How To: Piking

[SINIBYTE]

How To: Piking
First and foremost: Piking properly is an artform... many dabble, but few master.

Piking - A term used to describe someone that is leaching XP from the activity, without contributing anything to the party.
As per: http://forums.ddo.com/showthread.php?t=193439

General piking strategies:
Die first, far from a shrine.
Step in first, AFK at the door.
Sneak is your friend mid quest. Hide in a corner, hit sneak, and AFK.
Fake DC, Autorun into a wall and AFK, everyone will think you're DCing.
Create an LFM stating "BYOH", invite no ressers, die promptly.

Death piking:
Die first. Die Early. It's important to understand line of sight. It's important to be OUT of line of sight when attempting to die early. Blame the cleric, he'll refuse to res you. (Always blame the cleric!)

Zerg piking:
Once all 6 are in, immediately, before any buffs are thrown, Zerg like you've never zerged before... be sure to die, you'll wind up in someones backpack. Backpacks are cozy!

Raiding Strategies:
The Reaver's Fate – Generally considered one of the easiest raids to pike, simply because it’s expected. Many LFMs will even state pikers are welcome. Simply join a Reaver’s Raid, step forward inside the archway, and pike away, be sure to follow into the next room after the Stormreaver dies. Don’t forget your loot! Alternate strategy: Get blown up into the spikes and die, pike in the time-out room.

The Tower of Despair – Almost as easy as piking in Reaver’s Fate, although it’s generally not welcome in this raid. In part 1, simply jump off the ledge into the lava, and aggro a fire elemental, once dead, you can AFK to part 1 victory. Part 2: Run up, turn on autoattack, go get some coffee. Part 3 is a little trickier, but generally you can use the same method as part 2, and afterwards say “sorry, voice was off, didn’t hear”.

The Shroud – Beat on the first portal, then use one of the good piking setup phrases below, loot. Part 2 stand in south central, AFK, loot. Part 3: Say “XxX need solver”, then AFK, loot. Part 4 autoattack, AFK, loot. Alternate strategy: Die first, get a cup of coffee. Part 5 autoattack, AFK, loot.

The Hound – Stand in the center, pike to victory! (don’t forget your loot, never forget your loot). If anyone asks what you were doing, you were: a) healing. b) buffing. c) killing trash.

A Vision of Destruction – Get cursed and die, after 2 resses, the ressers will stop ressing you, pike to victory!

VON - Let's face it, 8 out of the 12 people don't know what they're doing anyway, no sense being a pointless lemming, just stand by the shrine and wait for a completion!

Let's not forget the easiest pike there is:
Slayer / Explorer / Rares - Simply find an LFM stating "S/R/E - Come and go as you please", click, zone in, stand at the entrance. Often a good way to end a long hard day of piking, simply allow yourself to autoAFK. It'll log you off soon enough, while you catch up on those ZZzzz's. Hardcore piking can really wear you out.

Covering your tracks!
One of the best "places" to pike is standing directly on top of a shrine. This will confuse and confound your group mates as they will find it difficult to locate you on the map! Your icon and the shrines icon are very similar in both size and color! Always apologize, sincerity is the key here, pretend like your group is more important than anything else, and you sincerely hope they'll excuse your 'extended AFK'. Always be sure when you come back from your AFK to sound (or type) that you are mad about the situation, such as "**** girlfriend wanted some face time, sorry guys! Man, I really hate her!", it's important to be convincing!

The hardest part about piking? The autoAFK timer. Be sure to move your mouse once every 10 minutes or so.

Common piking setup phrases:

Good:
“brb bio”
“brb phone”
“brb wife aggro”
“brb kid aggro”
“afk a min”
“door brb”
“getting a drink”

Bad:
“cats on fire in the blender brb”
“police knocking down the door”
“tornados coming!”
“brb guys - alien abduction”
::silence::

Worst:
“LOL HAY GUSY I CAN HAS BE PIKING NAO”

More To Come! Feel free to contribute! Don't forget to loot!

[Eladiun]

Learn from the master...

http://forums.ddo.com/showthread.php?t=249273 (http://forums.ddo.com/showthread.php?t=249273&highlight=hordo+piking)

[SINIBYTE]

Learn from the master...

http://forums.ddo.com/showthread.php?t=249273 (http://forums.ddo.com/showthread.php?t=249273&highlight=hordo+piking)

The unwritten rule (which I will now break), while piking, stay under the radar! ;)

[Lorien_the_First_One]

****, too soon to give you +rep

[zztophat]

You forgot mindsunder piking.

