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ImpCat

Sun Apr 11, 2004 4:57 pm

I'm a TKM/Master pikeman right now... i was down in the geo caves the other day and triing to be a pikeman tank... I was getting SLAUGHTERED by just about everything i fought I took the pike out of my hands and put my VK on and my health stopped moving... I mean i went from needing a heal every 5 secs to needing one about every 15... (I was tanking about 6 mobs) has anyone else noticed this happening? I was doing area attacks as tkm and pikeman... I was centered as both professions...

Cattin
Imperial Smuggler

CerebrusTantarrris

Sun Apr 11, 2004 6:43 pm

#2

i just tanked a 350k ham kryat(about 35k higher on mind and 35k lower on health) for a while solo before a group found me and started to attack it. I had absolutely no problems.

ingame names, ThreeHeadeddog and Cerebrus

I am a master pikeman. That is who I am and who I want to be. I am not a rifleman who uses a pikeman tag to decieve his opponents, I am not a holo grinder who wears his pikeman tag as a testimemt to the pain he has gone through grinding. I am not a pikeman who has mastered another combat proffession to support my offense, I will not degrade my pikeness in this way. I am a master pikeman. That is who I am and who I want to be.

antares_Kauri

Sun Apr 11, 2004 6:54 pm

#3

You likey were the victim of A) the AoE bug or B) the 26 toughness for pikmen vs 57 for TKMs.

antares
master pikeman

|Pikeman non-stop since July, 2003|
|combatUpgrade::alpha :: JTL::beta :: RotW::beta :: ToOW::beta|
SOE Producer Dallas Dickinson says:
"I mean, what is a pikeman and why is it something in the game?"

Jadkia

Sun Apr 11, 2004 8:39 pm

#4

I have never gone past the first room of spawns in those caves so I can't testify to anything past there. But I was able to take out five all at once a couple days ago without too much trouble. The main thing seems to be avoiding getting shot at with stun weapons. Of course before I picked up medic skills I didn't try tanking anything I couldn't kill in five hits or less without buffs and brandy.

Jadkia Dengraar
Master Pikeman , Brawler 0004 (Previously Mastered)
Master Doctor, Master Medic
Mastered but no longer have Entertainer, Image Designer, Scout,
Smuggler, Commando, Marksman, Creature Handler, Artisan and Tailor

Daros

Sun Apr 11, 2004 10:23 pm

#5

Maybe dumb luck and the armor hole..?

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Reynna Shadowfire - Lowca
Master Pikeman, Master Brawler, Master Scout, Novice TK, Novice Medic

"Do the people who threaten to quit really think some FotM dotmonkey who tried to buy his way to uberness is going to be missed? Nobody cares if you quit." -annelid0

MasterCraig

Wed Apr 14, 2004 12:25 am

#6

One thing I have found that, even with buffs, if I quit trying to spam specials, I can take almost as well as when I am using trying to tank with my tk skills. Just too bad we are not as good or even better at it.

Furbacca

OutbackWookiee

Wed Apr 14, 2004 4:11 am

#7

Well last night alone I bashed the skulls of 2 enraged kimos, an enraged dune kimo and a dune kimo all at the same time.

I was spamming area hit 2 like it was going out of style and I barely got touched.

Oh, btw, since I'm on the topic. Does anyone know if the giant dune kimo and the skeevy dude in kimo town drop any good loot. Killed them a couple times and didn't get diddly squat. I'm wondering if its worth going back.

LegwandLongfellow
MasterPikeman/Brawler
TKA/Fencer/HeavySwordsman
There'sabigblackholegonnaeatmeupsomeday
Somedayfadesaway,likeamemory

Ringamon

Wed Apr 14, 2004 4:42 am

#8

cas vanko would be the skeevy dude....and today i got my first non-credit loot from him.....

a vibro lance with a fairly decent fire health dot.

so i guess he drops something once in a while. who knew?

Iepad / Shepherd of Chaos- Order of Unknown Saints

'Gizmo / Bothan Former Jedi Knight / Survived Perma-death and Saber-TEF

Bring On The Buzzsaw!!

atimes

Wed Apr 14, 2004 8:44 am

#9

Pikeman "tanking" broken?

Naa it's not broken . . . in order for something to "break" it must first work and since it's never worked it's not broken

annelid0

Wed Apr 14, 2004 9:07 am

#10

Legwand wrote:
Oh, btw, since I'm on the topic. Does anyone know if the giant dune kimo and the skeevy dude in kimo town drop any good loot. Killed them a couple times and didn't get diddly squat. I'm wondering if its worth going back.

The GDK sometimes drops a scale (that looks like a flora resource container), which is a component of RIS and therefore worth a fortune to armorsmiths. It doesn't appear to drop it very often, though. It'll drop actual armor segments from time to time as well.

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Ilykerrimo
Grumpy Old Pikeman
Masochistic Wookiee

PadreBook

Wed Apr 14, 2004 9:15 am

#11

You were victim to bad game design as our defense quote 'Block' unquote allows half damage on a SUCCESS. Also it only works when you have Center of Being on. So basically the answer is YES Pikeman 'tanking' is broken. And it's working as intended according to our erstwhile developer.

Padre

atimes

Thu Apr 15, 2004 12:30 am

#12

PadreBook wrote:
You were victim to bad game design as our defense quote 'Block' unquote allows half damage on a SUCCESS. Also it only works when you have Center of Being on. So basically the answer is YES Pikeman 'tanking' is broken. And it's working as intended according to our erstwhile developer.

Padre

I gotta agree with you there Padre. I was FLOORED when I read that taking damage for a successful block is intended.

How dumb is that?

Like I said. The amount of attention given to this profession is appalling and a large reason this game is my first and last SOE product.

PadreBook

Thu Apr 15, 2004 12:56 am

#13

atimes wrote:

PadreBook wrote:
You were victim to bad game design as our defense quote 'Block' unquote allows half damage on a SUCCESS. Also it only works when you have Center of Being on. So basically the answer is YES Pikeman 'tanking' is broken. And it's working as intended according to our erstwhile developer.

Padre

I gotta agree with you there Padre. I was FLOORED when I read that taking damage for a successful block is intended.
How dumb is that?
Like I said. The amount of attention given to this profession is appalling and a large reason this game is my first and last SOE product.

I am in 100% agreement with you on accounts here.

Padre

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