I think the problem is with jump spin stabs with such long weapons.
Maybe limit how much you can actually turn, or how fast you can turn based on your weapons length.
If they weren't 3 slot this wouldn't be the only way to fight with these weapons.
I love how people complained and complained until they made longspear and pike 3 slot so you have to use it as your main weapon and can't carry a decent alternative weapon to swap to, and then get pissed that people start using the pike and longspear as their main weapon. Just fucking down block and don't spam for crying out loud.
well it's quite annoying being ganked from 3 bamboo spears, with overheads or thrusts, every time.. this stuff should be useful only for cav, not for duels :S and bamboo doesn't occupy 3 slots (and imo 3 slots are stupid, it's a support weapon against cav, not a stand alone weapon :S).. it's strange when you block a knife with a 3mt weapon 
And I find it strange that ONE PERSON can block an infinite number of pikemen as long as they face them and down block. Have you ever tried dueling with these weapons? I'd rather have a danish or LHB any day if I'm dueling someone who isn't a complete noob.
Apologies for the rant, it just amazes me that of all weapons, people complain about these two and completely ignore the fact that cav are still OP enough that the team with the most cav wins 90% of the time.
