Gladiator

**OWS_Tonx** · 2010-09-30 01:03

Sooo... I started in Gridania and can't find a shield for my gladiator or anything helpful online. Anyone know where I can grab one? I saw a post in forum that said there's a leve quest, but I can't find which.

**Darkhavans** · 2010-09-30 03:16

Originally Posted by OWS_Tonx

Sooo... I started in Gridania and can't find a shield for my gladiator or anything helpful online. Anyone know where I can grab one? I saw a post in forum that said there's a leve quest, but I can't find which.

Easiest way is to get a Square Maple Shield. Fairly easy to find in the Market Wards from what I've seen, it seems to be down to around 10-20k on Figaro at least. Not too difficult to craft either way. There's also the Bronze Hoplon which will last a while longer.

**Achitophel** · 2010-09-30 04:54

I have to add: the Square Maple Shield can be used on THM, too, helping to skill up Sentinel. The hoplon can't.

**avelle** · 2010-09-30 05:20

Has anyone found a decent way to level up shield? Shit seems dreadfully slow no matter what I try. >.>

**Lyramion** · 2010-09-30 05:43

Shit seems dreadfully slow no matter what I try. >.>

Welcome to 14

**OWS_Tonx** · 2010-09-30 08:59

shield was slow to skill in 11 too, just got to get hit I guess >_>

**Lucavi** · 2010-09-30 11:40

Yeah, I'm going back to 2-handed canes for my casters. Shield was kinda fun in OB, but they promised a second shield gauge that would help with stamina, and as of now, its just easier to hope for parries than have to keep raising the shield. Plus its one less inventory slot I'm using, and I need them all since I'm constantly stuffed with at least 60 crafting mats.

**aru** · 2010-09-30 11:41

Originally Posted by Darkhavans

I really haven't used it enough to give my impressions on it's accuracy boost, my accuracy always seems so random anyway. As for the duration, I just tested it as 40 seconds.

You mean it doesn't show how much accuracy it adds in the gear/stats menu?

**Dein** · 2010-09-30 12:51

Originally Posted by aru

You mean it doesn't show how much accuracy it adds in the gear/stats menu?

Skills like Still Precision and Defender don't show changes to their respective stats in the attributes menu so we have to guess how much of a boost we're getting.

Originally Posted by avelle

Has anyone found a decent way to level up shield? Shit seems dreadfully slow no matter what I try. >.>

Your best bet of getting shield skill is always going to be letting things hit you for awhile. You'll get better results if you do this during guildleves with guardian's favor up but it only helps ease the grind a small amount.

**Insanecyclone** · 2010-09-30 14:06

What crafting is everyone going for Gladiator? I'm going BS/ARM but I'm not sure if I'll need another crafting job to help with my main's mats.

**Buddy** · 2010-09-30 14:26

Originally Posted by Insanecyclone

What crafting is everyone going for Gladiator? I'm going BS/ARM but I'm not sure if I'll need another crafting job to help with my main's mats.

Leather later probably

**Dein** · 2010-09-30 14:39

I'm going with BSM/ARM as well and I'd suggest Carpentry, Leatherworking, and Weaving as your big sub crafts. ARM needs all three of those leveled up just to attempt some recipes in the first place. BSM isn't very subcraft dependent when it comes to swords but I believe that some of the higher level swords (basing this off of the Alpha recipe for Iron Shortswords) will use wooden sword grips while you can make most of the components from BSM.

**shidobu** · 2010-09-30 14:39

Originally Posted by Buddy

Leather later probably

leather/armorer/bsm
^ those 3 i have Armorer @ 19 leather @ 13 and Bsm @ 12.
I can make my own bronze Chainmail gear. I accidentally made a bronze hauby @ 18 cuz im 1/6 since the 2nd try. think my def comes out @ 150 idk ill have to go check when servers come back up. Armorer Is a cash cow come rank 17-20 cause new people wanna look pretty but the gear gives little benefit at their levels. Sold a bronze celeta for 200k when prob cost 30k to make on my server . Buy copper cheap synth ore on your BS. Make ingots on Armorer to skill up.

**BerenTebogo** · 2010-09-30 16:17

None until it's made perfectly clear that I cannot progress further without crafting or they fix the UI

**Grey Jorildyn** · 2010-09-30 16:46

Originally Posted by avelle

Has anyone found a decent way to level up shield? Shit seems dreadfully slow no matter what I try. >.>

Haven't done this myself but I imagine guardian's favor on dodo leves would be great. Just keep blocking and curing self and that ought to boost it pretty well.

**Darkhavans** · 2010-10-01 04:09

Originally Posted by Grey Jorildyn

Haven't done this myself but I imagine guardian's favor on dodo leves would be great. Just keep blocking and curing self and that ought to boost it pretty well.

Even doing this it's still a fucking pain in the ass. Just be very careful that the Dodo's don't go yellow on you and your lose all your skill you had gained. And also, remember that there's a hard cap of 500 skill per mob, but based on my experience there's absolutely no way you're getting that with shield. Personally, I'd say don't bother trying to JUST level your shield. Make a point to spend more time just letting leve mobs hit you, make sure you're keeping guard up 100% of the time on anything you kill, and you'll get some decent skill without bashing your head against the wall.

**OWS_Tonx** · 2010-10-01 10:24

Question, I started doin' my gladiator and at lower levels I was taking out orange and green no problem, now that it's 10-ish, it seems I can only kill blues because the orange whoop dat ass. Just wondering if I was having an off day or anyone else notice when you hit that level range shit seems to get a lot harder? Was in Camp Emerald Moss or w/e btw.

**Hyan** · 2010-10-01 10:48

Originally Posted by OWS_Tonx

Question, I started doin' my gladiator and at lower levels I was taking out orange and green no problem, now that it's 10-ish, it seems I can only kill blues because the orange whoop dat ass. Just wondering if I was having an off day or anyone else notice when you hit that level range shit seems to get a lot harder? Was in Camp Emerald Moss or w/e btw.

You're still using the rank 1 basic equipment aren't you?

**Darkhavans** · 2010-10-01 15:35

Originally Posted by Hyan

You're still using the rank 1 basic equipment aren't you?

Yeah, getting a brand new set of gear will help a lot. Even then it's still VERY mob-dependent. There are certain mobs that I can take even when they're IT, but others I can't really go past Tough. Hoverfly Swarms in Cassiopeia for instance are relatively easy to kill when IT, but I wouldn't stand a chance on Aldgoats past Tough. The main problem with Gladiators and soloing harder mobs is finding the right balance between incoming damage and how quickly you can kill a mob. In order to survive against anything past DC or so we generally have to use at least half of our stamina on Defensive abilities, so you can't fight shit with really high HP even it doesn't con very high.

**OWS_Tonx** · 2010-10-01 16:23

yeah. I can't really find anything online for gear selection, what do you recommend? also, I'm at work, so my search wasn't very thorough.

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