Rifleman Archive
Thread: Sorta good news on Block
UWSkeletor wrote:
I agree completely. Some people say the Dev's added the DoT pikes to make upfor our other shortcomings, since a DoT pike is the easiest to get in the game, although this would seem to go against their whole "crafted items are best" mantra. Then of course people fear that if they ever did fix Pikeman, that because of our easily obtained DoT pikes that Pikemen would then become too uber, which is probably true. So hopefullythis combat balance will take care of it, course I'm guessing that while Pikeman will get a big boost, DoT weapons will take a big nerf, which would be a good thing. The only way to compete in PvP at the moment is either through stun weapons or poisons, which is lame.
XaverriJade7 wrote:
I wouldn't mind using DoT pikes, but it'd be nice if you didn't have to....
Although it is kind of fun to have people see the "Master Pikeman" tag and think easy meat, only to end up with numerous poisons and on fire and me laughing over their corpse.
)Nice
XaverriJade7 wrote:
Found this on the Pikeman forums posted by the Pikeman Correspondent, Gunman21:
The official word on Block:
Block is only supposed to stop 50% of the damage received. Therefore, that aspect of Block is working correctly. *However* they do believe block is unbalanced to the likes of dodge, so will be taking a look at it (either durring the combat balance or after) to make sure it's balanced.
Because of this I haven't really felt a need to presstheissue now that they've already said they agree with us and will be fixing.Right now Block is just a waiting game.
Didn't seem like anyone else here had heard the (good?) news, so I thought I'd share
XaverriJade7 wrote:
Perfectly said
I'd love to see DoT pikes nerfed and the Pikeman class get some toughness, a bit more power, and some 'crowd control' abilities. I think Pike and Rifle would complement each other nicely then. (Not that they neccessarilyshould, but it'd be nice nonetheless
Side note: Had a Master Pikeman in our guild a few months ago. He was waiting in a starport and some random guy was /kiss ing him just for being a Master Pikeman, hehe.
I'm still kind of surprised that they didn't match up Swords with rifle, it seems to make more sense since they both target mind and are both considered the damage dealers. If they just would have given Swords block, oh well.
I've yet to be /kiss 'ed for being a Master Pikeman 
UWSkeletor wrote:
XaverriJade7 wrote:
Perfectly said
I'd love to see DoT pikes nerfed and the Pikeman class get some toughness, a bit more power, and some 'crowd control' abilities. I think Pike and Rifle would complement each other nicely then. (Not that they neccessarilyshould, but it'd be nice nonetheless
Side note: Had a Master Pikeman in our guild a few months ago. He was waiting in a starport and some random guy was /kiss ing him just for being a Master Pikeman, hehe.
I'm still kind of surprised that they didn't match up Swords with rifle, it seems to make more sense since they both target mind and are both considered the damage dealers. If they just would have given Swords block, oh well.
I've yet to be /kiss 'ed for being a Master Pikeman
Onichi wrote:
I don't think I've ever been kissed for being a Pikeman yet but for being a Wookiee.... ya get petted, hugged, fondled, heck I've even been called Teddy once..
I don't think I've been Pikeman long enough to be of any real use to this discussion but there is one thing that really stands out. Pikemans Highest DPS attack is one you get at Polearms 3 in the brawler tree, Spin Attack 1.. There's something very wrong there guy's.
This isn't a flame but are you an imperial wookie? I thought the empire hates wookies. I know their faction perk costs are based on race aren't they?
Onichi wrote:I don't think I've ever been kissed for being a Pikeman yet but for being a Wookiee.... ya get petted, hugged, fondled, heck I've even been called Teddy once..
I don't think I've been Pikeman long enough to be of any real use to this discussion but there is one thing that really stands out. Pikemans Highest DPS attack is one you get at Polearms 3 in the brawler tree, Spin Attack 1.. There's something very wrong there guy's.
You know what else is incredibly annoying onichi? Having your master attack, polearmhit3 be a posture down move. Besides not being able to use one of your better moves on a kd opponent, it's very annoying in PvE if you use it because it fills up your spatial with "Target resists blah blah blah".
Its Still a load of B.S. from the devs. We have never had our defense mod working properly, yet they keep fixing the other professions.