[Llewndyn]

Is both something I have said in a raid, and one of the funniest sentences known to man-kind
+1 to you sir

[The_Phenx]

Don't forget about Von 5 piking.

Just stand at the entrance and wait till they unlock the door.

[SINIBYTE]

Don't forget about Von 5 piking.

Just stand at the entrance and wait till they unlock the door.

Be sure to stand on the central shrine, they'll never know you're not standing with them and they can barely see you on the map if they aren't looking intensely!

[Templarion]

Oh yeah! Piking ftw.

[Anthios888]

I'm a vet, I know all of this. + 1 rep

[DelScorcho]

Don't forget about rage-piking. If the group isn't cutting it, hide somewhere out of the way. They won't find you, as the group doesn't seem to be able to go into an unoccupied hallway without dying. You may want to mix it up by autorunning into the wall so the party may think you are lagging. Kiting mobs to you doesn't necessarily mean you die. The party needs to have the foresight to either rapidly move away to drop aggro or diplo the mobs onto you. If you do die and the party chucks your stone into the lava, you can still get your chests if you invite an accomplise to take you to a shrine when everyone else drops group.

[SINIBYTE]

Don't forget about rage-piking. If the group isn't cutting it, hide somewhere out of the way. They won't find you, as the group doesn't seem to be able to go into an unoccupied hallway without dying. You may want to mix it up by autorunning into the wall so the party may think you are lagging. Kiting mobs to you doesn't necessarily mean you die. The party needs to have the foresight to either rapidly move away to drop aggro or diplo the mobs onto you. If you do die and the party chucks your stone into the lava, you can still get your chests if you invite an accomplise to take you to a shrine when everyone else drops group.

Actually rage-piking is much MUCH easier. Wait til someone dies, then type in all caps, with poor spelling and grammar, something like "OMG WEN U GUSY FIGURE OUT WUT YUR DOING ILL BE BACK OTHERIWSDE IM STAYING RITE HEER TIL YUO FIGUR IT OUT!!". Then go get some coffee.

[Ebuddy]

How To: Piking


Covering your tracks!
One of the best "places" to pike is standing directly on top of a shrine. This will confuse and confound your group mates as they will find it difficult to locate you on the map! Your icon and the shrines icon are very similar in both size and color!

Now THIS is a good one! ;o)

[DelScorcho]

It the all caps requirement that does me in on rage-piking. I can never quite remember to type, "YOU ALL ARZ NOOBZ" before getting the coffee.

:mad:

[diamabel]

Piking is an art for the true min/maxers out there. Minimize your effort and in the same time maximize your gain. ,)


That reminds me of a news article I read recently. It was about animals traveling long range distance. There was an example of a crocodile "abusing" ocean currents to avoid using their own muscles. It managed to travel several hundred miles this way with minimal effort.

[Ashurr]

In any quest with lots of water - equip a UA item, find a secure spot under the water - claim you got "stuck" and already used your /unstuck for the day.

[Crazyfruit]

+111

Don't forget "door brb" :)

Blame people from out of town if they whine about you piking for 20 mins afterwards.

[SINIBYTE]

+111

Don't forget "door brb" :)

Blame people from out of town if they whine about you piking for 20 mins afterwards.

Nice one. :) It's always comical when that guy with the New York accent jumps on the mic and says "be right back guys, friends from chicago just stopped by and i haven't seen them in forever!".

[SINIBYTE]

Piking is an art for the true min/maxers out there. Minimize your effort and in the same time maximize your gain. ,)


That reminds me of a news article I read recently. It was about animals traveling long range distance. There was an example of a crocodile "abusing" ocean currents to avoid using their own muscles. It managed to travel several hundred miles this way with minimal effort.

Crocodiles - the original piker. 200 million years in the making.

[CE2JRH123]

I'm a big fan of "police are knocking down my door" to be honest.

[Lorien_the_First_One]

My favorite ever was "brb, I think that's a tornado"

And as someone who has a toddler... I do have to legitimately give the "brb, baby" and sometimes never come back and I always assume people figure I'm piking lol

[Eladiun]

I'm a big fan of "police are knocking down my door" to be honest.


