Pikeman Archive
Thread: Very frustrated with Pikeman.
Do not judge me by the post you saw in this thread, look at my other posts and you'll see that this is the second time I've flamed.
pike takes the patience to wait 6 seconds between shots b4 novice. It also begs for you to ignore the combat screen filled with the words *miss*. If you can do that, you'll grow to love it. But even higher up were still mighty bugged. If you want a quick fix of power, goto 2 handed or TKA. If you wanna be the baddest man on the block stick with pike.
Master Pikeman are the only Masters in the game get deserve respect.
They are the ones with the patience of an oxe and the stubborn streak of an entire herd of jackasses. But once you get there, you get total respect, nobody snickers behind your back b/c your proffesion is *still* broken. Nobody snickers b/c a novice brawler can hit you 25 times b4 you get one hit off on him .
Last part was all in jest. It takes a thick skin to stay a pikeman.
I bought a regular Lance and stopped using that Night Sister Lance I bought off the Bazaar.
It made a HUGE difference. I hit more with it, and do more damage. I don't get why there is such a big difference between the 2.
The stats are pretty much the same. The regular Lance has a faster attack rate andlower HAM cost.
If I need to I can use the NS lance for intial hits to do DoT, and then switch to old faithful.
Now it feels like I'm fighting at the lvl I'm supposed to be fighting at.
I wouldn't use a LVA until you have a couple of accuracy/speed boxes in Pikeman. At polearms 3 I'd use a speed sliced Vibro Lance, and just go berserk. Then when you get spin attack you can either use that to hit multiple mobs at once, or continue to go berserk. I think I pretty much berserked my way to novice pikeman.
Yeah I 86ed the lance after I bought a LVA and killed even conned mobs in one hit. very happy.
Man that guy's post that's stickied about how to lvl Pikeman; I think he should update or get rid of it. I don't think it's very accurate.
btw. How much does speed and accuracy tapes cost?
kelthuzad wrote:
Man that guy's post that's stickied about how to lvl Pikeman; I think he should update or get rid of it. I don't think it's very accurate.
for gods sake, use an LVA. I can understand how you wanted a root cannal after playing with a NS pike.
And if that pike has a DOT, which I'm pretty sure it does, it steals xp.
You should be using an LVA until you hit master, basically.
Message Edited by TheStarWarsKid on 06-04-2004 01:12 PM
Man cool out. It's a free country and everyone is entitled to their opinion. I wasn't downing you. I tried to follow what you said in the guide, but it didn't work for me.
You said not to use the LVA until after novice because the accuracy would be horrible. I didn't and tried to stick with a reg. Lance and a NS Lance. I had a really hard time. I started using a LVA and I have made much better progress.
I thought that's what profession specific boards were for...
To come together with others of your profession, bond, discuss, grow, and learn how to be more effective.