Pikeman Archive

We don't have an active correspondent evidently..

Therefore what we need is a community effort to get our profession fixed.

We also need to provide more information for new Pikeman, if you go into the Pistoleer forum you will see a complete breakdown and description of every Pistoleer special, dps, delay etc etc, We need this.

We also need a complete list of all our issues, therefore if you can contribute please do so!

1. Lack of Defences [compared to other Classes]

Pistoleers along with TKA and Fencers get +80 to defences vs Knockdown, Dizzies etc whereas we only get +20 at Master.

The only weapon in our arsenal of specials is our Dizzies and Knockdowns, if we are fighting other classes that can resist this so easily we have no effective moves and just kill ourselves thanks to huge ham costs....yet they have Dizzy and KD too and because we have no defences then its game over :/

Here is a post with the dps and all of that:

http://forums.station.sony.com/swg/board/message?board.id=pikeman&message.id=4867

Also, we did have a post with all the stats, but I think it should be updated since the patch. Last time I checked, though, TKA got 0 def. vs. KD and only 5 def vs. dizzy, fencers get +50 vs. KD and +40 vs. dizzy, we get +20 vs. KD and +40 vs. dizzy. I think that MicohMacol's post 9th from the bottom on this one:
http://forums.station.sony.com/swg/board/message?board.id=pikeman&message.id=4867
has the correct values for what is currently live, so it might be redundant to make a new table with the same info.

antares
master pikeman

I think the biggest issue now is the not working block skill

They gave us a huge boost on block on the last big update and all for nothing, it doesnt work, we take the dmg anyways. And if the block is not working, our COB is useless.

They tried to fix one of our problems (the lack of defense) by giving us 115 block skills, but they do no good. That needs to b fixed.

Yes and HAM costs are a issue that still has to b answered by the devs.

Also the lack of toughness compared to tka is ridiculous.

They need to do away with the D/KD thing, thats just lame. Although, melees dont have much else agaisnt ranged ppl really, so they ought to give us somethig in exchange for that

I applied for the posistion and also recommended Antares as a correspondent.

Ummm, Opeth is our correspondent. Just because he doesn't post here saying "They're still ignoring us" doesn't mean he's not doing his job and not giving the devs information.

BTW: Issues:

Accuracy mods on LVA still not fixed.
HAM costs still high
Hit3 not in line with other professions
Missing 12 points of Toughness in our brawler line
Block still not working as intended

Wish list:

Unique Pikeman ability. Suggest Mounted Combat. Pikeman can use Specials on Mounts at 25% starting at novice, and that number gradualy increasesup to 100% at Master. Reason: Most mounted combatants in SW were Pikemen. IE Episode 1, the arena scene.

Master Pikeman weapon. Suggest Force Pike (The weapon the Emporer's Guards used in the movies) High Kinetic damage, AP2, low HAM costs, but a slow weapon.

I still think that Opeth is doing a good job, so lets keep our faith in him. We should be seeing the fruits of his work this week when the answers to the correspondent issues come out.

lets get unmounted combat fixed before we go asking for new stuff like mounted combat.

Asking for new features rather than fixes gives the impression our class is not broken.

well the pistoleer correspondent is a guildmate of mine and he said that Opeth had quit so who knows

Bye.

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OpethRebel wrote:
Bye.

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/salute

sorry if I brought this out earlier than you'd like to Opeth, I think you have done a good job as our correspondent and wish you well.

So, who is goingto be our next correspondent?