Advice About Gear

[Metal]

Hello all. I am a (T4) Pikeman. What I ask is, what items should get/own before advancing to hero class? I am planning to be a master peltast. This is what I have so far:
Jarids x2
Swadian Poleaxe
Heavy Barricade
Rus Helm
Eastern Heavy Armour - Blue
Hourglass Gauntlets
Khergit Guards Boots

[Rook]

Honestly, while hero is nice. If I could do it again (master peltast was my first hero)... I would buy cts first before getting hero.

My advice:
Get craftable throwing spears
Hero
Short Heavy Barricade

then slowly start upgrading your armor


Good luck

[Kriegstofu]

also sometimes its better to gear up first because maybe you change your mind

[Mr.Peso]

I'd go for

- get CTS

- get SHC

- go hero


CTS makes your Pikeman actually feel potent and stops you from being dependant of someone else bringing good throwing weapons in.
SHC is mandatory not to be dependant on others bringing good support into a run, it turns you from sort of a burden into someone who helps making a run possible.

After those 2 hero is the next thing to go for. Your core capability, throwing, doesnt get buffed that massively so it wont change that much in a normal cade setting.
Thats why I'd advise to go for hero after the 2 mandatory items. Commando is the only exeption of that.

[Kriegstofu]

I'd go for

- get CTS

- get SHC

- go hero


CTS makes your Pikeman actually feel potent and stops you from being dependant of someone else bringing good throwing weapons in.
SHC is mandatory not to be dependant on others bringing good support into a run, it turns you from sort of a burden into someone who helps making a run possible.

After those 2 hero is the next thing to go for. Your core capability, throwing, doesnt get buffed that massively so it wont change that much in a normal cade setting.
Thats why I'd advise to go for hero after the 2 mandatory items. Commando is the only exeption of that.

this

also he probably meant RG and not Commando

[Bobo]

Wise words from Peso, get CTS first, SHC second and then take a moment to think.

[Metal]

Thank you all for advices, it helped me much

[Oscar1]

I would say hero before CTS, there is almost always someone with CTS/better and those stats are worth alot more than the small dmg increase from jarid to CTS. But SHC before hero would be good.

[Narvad]

Thank you all for advices, it helped me much
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I would say hero before CTS, there is almost always someone with CTS/better and those stats are worth alot more than the small dmg increase from jarid to CTS. But SHC before hero would be good.

I dont really see what new could be added into this thread.
As for myself, i bought CTS before hero class, just because i didnt planned to go into Master Peltast. Difference between jarids on MP and CTS on pikeman is really small(up to 4 damage), but the fact that you need to get new thrown whenever you respawn/ressurect might be very irritating, while you can use CTS more efficiently.
I really like the idea to buy Short Heavy Barricade first tho.

[Looter]

I spent ages as a hybrid before they were destroyed in the recent patches with changing item locks for some of my gear and left ni since it got boring among other reasons, though right before I stopped playing I bought marauder as my hero class. Items before hero class, you pay for a title and a few stats, which doesn't match up to actual armor, weapons or support items which are what make a real difference.