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I would recommend you stick to a regular lance till you hit novice at least, it can be sliced for speed and has positive range mods. Then go for speed as soon as you can. Once youve got that you can have fun with the LVA which will be your standard weapon with kinetic damage, you can use the vibro lance when your target is resistant to kinetic damage as vibrolances are electric damage.

Cibila

Despite everyone telling me they couldnt hit an elephant two feet in fornt of them in a narrow hall, i drope teras kasi master and decided to go for a challenge and become a pikeman. With the next monthly update basing itself on class balancing things will get better, but fo rthe moment im in for a long ride. Anyone have suggestions on what to hunt and weather or not to use special moves, or jsut berserk it?

Also I notice song advanced long Vibro axes do mroe damage and nearly as much speed as Vibro lances. which are better to use?

Durnis are your enemy.

I would recommend you stick to a regular lance till you hit novice at least, it can be sliced for speed and has positive range mods. Then go for speed as soon as you can. Once youve got that you can have fun with the LVA which will be your standard weapon with kinetic damage, you can use the vibro lance when your target is resistant to kinetic damage as vibrolances are electric damage.

Cibila

I agree. You'll have less grief if youve got at least some added polearm accuracy, so Id maybe even wait until you get some accuracy before using the LVA. Personally i had lots of success hunting Giant Baz Nitches when I had stances and defensive done, which proved to be about 5k xp per monster, and they were pretty easy. I'm trying to think of what i hunted before i even hit Novice Pikeman, but i honestly dont remember , I've been off and on playing the game over the last couple months and just started playing again, hopefully for good. I would of recommened you keep at least defensive and or meditation for Teras Kasi, would help out. A lot of Pikeman have to get Creature Handler, Master Brawler (for things like warcry2), etc.

Hope that helps, I don't post here often, but I always check it out

Also I notice song advanced long Vibro axes do mroe damage and nearly as much speed as Vibro lances. which are better to use?

The LVA is the biggest weapon, even though it's not the one you get certified for last. It's just a cruel joke, though - the -50 accuracy penalty will have you in tears before novice, and even then you'll hate the **edit** thing until you get the second combat XP box. The VL is only -30 accuracy, still sucks, but not as much.

The other advantage that the VL has is that it does electrical damage, which fewer things are resistant to. But there are some things that are 100% resistant to electrical, so make a habit of checking when you meet a new critter.

--Insomnia

thx guys

Use the Vibro Lance at novice till you get support 2 to hit anything, and remember on creatures that have high resist to kenetic use long vibro lance.. for it it electricity dmg... use electricity dmg lance when whatever ur attacking has less resistance to it, thus same with the kenetic dmg Long Vibro Axe