Pikeman Archive
Thread: 1 year and its all the same
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Psykeman420-HS
Sat Jun 26, 2004 12:03 pm
#1
anyone else feel a little disappointed in both the way this game hasn't got rid of many problems in the year its been out and how the anniversary is kind of low key?
Pikeman still are shafted and its looking like august or september before we see any light, life of the pikeman is bleak.
Pikeman still are shafted and its looking like august or september before we see any light, life of the pikeman is bleak.
GundarEars
Sat Jun 26, 2004 11:16 pm
#2
CLab Here~
I completly agree. I cancled a few weeks ago, should have cancled way before that. I realized I was spending money on a game that is no longer fun, and has treated all its player base, espically Pikeman, like we are nothing. Before I became jaded I was very gunho about the game, and defended it form the nay sayers with the "hey they are working on it, and really cool things are coming down the pipe"
Really cool things were coming, SOE just completly bothced the implimentation of them. I hope to God these Devs never work on a game I want to play in the future.
When I cancled I thought about all the hard work I did to master Pikeman, my small fourtune I had amassed, my houses,days of hunting for mediocer NS lances, my NSEL SchematicI had just bought. I was worried that I am away too long my things will get erased fromt eh data base. 2 weeks or so later I dont even care.
I might come back after JTL, might. I see no bright future for this game, its dead to me.
1 year into the game and this Profession, as well as others, Pistoler, Ranger..ect.. are still wothless, That is completely unexectable. PvP bleh! GCW..really? Only thing this game ever had, and will ever have is it really is a beautiful, beautiful looking game. Thats all I think I will remember it as.
-Clab ~
Malinko_Oknilam
Sun Jun 27, 2004 1:03 pm
#3
Yeah, I mean....I'd rather stop sliding 10m off my chair rather than a Jedi Revamp, come on ....
Its the little things that count =D
McFlyGuy
Sun Jun 27, 2004 1:31 pm
#4
Yes I have been a pikeman for quite sometime and i'm putting all my hopes in the combat balance.. If they blow that one i'm out. The dev's priorities are really out of order. Who the hell had problems with how image designers worked. Who the hell had a problem with the old droids? They're still pathetic and serve relatively no purpose. When I heard about the droid revamp I thought Oo cool combat droids thats sounds really cool I might buy me one of them. And to my surprise they barely amount to a lvl 10 ch pet. That is just pathetic, who the hell do they think makes those super battle droids and battle droids. I'm sure they woudn't put something like that into a players hands but common...
And earlier than that the big hyped Imperial Crackdown. Finally an end to rebels running around cities unchecked. The empire finally taking charge. Heh they up the stormtrooper spawn and say thats enough. Days later rebels blasting the hell outta stormies in kor vella and mos espa.
If the devs would actually pay attention to the problems they have now and fix them this could actually be a cool game to play. If they keep this up they're sure to lose alota people after the combat balance. I might just hold out to the JTL but thats a big maybe if they blow this combat balance. 2 Strikes for the dev's 1 more and i'm getting out of this damn game and spend my money on something worthwhile. I've had about 6 months of patience, please don't blow it... 
Message Edited by McFlyGuy on 06-27-2004 01:33 PM
Icemaiden1
Mon Jun 28, 2004 5:27 am
#5
I've only just started the game, and Pike is really nice for me, if I stay in any game mmorpg or no, for more than six months its a success. Hell I played City of Heroes for two weeks and would never think of playing it again, but I see it as value for money 
If I am still in this game for another 6 months, well then its a success. A few broken skills, and a crap selection of "uber" weapons, wont put me off playing the coolest looking profession in the game
I do feel for people who've been playing this for months and months and blame the pikeman class for quitting, but I believe a lot of it is down to the human condition of getting bored with things.
No amount of new content will keep me in a game if I get bored.
WookieIsshe
Tue Jun 29, 2004 10:40 am
#6
Psykeman420-HS wrote:
anyone else feel a little disappointed in both the way this game hasn't got rid of many problems in the year its been out and how the anniversary is kind of low key?
Pikeman still are shafted and its looking like august or september before we see any light, life of the pikeman is bleak.
whine whine whine
I play a pikeman and have for 6 months and I love it. I have seen no problems with him other then he misses more then when I play the TKA side of myself.
Ta10c
Tue Jun 29, 2004 6:51 pm
#7
the one thing which pisses me off more than anything is the posture change in hit 3, cos u finnaly KD/dizzy something then use ur most powerful attack and they get back up, it wouldnt take long to change this either
Magnite
Wed Jun 30, 2004 5:42 am
#8
Yeah, I mean....I'd rather stop sliding 10m off my chair rather than a Jedi Revamp, come on ....
Its the little things that count =D
ROFL, so true.
Psykeman420-HS
Wed Jun 30, 2004 7:46 am
#9
WookieIsshe wrote:
Psykeman420-HS wrote:
anyone else feel a little disappointed in both the way this game hasn't got rid of many problems in the year its been out and how the anniversary is kind of low key?
Pikeman still are shafted and its looking like august or september before we see any light, life of the pikeman is bleak.whine whine whine
I play a pikeman and have for 6 months and I love it. I have seen no problems with him other then he misses more then when I play the TKA side of myself.
You pvp as a pikeman?
Okay let me start off by saying, as some of you know, I have quit the game due to financial constraints of real life so please none of this "If you don't like it, leave" I am currnently SWG-less and my account expires the 2nd.
Problems with Pikeman as compared to other melee professions:
Crap Defense (check the numbers)
Crap DPS
Crap Accuracy
Crap Damage
Crap Speed
Loot Dependency
the new delay timer
mitigation (going away in pvp)
Block
while the class isn't absoultly the worst melee profession, it does not excel in anything and is either mediocre or crap in everything. This makes the profession of lack of class definition, with the exception of DoT weapons, which most pikemen(women) hate anyway, we have no strong point.
Loot dependency is what I think is the number 1 issue, all professions are supposedly fun to play and all weapons that are crafted were supposed to be better than looted ones, when pikeman weapons became loot or die it threw this class into an EQ-like state of camping NS. It is lucky for SWG that it is currently mostly JUST pikeman that have this, they may think they want looted weapons but the economy and the combat system would collapse.
now as far as that goes that just a look at pikeman, you call what I am doing whining? no its observing the nature of the beast.
the combat system is amongst the most borked I have ever seen, players soloing reds like they are nothing is a problem, the player is an overpowered being in PvE currently this is without a doubt a truth that the devs and players alike know, we are good in PvE, but not many classes are bad in PvE.
PvP is where the true problems of the combat system in general show. 80% armor reduces any damage type other than stun useless so there goes 80% of the combat classes.
Combat Medics and DoTs having no PvP reduction, no area cures or any defense against (minus what little you can get in clothing/armor attach) renders entire groups helpless to defend themselves.
this game in general is still messed up more than it should be, its very beta-like STILL and the devs are focusing on one class at a time it would seem, I am sorry but I to them I say they need to kick it up a notch, I didn't want to outright leave the game but if things don't change I may never return, and while one player doesn't make a differance, I know I am not the only one thinking that the mix of the CB and JTL is do or die for SOE.
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