Tank Fate XP is unbalanced:

I use my level 19 conj and get 5.5k+ XP per fate... on my level 19 Glad I get 3.5k if I'm lucky.

I've tried to pull single mobs to the side and DPS as fast as possible... I've also attempted to chain cast "flash" and then "cure" in attempts to hold agro and see if the healing would give me bonus XP... nope.

I don't get why I'm out 2k XP each Fate just because... why again?


Oh - and I love how I'm 19/19 and I still can't post in the general forums area. Lovely SE... just lovely. :confused:

I would suggest joining a party to compensate for the issue.
A Gladiator in my opinion is harder to Tank with as the Warrior can AOE spam with aggro abilities.

In my opinion a Gladiator is a boss tank and the Warrior is a mob tank.

Possible conj is still getting the 50% bonus from catching glad? Are you getting golds on glad?

Quote:

---

Originally Posted by Gorlioliolio

Possible conj is still getting the 50% bonus from catching glad?

---

This. You get a 50% exp bonus off any other class you level until they match whatever class you picked as a main.

Quote:

---

Originally Posted by AmonXF

I use my level 19 conj and get 5.5k+ XP per fate... on my level 19 Glad I get 3.5k if I'm lucky.

I've tried to pull single mobs to the side and DPS as fast as possible... I've also attempted to chain cast "flash" and then "cure" in attempts to hold agro and see if the healing would give me bonus XP... nope.

---

Tanks don't do enough damage. And frankly - if you're a tank, why are you FATE grinding? You can chain dungeons back to back if grinding is your obsession. Flash is a no damage skill too - so you're wasting a lot of cooldowns on something that does neither damage or healing... I'm assuming your conjurer gets more XP because maybe heals count. Flash though - does NOTHING but boost your enmity. Not much point to using it ever outside of a guildleve or dungeon.

If I'm not wrong the fate performance is measured by emmity, so both tanks and heals can obtain a gold medal by doing their roles.

Quote:

---

Originally Posted by AmonXF

I use my level 19 conj and get 5.5k+ XP per fate... on my level 19 Glad I get 3.5k if I'm lucky.

I've tried to pull single mobs to the side and DPS as fast as possible... I've also attempted to chain cast "flash" and then "cure" in attempts to hold agro and see if the healing would give me bonus XP... nope.

I don't get why I'm out 2k XP each Fate just because... why again?


Oh - and I love how I'm 19/19 and I still can't post in the general forums area. Lovely SE... just lovely. :confused:

---

I almost always get gold in every Fate I have done as a Gladiator. Honestly, I have more issues with having the NPC's show up on my screen before the Fate is over. I have had it where I show up to a Fate and because there are so many people, I can't populate the mobs I need to kill to get credit.

u just need to get used to it... originally i thought getting exp on healer was tough (in fates) but i got the hang of it after a while.

on mrd and gld, i rely primarily on lob/tomahawk so i dont need to waste time running. if a mob get close to me i would start como-ing it, otherwise, jist lob/tomahawk. and i get gold most of the time.

What i do to get gold on GLD/PLD is:

- Get claim on unclaimed mobs with shield lob. You don't need to kill them, tagging them gives credit.
- Flash groups of mobs. This will cause your contribution from enmity to skyrocket.
- Run around Shield Lobbing every single mob you see.

My 2 gil :)

Tank FATE gold medal is easy, I've noticed that healing requires more effort and tossing in some damage as well.

I've always got gold as a paladin tank... go in the middle of the mobs do one flash and let other kill it : gold medal awarded.

Spam Flash.

Make up for it with the complete inbalance of the RNG on dungeon drops. 75% Tank Gear 25% Disciple of war/disciple of magic. Every dungeon since I started.

Yes it is not easy to be a Gladiator Tank in a FATE, some of them you can barely get any chance to attack because high level players dive in with some huge skills and kill of the main enemy in seconds i guess they are using FATES to mine for XP but it kind of ruins it for everyone else, esp that skill that makes a slash slash sound, dont know what it is. I am tired of doing all the hard work and then they grab the points and just hang around the main FATE spots. I suppose in time there will be a way to limit this in code but for now frankly FATES can be a waste of time, medal or no medal.

Reportedly they are going to "fix" Fates. From the sounds of it fates are really broke - just be first to hit something to get credit for it? Sounds more like an exploit than anything.

No it's not just hitting something to get credit. You get credit based upon reaching performance levels. If you're a tank its based on enmity, DD is by damage, and healer by healing or probably doing support magic too.

Spamming flash as a glad is the most effective way to get gold in fates, coupled with shield oath for the 2x enmity boost. So it's not just tagging.