Pikeman Archive

I have seen commandos, Bounty Hunters and all various ranged weapon users get the better part of the attention from the devs.

While they send in Pets, Probots and droids to do their dirty work thus taking no damage while dishing out ungodly damage has been annoying and discourging at best. The fact is is that all melee warriors do not have this luxury and we are forced to get in the fray and we will ALWAYS suffer damage not only from the creatures we fight but also the rediculous penalties we suffer from our so called "special moves". While ranged attackers sit in thier comfort zone, we bite the bullet and go in for the kill and yet the devs see no reason to increase our defenses.

We do not do near the damage, have near the weapons nor do we have the defensive skills we should.

I am highly disappointed to see so many Pikemen disapearing! I see less and less of them and it is a shame because I consider all melee weapon users "brothers" in the martial arts.

All those who have chosen pikemen as their profession command respect and admoration for choosing such a neglected and difficult profession.

I bow to you all and embrace you as brothers and ask you to hang in there because it does my heart warmth to see a player carrying that beautiful lance with honor.

Trust me...look at some of the Teras Kasi posts and you will see that we are complaining about the same things...I beleive all melee professions are.

Thanks for the support. If it ever comes across that we are complaining that TKA's are too strong, please forgive us. I never intend to bring a nerf bat to others, only to point out what others can do. If I see a whatever class do some insane amount of damage, I just like to point it out. Not to nerf, just to compare and say, "Hey, a little love for us...maybe?"

As far as the ranged guys...they have it pretty nice. While hunting last night, we were attacking 4 bull rontos at once. I was standing in the middle of the fray, with 3 pets and 2 bots. Everyone else was at max range. Now, if I could be there too I would. But being so far away from everyone else, makes it real tricky to get a heal now and then. Not only are we alone in a class, but alone in battle. Bots don't stim.

I'm happy to see that TKA has gotten some good attention and are doing comparatively well. TKAs always impress me when I'm fighting with them. Envious, definitely. It's just wrong that I often have to rely on a TKA as a tank instead of being one myself, and so I'm starting to take advantage of the defenses in the TKA lines, fencer defense is next.
I don't think anyone on this board wants to see TKA or any other melee proffession get nerfed in any way, we all just want some more attention and we all see how melee in general has issues, some more severe than others.

antares
master pikeman

I am not defending any nerf petitions...Honestly I did not know you guys were even complaining about us Teras Kasi dudes.

Acctually I was jsut curious as to what I might find in othe forums and I was moved bu what I read in yours. I trying to get other Teras Kasi to help me in making suggestions for your profession and help you guys out. Read me newest post and read what I posted in our forum.

I read a thread on Castersrealm a few weeks ago. It was about melee and adding defensive disciplines so players can tank for groups instead of relying on pets with higher HAM to tank. It took a while for EQ to add in defensive disciplines, years. They already talking about it for us, here. Just a matter of time.