Pikeman Archive

I am Darken Rahl, and I was a 3/2/3/2 Fencer.... then I got holocrons.

The first told me to do Master Marksman. No problem at that, did it in a few days.

Then.... Master Pikeman.

So, after screaming at the screen for awhile, and after screaming at all the laughing people, I came here to say...

Yo, what's up?!?!? I guess I'm proud to be a Pikeman...

Well, I got Pike1 after 10 minutes, so I'm not doing SO bad after all.

Something I DID notice: my 60% kinetic resist armor helps ALOT.

I will keep you informed, as this profession is now my path to becoming a Jedi....

Darken Rahl

/smile; polearm 1 is no problem. The real fun (/evil, sarcastic laugh) begins when you get polearm 3 and get your hands on a long vibro axe... yes...

Well, good luck.

Journal Entry of Darken...

Well, I got Pike 3 last night, and I am almost to Pike 4.

Comments:

1. Your stun attack is completely worthless, I have found no use for it whatsoever.

2. After getting a LVA, I figured that it would be easy. Wrong. I understand how you miss EVERY OTHER ATTACK now. The -50 really screws it all up. The damage is nice though - consistently getting above 1K damage (I have really good freinds with great weaps ^_^)

HOWEVER this was NOTHING compared to fencer. Imagine hitting only slightly more, and doing WAAAY less damage. Most 1H lvl 1-4 hits for about.... ohh MAYBE 300 points a hit.

So IMOH you all are not that bad off. Killing scyks gives 600 xp apiece, with 6 to a lair (3600), plus the 800 (4400 XP Total) from the lair, and that has really given me a great XP boost, I expect I will kill those until I hit Novice Pikeman.

One more observation: ARMOR HAS SAVED MY SKIN. Since I noticed that attacks don't hit alot, I DO NOT spam attack at all, just do regular attacks. Meanwhile the enemy is doing about 10-50 damage a hit (60% kinetic resist) so I become very hard to incap. I think I have been incapped only once during my entire time of getting from Polearms 1-3.5.

I'll post again when I hit Polearms 4....

Darken Rahl

To-Be-Pikeman (DAM YOU HOLOCRONS!)

not be a stickler but thats "our" stun, and youre one of us now.

Polearms are the shizzniggitty.

Seriously, I've always been a fan of fast-attack pistols and one-handed swords... right up until I decided to do the polearms just because I'd yet to see how they looked in combat. Then I got my hands on a lance and started dishing out 800 damage for a pole-hit 1. Can you say 1500 damage for the same shot with a Long Vibro Axe? It frikkin rules.

I like pike..spam beserk with my LVA and heal with my enhanced stims..cant wait till I can buff myself as a doctor. Yep...I like pikeman. I chose it on my own..no holocron told me to pull my hair out

heh

Update:

Amazing!!! In about 5 hours of grinding scyks, I have gotten Novice Pikeman!!! And since I had extra Combat XP, I was able to get the first level of Support....

Then I went out, boughtthe best available Vibro Lance on the market (3.8, 90-290, -35 hit) and I have to say, it really isn't that bad at all. I seem to hit in the 600-1000+ range consistently, but the hit ratio is STILL off. Perhaps if it was a smidgeon (like, alot) better the entire class would run more efficiently.

So now.... I am a Pikeman!!

Note: Action hit is good, Hit2 is better. Medic skills have saved more times than I can think of.

*****Armor saves Pikeman*****

Get yourself a good long Vibro Axe, a Vibro lance and a Lance. Gettem sliced by a master and then add what ever damage power up you can. You will switch between these weapons all the time, depending on the mob.

Nice work man..you grinded quite fast!...

Yea My LVA is sliced 2.9 speed...drops to 2.6 when I add my good buffs to it..and I average 800 per hit...most I got was like 1300 If I recall......I have a VL too and dont notice much of a difference in my hit to miss ratio.