Out of all people mentioned above only Craftybadger (Dado is better with awlpikes imo, we're talking about pikes/long spears) has some chances to beat decent people in a 1v1 situation or a duel.
My point was, getting killed by a long spear / pike in a 1v1 is like getting killed by a wooden club. You have just been embarassed and outclassed by an obviously good player and instead of respecting his dedication to a very underpowered (for 1v1s) weapon, you come on the forums shouting "NERF!!!1". You should feel ashamed and start practicing more, yet you try to cover your shame with pathetic excuses like " the pike's speed is too OP" .
Whenever i get killed by a pike in a 1v1 (which is quite rare, this is not bragging, it's simple game mechanics), i know this is only because i failed and the guy is skilled with his weapon, not becaue he's "OP".
Pikes/Long spears are very good in big group battles, pretty much anyone can do it to some extent and i honestly find nothing wrong with it, i actually like how sometimes the evolution of warfare in cRPG somewhat resembles the changes that were happening in real history. Using long pointy things in a battle was a smart tactic all over the world .
P.S. CraftyBadger is the only pure pikeman in the Shogunate atm. Btw even he glances alot in the heat of the battle.