Talk:Pike (weapon)

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As I said a lot of times now, I've managed to wield a pike with a dwarven adventurer in 23a. This need to be verified, maybe there's a strenght requirement. --Eagle of Fire 18:34, 10 December 2007 (EST)

You CAN wield it as a dwarf in AM, but not in DM, because they are fobidden to do so by the game code. --Heliopios 18:40, 10 December 2007 (EST)

Pikeman skill VS Spearman skill

I'm not going to start or create an edit war here. If you (Heliopios) are so sure you're right, then prove it. If you are indeed right I'll be happy to oblige you. Otherwise, I'm going to edit it back again if you can't answer to this in about a few days...

I also think that whatever happens, it should be pointed out that the aforementioned pikeman skill is only used in adventurer mode since dwarves can't wield it in fortress mode. If we're going to make this weapon entry fit with all the others, readers will assume that the skill written there is the fortress mode skill. --Eagle of Fire 01:06, 11 December 2007 (EST)

Is this enough to prove you wrong? Next time do some simple research before you go saying that shit doesnt exist. --Heliopios 01:58, 11 December 2007 (EST)

Sorry... I'm not the one who's agressive about it here. Obviously, we don't all have a degree in Dwarf Fortressology like you do... *rolls eyes* --Eagle of Fire 02:29, 11 December 2007 (EST)

So what about a halberd and a pike? I've seen goblins wielding shields and halberds, I don't know about pikes. I always thought a halberd was a pike with an axe on the end. --Gotthard 12:39, 11 December 2007 (EST)

Halberds are shorter than pikes, about 6ft in real life. Pikes are closer to 18ft. In the raws it says it requires 2 hands, though I don;t know about real life. I don;t know what's happening with those goblins, maybe they are mutant 3 armed ones? Dangerous Beans 06:07, 1 December 2008 (EST)

Pikedwarf in Fortress Mode

I think I've found a bug. There's a pikedwarf in one of my coffins. I've never trained a pikedwarf, and I don't think I can. Moreover, I've checked my game log and it has no record of this person dying. Is it possible that Dwarven guards of merchant trains can be pikedwarfs? Maybe one of them got caught and killed in a siege and ended up in my mortuary. Revan 15:12, 16 February 2009 (EST)

Probably not what happened, but it could always be possible that pikemen dwarves could immigrate to your fort. --Myroc 15:47, 16 February 2009 (EST)

Possibly a member of a human caravan. Dwarves belonging to other civs still get buried in your coffins. VengefulDonut 16:56, 16 February 2009 (EST)