I actually have had this happen...it was a guild group tho. Someone had blown up my mailbox with a Soda bomb...it's a good distance from the house so I didn't hear it.

[Darkrok]

Be sure to stand on the central shrine, they'll never know you're not standing with them and they can barely see you on the map if they aren't looking intensely!

VON5 piking = looking for an in progress, monitoring it while you browse the AH, and then joining after the requisite amount of time to avoid actually having to make an effort to pike. If you join late enough you can just zone in and run to the end fight. :)

[Arness]

I'm a big fan of "police are knocking down my door" to be honest.

Variation on that would be, "Oh my god, I just heard gunshots" (very believable in my neighborhood, and of course, assuming you would be an idiot and stand outside to see where the cops go).

[Dandonk]

I like this thread. Is good for pug use.
In guild groups we have the problem that everyone is trying to outpike everyone else. Can sometimes make it hard to actually get anything done.

:)

[Darkrok]

I like this thread. Is good for pug use.
In guild groups we have the problem that everyone is trying to outpike everyone else. Can sometimes make it hard to actually get anything done.

:)

Our guild tries to outzerg each other. Much more entertaining than outpiking though it's murder on the slower classes. :)

[SINIBYTE]

I like this thread. Is good for pug use.
In guild groups we have the problem that everyone is trying to outpike everyone else. Can sometimes make it hard to actually get anything done.

:)

I'm reminded of that episode of the Simpsons where homer tries to outdo the Teamsters. :)

[Dandonk]

Our guild tries to outzerg each other. Much more entertaining than outpiking though it's murder on the slower classes. :)

We did that a year ago or so, but we got old and lazy in the mean time. Now we pike while sniping and insulting each other in guild and chat channels. Can be at least as much fun as zerging, if done right :)

[FlyingTurtle]

Lag piking: before a boss fight, just freeze up at the doorway and type "laaaaaaag" (don't press enter). Just before the win, hit enter, then jump in and start doing flashy stuff, like re-equipping all your gear (to make it look like you're activating clickies tht you don't actually have) and throwing quickened spells into the air at random. At the end, make sure you type: "man that was some bad lag" to make sure everyone gets it.

[Darkrok]

Lag piking: before a boss fight, just freeze up at the doorway and type "laaaaaaag" (don't press enter). Just before the win, hit enter, then jump in and start doing flashy stuff, like re-equipping all your gear (to make it look like you're activating clickies tht you don't actually have) and throwing quickened spells into the air at random. At the end, make sure you type: "man that was some bad lag" to make sure everyone gets it.

Outstanding!

[SINIBYTE]

Lag piking: before a boss fight, just freeze up at the doorway and type "laaaaaaag" (don't press enter). Just before the win, hit enter, then jump in and start doing flashy stuff, like re-equipping all your gear (to make it look like you're activating clickies tht you don't actually have) and throwing quickened spells into the air at random. At the end, make sure you type: "man that was some bad lag" to make sure everyone gets it.

There is a trick to this. What you need to do is hot key some resist cloaks. Put 2 or 3 on the first spots on your hotbar. When you fake your "coming out" of lag... mash 1,2,3, it'll put on a flashy show and look like all of your gear swapped at once. :)

[quityourjobs]

Try this one: "Omg I think that's a UFO"

[Thargnar]

Good afk's are crucial for getting your pike on, here's some that work for a bit of extended duration.

Brb, colostomy bag full.

Afk, I see what must be a naked prowler walking around in the neighbors house that looks just like their college age cheerleader daughter, gonna have to tape her for, er, police evidence.

Quick afk, it's Rammalammadong and I have to do prayer time. (No one usually questions anything to do with religion for fear of sounding intolerant, so your made up prayer times for an unspecified religion can be used as often as you want)

Afk a sec, waggro, gonna go shut her up
*play prerecorded sounds of an arguing couple escalating into screams followed by high powered electric weedwhacker noises and a man screaming in agony, then hop back on the mic after the recording plays out and in a pained voice deliver the following line*
Back, but gotta afk again while the paramedic looks at this, how long can something sit in ice and still be reattached?


