Pikeman Archive
Thread: Pike Animations.......Well Not What I Expected To See (Update at the end)
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Psychopyro80
Wed Jun 22, 2005 2:10 am
#1
Well, I did some testing on the "New Pike Animations".
I must say that the animations when using Pikeman specials is HORRIBLE.......
Spin Attack and Sweep Attack both have the SAME animation...very dissapointed.
However, when you use your pike with Critical Strike (not pike skill), Power Attack (not pike skill), Combo Attack (not pike skill), and Sword Flurry (again not a pike skill) the animations were pretty good.
Very dissapointed to not see the old Spin Attack 2, I was really hoping to see it again.
Hopefully we can get some kind of fix. Most looked labored and not very well.....Pike like.
However the sword and fencer animations look nice with their weapons....go figure.
I must say that the animations when using Pikeman specials is HORRIBLE.......
Spin Attack and Sweep Attack both have the SAME animation...very dissapointed.
However, when you use your pike with Critical Strike (not pike skill), Power Attack (not pike skill), Combo Attack (not pike skill), and Sword Flurry (again not a pike skill) the animations were pretty good.
Very dissapointed to not see the old Spin Attack 2, I was really hoping to see it again.
Hopefully we can get some kind of fix. Most looked labored and not very well.....Pike like.
However the sword and fencer animations look nice with their weapons....go figure.
Message Edited by Psychopyro80 on 06-24-2005 11:45 PM
Iwagai
Wed Jun 22, 2005 3:15 am
#2
Yey, this convinced me that dropping pikeman may well be the right thing to do 
MeilanEisley
Wed Jun 22, 2005 7:41 am
#6
And the underdogs we remain! I wouldnt trade up Pike for anything, anyone considering dropping pike for a fruity 1H sword or some hammer give your head a shake!
Tuffgong
Wed Jun 22, 2005 9:41 am
#7
Forgive me if this is naive but why can't we get all of the pre-CU animations back?
FaceInTheCrowd
Wed Jun 22, 2005 10:03 am
#8
Pre-CU every skill had its own animation. Post-CU you can use a pike to do skills from brawler, pikeman, fencer, swordsman, and teras kasi. There are now more skills that need animations than there were existing animations pre-CU. How they have chosen to assign the old animations and how they have chosen to add new animations is a bit of a question.
As we tested the animations last night we noticed that the best looking pike animations were for skills from other professions (mostly swordsman and tk). It would have been nice to have the best looking pike animations be assigned to pikeman skills...
BDragon
Thu Jun 23, 2005 1:08 am
#10
This really isnt what i want to hear, as im still waiting for them to fix Pileman before logging that account again. Does a TKM/Pikeman/brawler have ANY good animations with a polearm?
This really doesnt sound good
This really doesnt sound good
Psychopyro80
Thu Jun 23, 2005 1:13 am
#11
BDragon wrote:
This really isnt what i want to hear, as im still waiting for them to fix Pileman before logging that account again. Does a TKM/Pikeman/brawler have ANY good animations with a polearm?
This really doesnt sound good
Well, the TKM specials look good with a Pike, but I really think the best animations should have been used for Pikeman specials and not other class specials.
BDragon
Thu Jun 23, 2005 1:39 am
#12
Psychopyro80 wrote:
BDragon wrote:
This really isnt what i want to hear, as im still waiting for them to fix Pileman before logging that account again. Does a TKM/Pikeman/brawler have ANY good animations with a polearm?
This really doesnt sound good
Well, the TKM specials look good with a Pike, but I really think the best animations should have been used for Pikeman specials and not other class specials.
Yeah, i hear you on that.
I for one am really unsure what im going to do with my other account. Since September 2003 that account has been a pure melee-Pikeman stacker. I used to love PvE with that my Pikeman, beating on NS for hrs on end. I was a great tank and a good damage dealer. Now the CU has hit and i find myself not even logging this account because there is little reason. If i want to tank in PvE, my Jedi > Melee alt. If i want to deal damage in PvE, my BH > my melee alt and my Jedi will last longer and therefore deal more damage. As for PvP, roots, snares and mezzes mean that melee PvP is all but dead unless you are fighting complete novices. So once again, log the Jedi or the BH.
Really makes me sad. I was a Pikeman when we were more rare than Jedi. Now i have no reason to even pick up my trusty Exceptional VL. The devs have all but killed my first elite master
Iridescence
Thu Jun 23, 2005 2:22 am
#13
BDragon wrote:
This really isnt what i want to hear, as im still waiting for them to fix Pileman before logging that account again. Does a TKM/Pikeman/brawler have ANY good animations with a polearm?
This really doesnt sound good
Why dont you wait til this goes live.. then log on that account. Then, pushing this decidely-negativethread out of your mind for a moment, try the new animations and form <b>an opinion</b> based on whatYOU see."Good" is a relative word.
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