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Greetings and welcome to pikeman, for better or worse...

The accuracy mods you receive after novice pikeman do help, but as they are gained through combat xp, they come slowly and you only start to see noticeable improvements as you get closer to master. Fortunately for you, there are changes on test center that will add extra accuracy, but this does not change the fact that accuracy is gained through combat xp (1/10 of weapon xp received). Even at master, it is not too uncommon to miss roughly 15-20% of the time. This is, of course, dependent on your weapon.

Which weapon are you using? At your level, it is generally not a good idea to use the long vibro axe, despite being "certified" for it, as the range mods are simply too terrible and you have no accuracy bonuses to help you out. Stick with a regular lance for a while, at least until you reach novice pike. Then try out the vibro lance. I'd also recommend getting an LVA also just to try out. If you can stomach the misses, it will give you the best damage.

antares
master pikeman

All of us did when we were at that level. best thing you can do is use the lance. thats it. dont' use a long vibro axe till you are more advanced and have gotten your accuracy mods up. only other thing i can tell you is swing more...

Thanks for the advice, I was using the LVA. I bought one and managed to get a decent damage slice on it 125-458 so I was pretty thrilled with the damage potential compared to my old lance. I will give the lance a try again and see if it helps

Thanks

there are some other odd things that have to do with missing. I don't know if this means anything but I often hit more if I am down hill from my opponant and miss more when uphill. If you stun first you will usually hit more.

Hello, I am new to Pikeman and I am wondering if I should be missing as often as I am. I sometimes miss 5-6 times in a row. I am on the 3rd box in brawler and I plan on Mastering this profession, does the accuracy mods help?

Thanks

Jharm

terrain in the game does affect accuracy. if you are fighitng someone, the little white number next to thir name, it ranges from -50 to +50. that is your current to hit modifier under all the circumstance.s I am 4 0 1 3 in pikeman, and with my vibro lance, most thngs are still -43. so.. you will miss a lot. but when you hit.. you hit for a lot.

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GrafBenDa wrote:

Hello, I am new to Pikeman and I am wondering if I should be missing as often as I am. I sometimes miss 5-6 times in a row.

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Should you be missing that often? Dunno, ask the devs (don't count on an answer, though. We've been asking the same question for months). We all miss like that, so don't feel left out

i compensate for missing a lot, by swinging more. I just got a long vibro axe, that is speed 2.5 after speed slice and mind/speed powerup. it is like 26% mind, 13% speed. I'm sure it will work well considering I have stances4, which gives a ton to speed. So, even if i only hit 1 out of 3 times, at least i can swing a lot more. I see that the thing which i am attakcing blocks, counterattacks, dodges, evades, etc my attack more often than I just straight up miss. Then again.. I am hunting on dantooine, killing everything that moves.