Gladiator

[Caestus]

my Gladiator is level 11, how do I join the gladiator Guild?

[darkepyon]

You can't "join" any particular guild per say. At least not yet.

[SephYuyX]

I leveled MRD, PUG, and CON to 10 for their abilities to use on my GLD. Makes life a whole lot easier.

[Caestus]

How does one get Guildmarks then for abilities?

[Curcio]

I do believe Guild Marks are given on Level 20 Leves and higher.

[Ruin]

What is the best way to power level shield?

Do a leve with exp bonus and just keep tanking a target monster? Or any other good ways?

[Darkhavans]

What is the best way to power level shield?

Do a leve with exp bonus and just keep tanking a target monster? Or any other good ways?

You know, I tried this and had no luck. The exp just stopped after a little while, maybe I'm just doing it wrong.

[Ruin]

Yeah I dunno I think there is a set exp u can get from 1 mob. Hell some mobs I cant ever even get a shield skill up on.

[Darkhavans]

Yeah I dunno I think there is a set exp u can get from 1 mob. Hell some mobs I cant ever even get a shield skill up on.

Yeah, I've just been making sure I keep guard up 100% of the time on everything I fight. I'm about to hit 17 Glad and my Sentinel is about to hit 10. I'm not worrying to much about keeping it up with my Glad for now. If it proves it be worth it at later ranks then I'll figure out some way to power level it.

[Biggie]

Ok so repeating what I asked another time since we got more Info

Since dealing DMG seems important in this game for hate STR is a must

Dex is kinda useless exept for Criticals hit

Vit is Important for HP and DEF
MND is important for Magic DEF and MP (for some TP moves)

So I was planning going


EDIT: As Far as shield skill, go kill wolves! I was getting 500ish sword and any where from 100-500 shield every fight!


VIT > STR > MND > DEX

as for Resist planning to keep them all even for Resists

Anyone object or sees it another way?

I have done some testing with MND on elementals an so far it doesn't seem to lower Magic dmg at all. I need to test alot more but right now at my level, I will no longer put any points into MND.

EXP: 35 MND + Shell + stoneskin Fire 2 250ish dmg
17MND + SHell + stoneskin Fire 2 250ish dmg
40MND Fire 2 500-600 DMG
17MND Fire 2 500-600 DMG

It is a pain in the ass to test this because of the timer to reset points. But for right now, I have quit using MND and focus Mainly on VIT-STR-DEX

Anyone else done any testing on this? Would be nice to not have to pump MND at all.

[MitsurugiMyc]

My Glad is 12 and my shield skill will soon be 8. I found the best way to lvl shield is to do leves with the exp bonus and take the mob until you get one shield skill proc. I have found that shield skill procs suffer from MASSIVE diminishing returns after you get the first proc. I usually get 200-300 skill per mob in lvl 10 leves easy. I have had 3 procs while tanking a single mob (256, 51, 3 >< thus the diminishing returns.)
Also try to keep you shield above 50% durability, I found that my block failed more often against equal lvled mobs when my durability stays low.
LAstly, patience because while the shield skill in FFXIV seems to lvl faster than FFXI, it still takes a while. You may go 4-5 fights without asingle skill then fight 3-4 mobs and get 100+ skill on each fight.

[vivix]

I hit 10 Sentinel, and set Aegis Boon but it always seems to be greyed out. Am I missing something?

[BerenTebogo]

Have you tried not sucking?

[Ruin]

yeah I wanna find trick to level shield!

[avelle]

I hit 10 Sentinel, and set Aegis Boon but it always seems to be greyed out. Am I missing something?

Think you're supposed to equip it using your offhand rather than mainhand.

[vivix]

Think you're supposed to equip it using your offhand rather than mainhand.

SOB, thats probably it. I just rushed through the settings and probably set it to main. Derp.

[Amiricle]

Anyone know if using phalanx give a chance of sentinel skill or gladiator skill? I ask because while it is a gladiator skill, it requires a shield and Im considering leveling glad to get it for con/thm to aid in skilling shield.

[Tanthalass]

Anyone know if using phalanx give a chance of sentinel skill or gladiator skill? I ask because while it is a gladiator skill, it requires a shield and Im considering leveling glad to get it for con/thm to aid in skilling shield.

Its sword skill. Gladiator ability and not a Sentinel one.

[Carraway]

Can anyone give their impressions of how much of a proportionate accuracy boost Still Precision gives, as well as what its duration might be?

[Darkhavans]

Can anyone give their impressions of how much of a proportionate accuracy boost Still Precision gives, as well as what its duration might be?

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.