Afk, bio
*start playing pr0n music and make a zipper noise with mic on, when you get back from your coffee break you should be squelched and everyone will be too uncomfortable to mention your extended afk, you can probably just pike the rest of the quest at that point*

The perma AFK,
Talk about whatever you're drinking, say how good they're going down. As the adventure progresses, quickly make it apparent you aren't anywhere near your first one any more. Rapidly devolve into incoherent drunk speak, throw in a couple 'I love you guys'. Mutter something unintelligible and mash the keypad in an approximate forehead pattern, hitting autorun and filling the party chat with szxe4cdwrfgt makes it look about right, then play drunken snoring sounds into voice chat on a loop while you go make a sammich and watch the game.

[NoMercier]

Guildy joins our group while we are doing Chains of Flame flagging for ADQ. He's like "if you're almost done I'm just gonna take care of inventory while I wait". We finish. He gets a "Completed" message and the Orb of the Efreet is in his inventory. He never once zoned into the quest.

None of us has been able to duplicate this epic piking.

[Draccus]

An excellent guide. I nominate it to be included in the compendium. I've been piking professionally for two years and still learned some things in this guide.

+1.

[jcTharin]

The perma AFK,
Talk about whatever you're drinking, say how good they're going down. As the adventure progresses, quickly make it apparent you aren't anywhere near your first one any more. Rapidly devolve into incoherent drunk speak, throw in a couple 'I love you guys'. Mutter something unintelligible and mash the keypad in an approximate forehead pattern, hitting autorun and filling the party chat with szxe4cdwrfgt makes it look about right, then play drunken snoring sounds into voice chat on a loop while you go make a sammich and watch the game.

im going to use this one

[Eckenwiler]

this thread makes me want to try it.

[FlyingTurtle]

Two more good ones for casters.

Haste Piking: Make sure the party is grouped nice and tight, e.g., for the cleric's buffs. Stand just outside of the circle and toss an extended Haste into the middle of it, being careful to miss yourself. The party will proceed to run off to make full use of the Haste while it lasts, while you're in the back "struggling to catch up". Make sure the party realises this successful mission is all due to your amazing buffing abilities when you finally make it into the final room to see the dead boss on the ground: "Man you guys are so fast".

Overheal Piking: turn on all your metamagics, and massively overheal everyone on the first trash fight. Once your SP bar is drained, say the magic mantra "OOM" or "brb shrining" and just go afk. Repeat between shrines as necessary. PS This is also a great way to avoid cleric abuse in PUGs because nobody can claim that you're not healing.

[SINIBYTE]

Overheal Piking: turn on all your metamagics, and massively overheal everyone on the first trash fight. Once your SP bar is drained, say the magic mantra "OOM" or "brb shrining" and just go afk. Repeat between shrines as necessary. PS This is also a great way to avoid cleric abuse in PUGs because nobody can claim that you're not healing.

Couple this with a shrine timer, and you're in for the long haul pike, be sure to follow up with, "9 minutes left before I can shrine". Then /sit in front of the shrine, and get some coffee.

[Tharlak]

In any quest with lots of water - equip a UA item, find a secure spot under the water - claim you got "stuck" and already used your /unstuck for the day.

Nice!

This is truly wisdom from a piking master.

[zztophat]

For lag piking it helps to autorun in to a wall so people think you are DCing.

[LazyTigerLily]

I have a little doggy who is normally in the room with me. I have kept a toy nearby when I was unsure how a group would go. Nothing like a dog barking at ya to make people understand why you wandered afk ;)

[Elixxer]

I find this funny, a good read.
But I will still block you if you pike on my Sarlona PUGs :)

[SINIBYTE]

I find this funny, a good read.
But I will still block you if you pike on my Sarlona PUGs :)

Hence the quote:
"Piking properly is an artform many dabble in, but few master."

If you get squelched or blacklisted, you're doing it wrong. The worst offenders appear on the forums. Exceptional piking skill will leave you rich & famous, poor piking skill leave you infamous! :)

[LazyTigerLily]

I find this funny, a good read.
But I will still block you if you pike on my Sarlona PUGs :)

If you are running PUGs that I would want to pike, you can rest assured I wouldn't join another one anyway ;)

[TEcarson]

I'm reminded of that episode of the Simpsons where homer tries to outdo the Teamsters. :)

+1 virtual rep (wow...sounds like I am piking the forums!) as I need to spread it around before hitting you again.

