Your post had the last nail put in it's coffin with this line.
I'm a pikeman and I am loving this patch so much. I have literally not had a KDR less than one since the patch while using a pike. I was topping the score boards all night.
Maybe you should try it before claiming that it is bad? It is amazing. If you are expecting pikemen to be catch-all kill everything by themselves solo men don't post again. nobody is that and nobody ever should be. Pikemen are amazing when used in teamwork. Ever heard of it?
On the notion of cavalry being OP by pike being nerfed [lol what??]
If there is a pikeman, EVERYBODY within 10 feet of him is completely and utterly safe from cav.
p.s. Long pike got added too. It can't even be used in 1v1 but man does it shine in formation play.
Why don't you ever see the pike used in duels? Because it REQUIRES teamwork in order to work. If you get face-hugged, you are defenseless.
By making the pike less accessible, less pikemen across the board will become less common. You can kill horses easily with them, but once the rider is on foot, he is significantly stronger than you are.
Hybrids were nerfed, not the Pike. It's stats are the same, how can you call that nerfing? Following this reasoning, except 1H every weapon was nerfed.
Unlike the majority of the other weapons in the game, pike suffers from the slot nerf and forcing the player to have the pike equipped at all times. Because they can't be shielded up with their personal shield when going into position, this is a strong nerf. And for the record, yes, all weapons other than 1h were nerfed. A nerf in itself is not necessarily a bad thing, so long as it contributes to overall balance.
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