Pikeman Archive
Thread: Pikeman Experince
So yeah... enjoying it so far. It's been a fun change of pace for a former bounty hunter.
When you're as jaded and cynical as I am, faith is first thing you lose.
Areriye wrote:
I have some faith in Gunman to have that issue addressed. But yes... that is a big deal.
I've gotta say that so far this is my favorite combat profession of all, but I think it also has a lot to do with personality. I really enjoy being a tank, and I can do that with pikeman (with canapes, steaks and brandy and a decent regular buff, especially with a mind buff, too!). Last night I was doing enraged rancor groups and had four rancors on me at once, and if one went to a group-mate I'd just taunt the little bugger back on me and spin attack away to keep them on me...massive exp for me and loot because I was the closest to the rancors and could loot before anyone else! Picked up a lot of bile, teeth and padded armor segments.
Also, I've found that because there seem to be less pikemen (and pikewomen, though I have seen only a couple) than other combat professions, the clothing and armor attachments seem to be cheaper than for, say, TK or Rifelman.
Am I a bit miffed about how often I miss? Not really, personally, because as long as I get a decent buff and eat some canapes, steaks and brandy, I can tank for a LOOOOONG time so even though it may take me longer to kill a rancor, I can kill bag nitches by the bucketful for more exp because I can tank them in a group and kill them in a group. Throw in a mind buff and even though I'm only 1/0/2/2 Pikeman I can go in almost any non-masters-only party out there (I can kill Nightsister stalkers in groups of three but haven't gone for Nightsisters themselves yet).
All-in-all I'm delighted (yes, delighted) to be a pikeman. Some of it is the mystique, as well...not many people know what I can do, and when I do it (tank, taunt in groups and area attack to keep them on me so others can kill, kill, kill) I get a lot of "glad you're on our side!" and "thanks for taking that mutant ER off me...I thought I was a goner!" comments from group-mates.
As for weaponry, I'm not a master yet, so I can't speak about the uber-weapons, but for a low-level pikeman I've picked up a couple of good NS lances and other lances as well as a really good Vibro-axe from Tortilla, so my arsenal is doin' alright, though I would like to see them open up the schematics for more uber weapons for weaponsmiths to craft. I wonder, however, if SOE only thinks they know what a pikeman can do, and they haven't really done it much, otherwise I think they'd have opened up the weapon schematics a bit more. It seems to me (inexperienced as I am and there are a lot of other more-experienced folks on this forum who can speak at length with more authority on this subject) that SOE conceived of a pikeman as a slow tank who can dish out massive quantities of damage...and to a whole group of mobs/players...so they have limited the weapons so we don't get out of control. It seems like that concept has not been shown to be false for them...the pikeman is not as uber as they intended it to be...hence, they have not released the hounds (so-to-speak) on the weapon schematic. How do we show them the error of their ways? I dunno. Sorry.
If I could be a jedi-pikeman, I would. I must confess that the only reason I started pikeman was because it is my third holo-grind, but I'm finding it to be a profession I may give up the holo-grind to stick with...at least for now! So there ya are...my two-cents.
That's my story and I'm stickin' with it... /endRave;