Should I stop and switch class?

Hi am a marauder lvl 31 (almost 32), i recon iv done every side quest possible and all MRD quests up to lvl30, and almost done all lvl4 MRD hunting log, all grand company log lvl1, but my story quests are only up to lvl 26 (I think)

I haven't leved any other classes and used the slots on MRD

I need to level GLD to level 15 for next MRD quest, which am guessing gives me Warrior class,

Should I stop powering forward with MRD and start GLD?

Do I even need warrior crystal, I like being a MRD?

Should I level up archer, lancer, courja for ability slots for MRD?

Help? Haha

Edit: also if I carry on with main story as MRD ill probley end up level 34 coz of the crazy amounts of exp quests give

You should level other classes so you can slot additional skills from those classes regardless of what "job" you're going to shoot for. You get one additional skill slot for every 5 levels, every 10 levels if you have a job Soul equipped. There's a lot of discussion on the various recommended skills etc here and on other sites.

Once you complete the level 30 marauder class quest, IF you have level 15 GLD completed, you will trigger the Warrior Job quest.

Ok, anther question sorry, do people ALWAYS equip warrior or do some people prefer MRD at lvl 50, MRD has more slots, right?

Iv read up loads on slotting abilitys, but iv never needed them, never lose agro in dungeon or die, sounds like a waste of time ATM, game been easy so far

You will need to be Warrior after level 30 if you are in a party. You get less cross-class abilities but Warrior gives you a couple of its own unique abilities that you cannot use on Marauder and will allow you to be an even better tank. Defiance, for example, cuts your damage but boosts your hate generation and your Max HP significantly.

You will have a hard time tanking anything without Warrior in the endgame. Jobs are made specifically for partying.

They have same number of abilities. MRD can equip 10 cross-class but WAR can equip 5 (limited classes to pull from, only GLD and PGL) and 5 warrior-only abilities. Personally, as a WAR, I only equip warrior's soulstone when I do dungeons since warrior's abilities seem more suited for tanking. Soloing or FATE I still prefer MRD. That changes a bit at 50. You can still wear darklight, darksteel and allagan as Marauder but you cannot wear AF and AF+1 unless you're a warrior. Relic weapon and its +1 also is job specific so your strongest weapon for MRD would be the Axe of Crags which is a random drop from Titan HM untill you get Allagan battleaxe.

Ok thanks, so I should basicly stop leveling MRD and get GLD to 15 plus and other classes that have warrior cross-class abilitys that I can slot(I'll look in to this tomorrow)

Also iv got the ff14 app on my phone and I can't see armour could AF in list, heavy dark light is by far the best then heavy allergen is the same stats almost as warriors curiass (is this AF?)

Assuming it follows the same convention as XI, Warrior's XXXXXX is your relic armor. Warrior's AF armor is Fighter's XXXXXXXXX.

EDIT: Just checked. WAR AF is still called Fighter's Gear.

I'd recommend getting PGL up on the side as PGL level 42 Mantra skill is pretty nice. 10% extra healing for yourself and near-by party members. GLD you should get to 34 for Awareness and Provoke at 22 after you get it to 15 for the job quest.
Heavy Darklight is easy to obtain but HQ Heavy Darksteel is better as it provides almost the same stats and you can meld materias in it. The AF armor for Warrior is Fighter series. The Warrior's item is AF+1 so warrior's cuirass is AF+1. You get the fighter version with level 50 job quest then upgrade it with mythology tomestones. Heavy Allagan is what you get as drop from Coil.

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Ok thanks, so I should basicly stop leveling MRD and get GLD to 15 plus and other classes that have warrior cross-class abilitys that I can slot(I'll look in to this tomorrow)

Also iv got the ff14 app on my phone and I can't see armour could AF in list, heavy dark light is by far the best then heavy allergen is the same stats almost as warriors curiass (is this AF?)

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Heavy Darklight is weaker than both Warrior's Cuirass (it is the Relic armor, AF is Fighter's Cuirass) and the Allagan Armor. Heavy Darklight covers both the body and head slot whereas the Relic and Allagan armors are only on the body slot. Their defense/stats + a helmet are more than Heavy Darklight's bonuses.

tanks can peel easy xp from dungeons with minimal queue time
imo use the quest xp for dps classes and level the mrd/gld heal classes in dungeons

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Should I level up archer, lancer, courja for ability slots for MRD?

