Gladiator

[solracht]

VIT and MND from gear don't actually raise HP/MP unless I'm seriously blind.

[Lyramion]

Nop, bought 2x 5 VIT Rings today and there is no raise in HP. Yet when I counter tested with reasign, every VIT point still gave me HP. Also the GuildMark abilities suffer from the same effect. Shifting 5 Piety to VIT will not raise your HP at all.

[Grey Jorildyn]

For that test a few pages ago... Rank 23 glad, 1458 HP is max with 84 VIT. bumping to 85 VIT did nothing.

[plue]

So does VIT basically just increase block rate and reduce damage taken?

[ArchDizzle]

Anyone else having skill up glitches with shield? I never noticed them before but since last night I will get multiple sword skill ups when doing nothing but blocking and getting very few shield skill ups at all, either by just getting nothing or getting sword skill ups in place of them. Before last night I never has this issue. Also Camp Tranquil leves seemed to be bugged for me no matter what Leve I choose I get foraging does as my enemies ; ;

[BerenTebogo]

Merona has mentioned it before, but I just want to echo: Damnation is pretty much the best WS you can set for GLA in my opinion. Low stamina cost, good damage, and good way to replenish MP so you can cure / cast for hate / self-buff, etc.

If you aren't using it currently, try it out.

[Amastacia]

The only downside being having to take another DoW/DoM job past 10.

I've expressly avoided doing so because lv 20 leves will not offer marks for jobs under rank 10, and I've been trying to buffer up on GLA marks.

[BerenTebogo]

The only downside being having to take another DoW/DoM job past 10.

I've expressly avoided doing so because lv 20 leves will not offer marks for jobs under rank 10, and I've been trying to buffer up on GLA marks.

Need 10THM for Punishing Barbs anyways. I prefer shock spikes for most stuff but PB is nice for soloing harder stuff / farming. I hit R20 GLA with about 13000 marks, which is fine, since there's only one thing I want before the level 30 traits and I already bought it (self-preservation).

[Grey Jorildyn]

Just hit 24. Gonna spend the next couple of days working on Protect/Shell and Stygian Spikes. Transitioning Gladiator into more of a Paladin type doesn't seem to difficult but definitely requires the effort! I'm not sure it was me who mentioned Damnation as a great WS for MP recovery, but I wholeheartedly agree in any case

[BerenTebogo]

I'm not sure I care enough to go for Pro/shell at the moment. Duration is very, very short and leveling CNJ is boring

[plue]

Just hit 24. Gonna spend the next couple of days working on Protect/Shell and Stygian Spikes. Transitioning Gladiator into more of a Paladin type doesn't seem to difficult but definitely requires the effort! I'm not sure it was me who mentioned Damnation as a great WS for MP recovery, but I wholeheartedly agree in any case

Stygian Spikes is definitely worth it, I haven't run out of MP once on Gladiator with this skill.

[Grey Jorildyn]

Glad to hear it! These r30 leves offer a crapton of guildmarks btw.

[Nevex]

Might as well get THM 20 for Firm Conviction if you intend to play GLA in a PLDesque way.
Without that it's completely outclassed by THM otherwise (except for... slightly better defense when not casting I guess?). Casting single-target cures that heal 200 HP is pretty pointless if you get hit for more than that meanwhile.

[BerenTebogo]

I couldn't imagine leveling THM to 20. Although, I think most of the damage taken while casting problems would be solved by having servers that aren't complete ass. *click cure -> wait 5s -> yell at the TV that my stamina bar is completely full -> wait another 5s -> cure for 1/10th of the damage I've just taken*

Love it.

[Amastacia]

Need 10THM for Punishing Barbs anyways. I prefer shock spikes for most stuff but PB is nice for soloing harder stuff / farming. I hit R20 GLA with about 13000 marks, which is fine, since there's only one thing I want before the level 30 traits and I already bought it (self-preservation).

Yeah, just rolled the 8k I need for Self Preservation, so I might push a few jobs to 10 for their goodies.

[Black]

what kinds of food you guys using and what stats it give?

[BerenTebogo]

None since I play with gamepad and can't figure out how to bind the usable item list.

[Amastacia]

So long as SE releases no data, and the character sheet doesn't update stats, there seems to be little point to food, since there's absolutely no way to know what it's actually doing.

On the HP front, 20 seems to be another level where it drops. Lost 10 HP when I dinged, with no changes to stat or gear.

[Black]

happend to me when i dinged rank 22 i lost like 10hp i dunno why p-p;

[Ryoii/Nonomii]

Unfortunately forgot to do the HP rank testing while leveling Alchemist, so I'll be doing it when I get a chance to level Culinarian. Thank you all for providing more information on VIT caps.