Pikeman vs Sword & Shield head to head post 1.02?

[pike master]

pikemen are bugged intentionally but there are ways to get around CAs little tricks.

[RickooClan]

pikemen are bugged intentionally but there are ways to get around CAs little tricks.

"bugged" intentionally? It can either be bugged or intended i think?

Sorry if i have missed this bug which might have been discuss before 1.02. (all the major bugs i know is shield and 2h bug)

[Gaius Terentius Varro]

They changed it to stop scottish pike spam in MP

[hrvojej]

They changed it to stop scottish pike spam in MP

They went on the record with this? Cause if they did, and this is in fact the case, I am thoroughly

Now, if all this is true, please tell me there is a better way to go around this than removing the pikemen's secondary weapons altogether.

[pike master]

all this is speculation because CA ,may the cat and rabbit population overrun their facility, will not divulge to its paying customers whether they intended for the pikes to work like they are or whether they are bugged.

[Furious Mental]

Well if you can be bothered setting up MTW2 for modding, do so and remove secondary weapons from pikemen. I did this and find them to be much better, albeit not overwhelming. Alternatively you could remove their spear bonus, although since they still seem to love whacking stuff with swords I don't know how much difference it would make.

[nameless]

Never did like using pikemen, given the fact that they lack a shield they are extremely vulnerable to missile attacks.

[Ciaran]

I thought that´s precisely what´s supposed to happen
Pikes beat cavalry, cavalry beats swords, swords beat pikes - it makes perfectly sense to me.