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You'll want Flash, Provoke, Featherfoot, Convalesence and Internal Release.. pretty much always.

Second Wind and Haymaker and Mantra are all very situational.
Awareness looks nice, but is usually worthless because anything that is dangerous enough to kill you is usually hard-coded never to crit.

So take Gladiator to 22 for Provoke. And take Pugilist to 12 for Internal Release. Job done.
(unless you REALLY want Mantra... but it is highly situational and you'll probably only notice the extra healing it grants at the very uppermost levels of endgame. I'd get your WAR to 50 first, and THEN level Pugilist past 12 if you feel you really really want it)

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You'll want Flash, Provoke, Featherfoot, Convalesence and Internal Release.. pretty much always.

Second Wind and Haymaker and Mantra are all very situational.
Awareness looks nice, but is usually worthless because anything that is dangerous enough to kill you is usually hard-coded never to crit.

So take Gladiator to 22 for Provoke. And take Pugilist to 12 for Internal Release. Job done.
(unless you REALLY want Mantra... but it is highly situational and you'll probably only notice the extra healing it grants at the very uppermost levels of endgame. I'd get your WAR to 50 first, and THEN level Pugilist past 12 if you feel you really really want it)

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Thank you, this is what I will do then

Update: so iv leveled GLD to 22 and PUG lvl 12 and also got WAR now, I can only equip 3 extra moves though so choose flash, provoke, convalescence.

Am not sure how I would use these in my dungeon routien though

I normally do this when fighting 3-4 mobs

Macro "tomahawk" + mark 1 on weakest target
AOE cone ability "overpower" on all targets
Then 3 hit combo on target 1
Then 2 hit combo on target 2
Then 2 hit combo on target 3
Then "overpower" on all targets
Target one is normally dead so do macro "tomahawk" + mark 1 on target 2

So you get the picture, I also find it hard to fit all the buffs in, they don't last long so no point doin them before a battle.

Any advise or help? Thank you

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Update: so iv leveled GLD to 22 and PUG lvl 12 and also got WAR now, I can only equip 3 extra moves though so choose flash, provoke, convalescence.

Am not sure how I would use these in my dungeon routien though

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I'd go for Featherfoot, Convalescence and Internal Release if you're dungeoneering at 35ish :)

Featherfoot and Convalescence are basically damage mitigation Cooldowns - You can pop Featherfoot at any time to take less damage (very handy on groups), and Convalescense makes any Healing spells cast on you more powerful (very handy on bosses). Internal Release makes YOU do more damage via increasing your Crit chance, which will lower the time it takes to kill enemies as well as increase your enmity generation and self-healing (Bloodbath, Storm's Path, Inner Beast!!) :)

Provoke is basically a tool that's used to immediately put you on top of the hate list: It's very useful if one of the Damage Dealers accidentally pulls too much hate, or if you are having to trade hate with another tank in an 8-man raid, or if you die and get rezzed in combat etc. It will not put you very far ahead though, so follow it up with an +enmity combo. it's also worth mentioning that Provoke has a very short cast time and a very long range- it can be more useful for "pulling" than Tomahawk in certain situations (e.g. Succubus pulls in Amdapoor Keep!)

Flash is used when tanking groups - unlike Overpower it can also grab enemies behind you, it won't break your combos and it uses MP not TP. In dungeons it can be handy for keeping hate on any slept enemies since it deals no damage and so using it won't wake them.

Ah okay, this helps a lot, I'll try it

Maybe you could answer another question, am on ps3 and iv ran out of hotbar space, should I start using a second hotbar of get rid of a few of the abiltys? There's a few I don't use

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Ah okay, this helps a lot, I'll try it

Maybe you could answer another question, am on ps3 and iv ran out of hotbar space, should I start using a second hotbar of get rid of a few of the abiltys? There's a few I don't use

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I would setup different bars for different uses. Typically I have bar 1 for open world soloing, and then use bar 2 and 3 for dungeon. Since I usually only need half my abilities when soloing, this works out well.

But yes, once you get to level 35, you are going to start needing two bars for all your abilities in dungeons. I don't have a tank that high so I don't know what the best bar setup might be, but for my other jobs I typically split by situation. For healing I have one group healing bar, and one group DPS bar. For my DPS classes, it depends on class, but I have things like DOTS and BUFs on one bar, and attacks on another. Since the DOTS and buffs are spaced, I switch to that, then switch back to go back to normal attacking.