Both for the thread and for the Simpsons reference...as they slowly slide to the ground. hehehehe

[IronClan]

I really like a combo of these, such as:

"BRB wife aggro, because wife's cat is on fire in blender"

or:

"BRB wife aggro, police breaking down door"

[Fridas]

Actually rage-piking is much MUCH easier. Wait til someone dies, then type in all caps, with poor spelling and grammar, something like "OMG WEN U GUSY FIGURE OUT WUT YUR DOING ILL BE BACK OTHERIWSDE IM STAYING RITE HEER TIL YUO FIGUR IT OUT!!". Then go get some coffee.

Dude, you made me spew coke on my monitor. I'd +1 ya, but evidently I've used up all my +1's on you for the next 6 months.

[SINIBYTE]

I really like a combo of these, such as:

"BRB wife aggro, because wife's cat is on fire in blender"

or:

"BRB wife aggro, police breaking down door"

You, sir, are a professional, advocating 'suspension of disbelief', and one-upping the casual pikers. I salute you.

[SINIBYTE]

this thread makes me want to try it.

You can practice in Reavers. It helps if run in windowed mode, so you can ALT-TAB and read the forums while piking.

[khaldan]

You can practice in Reavers. It helps if run in windowed mode, so you can ALT-TAB and read the forums while piking.

Shroud part 1 and 5 are also decent places, and once suulo is dead ToD part 3 is a great place to learn as well.

[SINIBYTE]

Shroud part 1 and 5 are also decent places, and once suulo is dead ToD part 3 is a great place to learn as well.

One of the absolute easiest places to pike early on is Tempest Spine. The map is useless so noone will ever know if you're far behind or way ahead. For the 50/50 approach, make your way to the Beholder room (the boss foyer), kill the BH, and pike away... Everyone else will be off doing their thing, and sooner or later, they'll even catch up to YOU! ;)

[Khanyth]

What about a combo like this:

AFK.... hot gf making out with her hot bgf... gotta turn on video camera to record

Would that work, or would too many people clammer for evidence?

[karl_k0ch]

You can practice in Reavers. It helps if run in windowed mode, so you can ALT-TAB and read the forums while piking.

It depends on which forums you are browsing, but the official ones you can access even in-game. Lurking and Piking at the same time.

[hityawithastick]

This is genius. I salute you. :D

[ReaperAlexEU]

in gladewatch defence claim your the last line of defence and stay in the fort. happily pike away while explaining that your there as plan B.

[FlyingTurtle]

in gladewatch defence claim your the last line of defence and stay in the fort. happily pike away while explaining that your there as plan B.

One time my cleric was assigned to the side entrance. People had to come to ME for heals, while I just sat there in complete safety and killed the pair of infiltrators every time they spawned (once every minute or so). Best piking I've ever done.

[Lorien_the_First_One]

What about a combo like this:

AFK.... hot gf making out with her hot bgf... gotta turn on video camera to record

Would that work, or would too many people clammer for evidence?

Yeah, that would call for a video feed.

Go for the basics...

AFK... gf unzipping my pants

[SINIBYTE]

in gladewatch defence claim your the last line of defence and stay in the fort. happily pike away while explaining that your there as plan B.

That and Kobold Assault are amazingly easy to pike. Volunteer to handle the side door. Position yourself just inside the archway, put something heavy on your left mouse button to keep your attacks going, then go get some coffee. Hmm.. coffee. Think I'll pike work today.

[gurgar78]

I'm curious. MAybe someone in this thread can answer. What's the origination of the term?

The only thing that springs to mind for me is that in PnP, while wielding a pike, you were able to set yourself to receive a charge if you opted not to move and just waited for your opponent to come to you.

[gurgar78]

That and Kobold Assault are amazingly easy to pike. Volunteer to handle the side door. Position yourself just inside the archway, put something heavy on your left mouse button to keep your attacks going, then go get some coffee. Hmm.. coffee. Think I'll pike work today.

Both immediate boss and higher-up-the-chain boss are out of the office today.

Work? What work?

Oh right...it's a lot of work making sure I have a fresh pot of coffee to draw from while I browse forums.

[SINIBYTE]

I'm curious. MAybe someone in this thread can answer. What's the origination of the term?

The only thing that springs to mind for me is that in PnP, while wielding a pike, you were able to set yourself to receive a charge if you opted not to move and just waited for your opponent to come to you.

Just a stab in the dark here, but...

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pikey

Pikey is a pejorative slang term used mainly in the United Kingdom to refer to Irish Travellers, gypsies or people of low social class. Pikey is also sometimes called a piker in the United States but a piker in Australia means someone who refuses to do something within a group.

