Pikeman Archive
Thread: ?? Stacking ??
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Arimala
Fri Jul 16, 2004 11:15 am
#1
Hey all!
I am a Wookiee Pikewoman [ 
] on the Sunrunner server. I am currently 3/3/4/3 but find in PVP I'm not a very formitable opponent. I enjoy Pikeman and look forward to mastering it soon. I know alot of people will say I'm not playing my character properly or something along those lines but, I'm hoping for a little advice. I am currently working on mastering CH also but, right now I'm 3/3/2/2, and in medic I'm 4/4/4/0 and in Scout I'm 4/0/4/0. I am thinking of surrendering marybe 2 levels of scout and not sure how many of medic to take up some other skills to raise my defenses. I talked w/ a friend in the game and she gave me some really good advice. We were talking about me taking the first line in TKA to reach the meditate skill and also the first line in Fencer.Someone told me this is called stacking, not sure about that though. Does anyone have any suggestions or comments?
] on the Sunrunner server. I am currently 3/3/4/3 but find in PVP I'm not a very formitable opponent. I enjoy Pikeman and look forward to mastering it soon. I know alot of people will say I'm not playing my character properly or something along those lines but, I'm hoping for a little advice. I am currently working on mastering CH also but, right now I'm 3/3/2/2, and in medic I'm 4/4/4/0 and in Scout I'm 4/0/4/0. I am thinking of surrendering marybe 2 levels of scout and not sure how many of medic to take up some other skills to raise my defenses. I talked w/ a friend in the game and she gave me some really good advice. We were talking about me taking the first line in TKA to reach the meditate skill and also the first line in Fencer.Someone told me this is called stacking, not sure about that though. Does anyone have any suggestions or comments?Thanks.
antares_Kauri
Fri Jul 16, 2004 11:48 am
#2
Definitely a good idea. You'll love TKA Meditation 4, and the extra defenses found in Fencer will more than double your current defenses. Always a good thing. If you can, you can also take xxx4 in TKA to get those defenses as well, since you will already be getting TKA skills. Then you'll be boositng your defenses by the 1st and 2nd highest defensive abilities melee has.
antares
master pikeman
antares
master pikeman
Kaejz
Fri Jul 16, 2004 1:15 pm
#3
Unfortunately, CH isn't the PvP powerhouse it used to be. You'll most likely have to give this profession up if you want to be a "stacker." As Antares said, Fencer 4400 or TKA 4004 are nice defensive oriented templates. TKA offers meditation at the expense of extra knockdown defense. Both offer decent melee/ranged defense. It should be possible to still keep some CH, but not Master.
da5in
Fri Jul 16, 2004 2:49 pm
#4
What do you get from TKA meditation 4? Why is it a 'must have' for stacking?
antares_Kauri
Fri Jul 16, 2004 2:53 pm
#5
Powerboost (+50% of your mind stat to health, action, mind), heal poisons and heal disease (not during combat), heal all wounds.
antares
master pikeman
antares
master pikeman
Shinjo_Kanzaki
Sat Jul 17, 2004 2:10 am
#6
i always recommend meditate 4 in tk for any melee profession. being able to heal your own wounds is great. with fencer, you get good defensive mods. just be warned fencer, doesn't do any damage to high level PvE mobs if you decide to take a break from PvP.
Khoivo
Sat Jul 24, 2004 6:09 am
#8
I am a master fencer, Teras Kasi Artist and a 2/0/0/4 pikeman. I dueled a master swordsman friend of mine last night and he could barely hit me. A master Fencer friend of mine had a better time at me but I still wooped him. I can go toe to toe with a Jedi (master defender/Master enhance) for about 10 to 15 minutes before either one of us dies.Igot attaked by 5 overt rebs the other day, they got me, but not before I put 2 of em on their backs and took 75% of their ham away (I was un buffed, while they had full buffs) I no longer use armor (except when fighting Ancient bull rancors, or NS spell weavers and above, and end-game opponants, or when i know I will be mobbed). I suggest you completely master TKA, since the defense acuity will anhance your pikewoman block. Meditate 4 rocks, no docs required for healing wounds and diseases and the such. Unfortunitally, with the combat balance comming, all that hard word and leveling will go out the window, since people like to complain about getting their butts wooped, when they are only halfway done with one elite profession, or do not know how to PvP. Fencer has some great defense, but damage is low and end-game opponants will woop ya good. Use fencer as a suppliment to your choosen melee prof. Remember, players FEAR the melee defense stakers, and ranged profs are for wussies who don't wanna get their hands bloody.
sidus007
Sat Jul 24, 2004 9:48 am
#9
does defensive acuity raise block above the cap? i have 125 block and have 4004 tk, but i dont think ive noticed a dif
Ksynia
Sat Jul 24, 2004 9:59 am
#10
Sorry, not trying to hijack!
I lOVE your sig! I might add something like that to mine! I get the dude and man things all the time, people are so very shocked to see a female wookiee! Gotta love meeting a gal willing to take on the prestige with me Get a lot of marriage offers?
Get a lot of marriage offers?Ksynia
Khoivo
Tue Jul 27, 2004 2:00 am
#12
Sidus, Defense acuity raises the chances of you eithe blocking or dodging, counterattacking an attack. I twont raise your block from a 45 to a 55 or your dodge from a 105 to a 110, it just gives you a better chanc of doing those things. Defense acuity is a very good thing to have, and is a great supplement to your defense.
Stormbilly
Tue Jul 27, 2004 5:48 am
#13
When you're stacking, you might want to try to reach 100 defense vs knockdown and posture change. This will pretty much stop you from spending any time on your back. Then try to max out your ranged/melee defenses. If you are serious about being a melee person, especially in PvP, you probably will want to try to pick up master brawler too. Master brawler gives you intimidate 2 which lasts a real long time, plus a 20m KD, +5 speed, and various other boosts. Also, if you plan to PvP as a pikeman, you will want to get some skill tapes to boost your pike speed and accuracy. Everyone else had some good ideas in regards to stacking with TKA and fencer....this is just some of my thoughts.
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