudious (TKA/scout/medic)
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