[Khanyth]

Yeah, that would call for a video feed.

Go for the basics...

AFK... gf unzipping my pants

But then you fall into the whole "screen shot or it didn't happen" realm.

Maybe I should just drop this whole line of reasoning

[gurgar78]

Just a stab in the dark here, but...

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pikey

Pikey is a pejorative slang term used mainly in the United Kingdom to refer to Irish Travellers, gypsies or people of low social class. Pikey is also sometimes called a piker in the United States but a piker in Australia means someone who refuses to do something within a group.

Ahh, fair enough. Figured it was something related to DnD specifically, since I have never heard the term in other MMOs I've played.

[SINIBYTE]

But then you fall into the whole "screen shot or it didn't happen" realm.

Speaking of screenshots...

The great thing about piking is, if you're doing it properly, you can provide a screenshot as VIDEO evidence! ;)

[LazyTigerLily]

That and Kobold Assault are amazingly easy to pike. Volunteer to handle the side door. Position yourself just inside the archway, put something heavy on your left mouse button to keep your attacks going, then go get some coffee. Hmm.. coffee. Think I'll pike work today.

Scotch tape works wonders ;)

[LordMond63]

I'm curious. MAybe someone in this thread can answer. What's the origination of the term?

The only thing that springs to mind for me is that in PnP, while wielding a pike, you were able to set yourself to receive a charge if you opted not to move and just waited for your opponent to come to you.

Sayeth Dictionary.com:

http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/piker

–noun Informal .
1. a person who does anything in a contemptibly small or cheap way.
2. a stingy, tight-fisted person; tightwad.
3. a person who gambles, speculates, etc., in a small, cautious way.

But perhaps even more on the mark:

World English Dictionary
piker (ˈpaɪkə)

— n
1. ( Austral ) a wild bullock
2. ( Austral ), ( NZ ) a useless person; failure
3. ( US ), ( Austral ), ( NZ ) a lazy person; shirker
4. a mean person

Or:

Slang Dictionary

piker definition
[ˈpɑɪkɚ]

n.
a miser; a cheapskate. (Also a term of address.) : A 5 percent tip? You piker!
n.
a lazy person; a shirker. : Come on, you lazy piker. There's plenty left for you to do.


But I think this might be my favorite:

http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/piking

World English Dictionary
piking (ˈpaɪkɪŋ)

2. slang ( Brit ) the practice of deriving sexual pleasure from watching strangers have sex in parked cars and other secluded but public places

[xxScoobyDooxx]

+ 1 Sini ... I love this thread :)

[underworldx1x]

brb parent agro
then a link to something like this

http://www.google.com/imgres?imgurl=http://www.thecuteproject.com/images/items/2137.jpg&imgrefurl=http://www.thecuteproject.com/photos/2071/impatience.done.cute!/&usg=__m8OMW0btwOIYFYs09WgzCt2OY9g=&h=468&w=700&sz=67&hl=en&start=0&zoom=1&tbnid=ZQEl1OIZnMs_BM:&tbnh=136&tbnw=181&prev=/images%3Fq%3Dpuppy%2Bdog%2Beyes%26hl%3Den%26biw%3D 1400%26bih%3D931%26gbv%3D2%26tbs%3Disch:1&itbs=1&iact=rc&dur=552&ei=J022TK7qKIOB8ga8n7mOAg&oei=5ky2TKnIBcP58Abrsem1AQ&esq=7&page=1&ndsp=36&ved=1t:429,r:23,s:0&tx=124&ty=134

[k0ukla]

Don't forget about Von 5 piking.

Just stand at the entrance and wait till they unlock the door.

ohhh we ALL do this

and umm *** Mond?


World English Dictionary
piking (ˈpaɪkɪŋ)

2. slang ( Brit ) the practice of deriving sexual pleasure from watching strangers have sex in parked cars and other secluded but public places

LMFAO def using that

[Astraghal]

This is a great post, thanks so much for the laughs.

[SINIBYTE]

Tonight, I ran into someone who clearly did not read the How To: Piking guide. And even if they did, it’d be my fault for his shortcomings. I forgot one of the most important rules to piking!

Always Pick A Class/Role With No Responsibility!

It was a standard fair Reavers run, our Wiz who was designated as the tank reconstructor, decided to pike. Needless to say, this made for a dead tank, and a failed run. Now, I know what you're thinking, and some might say “See, piking is bad!”, but!

