Pikeman Archive

Hey, i got a Holocon a while ago and it told me to be Pikeman, so here i am askin for some advice. Im Carbineer as of now so im kinda used to the HAM costs and broken stuff.

Go for stances first and then defence, thas the best adivice i can give,

oh and become a doc so you can buff yourself

or if u dont wanna be doc u gotta be a ch, or maybe get some atsts, orbecome adead lump on the ground .

OMG lub teh pike

get yourself warcry2 and intimmidate2, then hit som buffs or something

Yeah im master CH too with 4-4-4-0 medic so im pretty sure i can tank most stuff unless it agros me lol. thanx for all the advice!

Make sure you always have buffs... the HAM cost goes beyond that of carbineer, I am both professions as well.

If you can, or if you even need it with you're pets keep at least one of the carbine bleeds. Great pull,also a surpress if they decide to kite you. Get the best LVA you see out there and only pull it out on lairs, or stunned mobs, otherwise your better off playin wiffle ball with it.

I too was pointed down the pikeman path when i used my 2nd holocron. sigh.. and i though carbines had absurd ham costs yikes...


one question to you all that have been doing this.. how many of you have used the carbine skills?

I've had the theory that all melee has a companion ranged...


2 hand (sword man) - Rifleman (both have specials targeting mind pool)
Pikeman - Carbineer (both have specials targeting action pool)
1h swordsman (or tka) - Pistoleer .. (both have specials targeting health)


also the ranged has a bleed for that specific health pool..

right now i am:

Master ch
Novice Ranger (untraining) 4/0/4/0
master scout (will have to untrain some of it .. probably will go down to 4/4/4/0)
novice marksman 0/0/4/0
Brawler 0/0/0/3
novice pistoleer 0/0/3/0

when i'm done i expect to have

Master ch
Novice Scout 4/4/4/0
novice marksman 0/0/4/0
novice brawler 0/0/0/4
master pikeman
novice pistoleer 0/0/3/0

so my main question .. should i dump the pistol training for carbine? or keep what i've got?
novice marksman

Step 1: become a novice pikeman
Step 2: go to dantooine
Step 3: clone, just in case
Step 4: get Piket missions
Step 5: go to the mission
Step 6: kill males first (ones that dont say female)
Step 7: kill females
Step 8: finish mission
Step 9: Repeat 4-9

in other words....Pikets

Hmm, my first holo said master pikeman(least popular profession anyone can chose) and I've found that even with a good 34% dmg slice lance most I can still hit for with polearm hit 2 is about 1500 to a random pool, I am a CH but that only helps with tanking, I'm still barely earning 100K xp per 90 minutes(counting healing my pets after every encounter and the length which some can take), also most I get xp wise for the average seemingly maxed dmg kill is about 2000-2400 and 3400 on some lairs. Pikets, sure if I wanna grind for a couple weeks 8-12 hours a day on the "purple hills" planet, CH helps and so does minor medical skill but does anyone have any clue as to a way to really grind xp?(like say at least twice or 3 times the xp gain I just mentioned for me currently at 0-0-0-2) and which of the 3 polearm xp trees should I likely persue first?

I'm climing carbines also, best bet as far as I can see. IMO depends on your hunt, if you got a full armor set and need to be wary of your specials then pistols would work just as well. I find my self at novice using the leg hit I have available, not so often. I usually pull with Full Auto and follow with a Polearm Hit 3 then beat em with my big stick, at that time I'll special only if there's an inviting window. I have no bleeds as of yet but that will change . Carbines however will give up the area suppression, if it works, and thats why I went that route.

Kyrtin,

Where and how the heck you getting 100k in 90 minutes?

yea no kiddin 100k in 90 mins?

i am a master ch so i tried the piket thing.. (ok so i do like dantoonie)

per kill avg 1300 xp

i had all the buffs a doc could give and master entertainers..

i could do well my 2 graul maulers tanked for quite a bit but the piket kep turning arround and beating on me regularly .. ouch .. if it wasn't for the health buffs i would of been down fast.. even wearing my superfuzzy armor.

once my buffs ran out i really couldt do it anmyre as 1-2 hits would incap me fast (why do i keep drawing aggro soo bad.. i don't think i'm out damamageing my graul mauers...

made polearm 4 last night .. and now drudging my way to novice pikeman..