Pikeman Archive

• Which specials do you use the most?


• How do you initiate a fight? Do you go for intimidate first? Bleeds? Do you even both trying to duzzy/KD?


• I run a CoB macro, of course. Any other macros you recommend?


• I have a feeling my weakness is they sometimes pull stun weapons I do not see. Do you fare well with stun composite against NS since the resists are often lower?


• Bleeds might be another problem, or other DOTs. How do you counter those?


• What foods would you recommend as the standard "lunch" before NS hunting?

Any advice would be appreciated. Please avoid answers that would drastically change my template, such as ("get doc", or "drop master pike"). Slight alterations would be ok.

Thanks for your help.

Message Edited by Liander on 01-10-2005 03:29 PM

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annelid0 wrote:
Since my first response was eaten by the forum (or rather my own carelessness), this is the condensed version.

1) Intimidate, intimidate, intimidate.
2) Initiate with intimidate. Bleeds are ok. Dizzy/KD is useless against higher-end NS (but ok against the weaker ones). Against a single NS, action bleeds + leghits are the single quickest way to kill something.
3) Macros can't adapt quick enough to be useful. Additionally, if you're fighting a protector or elder forget about using CoB at all. You will never block against them.
4) If you don't have a stun layer and someone pulls out a baton, run away. Stun layers help more than you'd think, there's an automatic 50% damage reduction due to the baton having no armor piercing in addition to whatever resists the layer itself has.
5) Bleeds can get very bad in some situations. 2xxx medic is enough to cure them, and extremely helpful for solo NS hunting.
6) The usual foods. Synthsteak, brandy, etc. I prefer ahrisa over canape in most cases because it lasts longer, is less filling, and I generally need to worry more about draining my mind with specials than regenerating it from damage.

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