Pikeman Archive

Yes, pikeman is broken but not as badly hardcore borked as smuggler or pistoleer or carbineer or other professions I've been since launch. Block is good and the area attacks are the best (and coolest-looking) of any melee prof (I've been them all). Melee is so vastly superior in PvE it's hilarious. As a 3013 pikeman I can take things out I couldn't dream of soloing as a master pistoleer/smuggler. Smugglers aren't at all viable in combat, have no content other than being slice servants, and have been lied to that a smuggler patch was coming "soon" since Sept. 2003.

I'm having fun soloing stormtrooper camps and janta and mokk camps, something I could barely pull off as a master pistoleer (and it took forever). I'm a bare pikeman, no stacking since I must keep master weaponsmith, and it's pretty good. I craft lances with better accuracy and use range/speed powerups a lot.

And no I don't use DOT lances -- that's cheap.

Just another perspective. The problem isn't that pikeman is especially borked, it's more a huge systemic problem caused by SOE being so F@#%ING greedy that they've only got 9 designers writing code on a game of this size (each planet the size of EQ1) so they are physically unable to deliver fixes and upgrades needed since day 1 nor most of their promises.

It is outrageous, and we should keep the pressure on and force them to get this combat revamp done ASAP, and cut down on all the "we are now making a plan to prepare to implement the preparations for laying the groundwork for the combat revamp and will share this with you soon" stonewalling we're experiencing now. Obviously this revamp is very important, pretty much the entire game consists of players fighting each other or the enviroment, or the crafting of items to support the players who engage in combat, and so many known issues since beta are STILL broken. We can't get them to do this before JTL but maybe immeadately after it we can. An outcry works; look at the merchant changes. (how concerning is it that JTL is supposed to ship in two months and beta hasn't even begun yet? maybe they set the release for October so they could delay it SOE's traditional 1-2 times and still get it shipped in time to capitalize on the holiday game-buying season?)

BTW, the Pikemen seem to be fortunate to have a great and involved correspondant in Gunman and I can tell he will be pushing forward with the REALITIES of combat we face. I feel he'll take care of us.

Hang in there fellow pikemen, and thank you for having me in your ranks. Peace,

/bow3

As Pikeman you only as good as your gear you have armor, weapons, tapes, foodand doc buffs. The weakness is in P-V-P. In P-V-E if you do not have your gear your dead other professions you have a fighting chance to kill or get away from NPC of most levels and live to tell the tail. Two of are specials with a LVA you best be healing without buffs or you are dead no mater what level the NPC it is. Also the modes on are crafted weapons suck a-s compared to other professions. It is true that smuggler and carbineer suck but it is up to them to get their stuff fixed. Smuggler is a crafter or fighter never could figure that on out. Should a smuggler be as good as a master combat profession in a fight? I was a smuggler at one time and drop it to pick anther broking profession in pvp CH lol. So once again Pikeman are only as good as your gear you have. If you have good gear then you are allright in P-V-E.

Message Edited by cadof on 08-18-2004 07:27 PM

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cadof wrote:

So once again Pikeman are only as good as your gear you have. If you have good gear then you are allright in P-V-E.

Message Edited by cadof on 08-18-2004 07:27 PM

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True in most professions. You're only as good as your gear.

If you could bring me 4 identical Nym high-powered vibro motors, I could make you a wicked insane VL. I would also give you a ridiculous discount - 'cause I love pikemen.

Crafted pikes don't always suck. For non-sucking pikes, visit me.

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ShinyJedi wrote:
If you could bring me 4 identical Nym high-powered vibro motors, I could make you a wicked insane VL. I would also give you a ridiculous discount - 'cause I love pikemen.

Crafted pikes don't always suck. For non-sucking pikes, visit me.

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Can you give us examples of stats? I'd really like to see the effect of these since I have crappy luck looting the high damage LVA's (stupid DOT weapons and crystalsin the loottable)

it would give you a vibro lance with +60 the normal base max dmg (+20 dmg enhancements x 3 vibro units = +60). then with a 30% dmg slice..... muahahaha....

I just need 4 identical nym high-powered vibro motors (1 for schematic). For an LVA I'd need 5 identical (1 for schematic), and it would give you +80 to base dmg.

I've never looted nym high-powered vibro motors though. Heeellppp meeeee!

I've been hunting on Lok a lot lately. I've gotten no high powered vibro motors, but got a few high velocity projectile feed mechanisms, which enhance my FWG5s into low-end prenerf FWG5 land with a good dmg slice.

Too bad you're on Eclipse.

Any Chilistrans here?

WOOT

TYVM

I'll also buy any other nym enhancements or geo items you loot.

/bow3

I was wrong. I need 3 Nym high-powered vibro motors for a vibro lance, 4 for an LVA.

I got 3 motors and was able to make myself a super VL. It got a 31% dmg slice, now I have a 416 dmg Vibro Lance!

It is so special that I'm afraid to use it for fear of degrading it.