The key to successful piking is NOT contributing! He contributed... …to failure! ;)

[ReaperAlexEU]

That and Kobold Assault are amazingly easy to pike. Volunteer to handle the side door. Position yourself just inside the archway, put something heavy on your left mouse button to keep your attacks going, then go get some coffee. Hmm.. coffee. Think I'll pike work today.

the thing is, he wasnt the side door man! we had a monk on the side door with the easy but boring job. this one was in the middle of the fort claiming to be our last line of defence.

nahh, teh side door man is a necessary half-pike job. not real piking at all. just light work. this guy was a true piker. did absolutely nothing to help us in the quest. so i thought it belonged in this thread as he had a wonderful reason for it. my guess is he didnt know how failure in that quest worked, its that or he was an apprentice piker who'd found a cunning excuse.

still, i'd be more irate about it if it wasnt for the fact i had fun with the rest of the party doing a quest i normally skip :)

[Grecan]

I would give some good advice, but i feel like just piking this thread... :p :D

[SINIBYTE]

the thing is, he wasnt the side door man! we had a monk on the side door with the easy but boring job. this one was in the middle of the fort claiming to be our last line of defence.

nahh, teh side door man is a necessary half-pike job. not real piking at all. just light work. this guy was a true piker. did absolutely nothing to help us in the quest. so i thought it belonged in this thread as he had a wonderful reason for it. my guess is he didnt know how failure in that quest worked, its that or he was an apprentice piker who'd found a cunning excuse.

still, i'd be more irate about it if it wasnt for the fact i had fun with the rest of the party doing a quest i normally skip :)

That's awesome actually - That's one quality piker you had, he managed to not only pike the entire quest, but left you wondering whether he was indeed intentionally piking or just a clueless noob. Clever clever.

/takes notes
/jots it down

[FlyingTurtle]

still, i'd be more irate about it if it wasnt for the fact i had fun with the rest of the party doing a quest i normally skip :)

Master level piker, managed to find a high quality PUG which did not mind his piking, because they hardly noticed the dungeon scaleup. We might need some guide pointers on this. Maybe target the ones with "BYOH IN PROGRESS", then zone in, spam "OMW" then go for a coffee.

[SINIBYTE]

Master level piker

Indeed, I hope he comes into the thread to give us some pointers and insight into his elite ability. ;)

[chrisgina39]

iv rezzed people alot BECUASE people told me not to:) so hard to pike with me:P

[Loromir]

I went into pike mode near the end of Tempest Spine...just didn't want to fight the end boss. Came back 30 mins later, and the party was still waiting at the portal and said good, he's back now. Dang, I had to go in and fight anyway.

[SINIBYTE]

I would give some good advice, but i feel like just piking this thread... :p :D

That, my friend, is lurking not piking. Perhaps another 'How To' is in order? heh

[SINIBYTE]

iv rezzed people alot BECUASE people told me not to:) so hard to pike with me:P

Reported for griefing pikers! ;)

[Grecan]

That, my friend, is lurking not piking. Perhaps another 'How To' is in order? heh
I thought lurking would be if i was reading without posting... but i joined the thread without contributing anything, i just got some easy xp ;)

What's more, i made you believe i could contribute, when that might not be true :p

[ReaperAlexEU]

That's awesome actually - That's one quality piker you had, he managed to not only pike the entire quest, but left you wondering whether he was indeed intentionally piking or just a clueless noob. Clever clever.

/takes notes
/jots it down

i thought you'd be interested in the method :)

[Wolfspite]

It would appear that no one has mentioned Epic VoN 6, unless I missed it.

Just as the leader says "Ok, all attack the dragon" after the barrier is down, you get a sudden lag spike and unfortunately the barrier is back up before you can get past it!

Accompany this with looting fast and rolling quickly on any loot you need before the next wave of 'Claws of Velah' arrive by teleporting/rcg out asap.

[SINIBYTE]

Kobold pike: Simply wander through the quest, then at the end just say "I don't have evasion". ;)

[Gharriss]

To avoid the timeout, you could always type /logout hit enter ONCE for the "are you sure you would like to log out" prompt, if you do not click either, you will stay perpetually logged in...barring power outage, or someone closing the lid on your laptop

;P

[Yvonnel-1]

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[Shadow7375]

Funny thread, made me laugh. Thanks.