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    Kyloki's Avatar
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    Mar 2013
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    Gridania
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    Kyloki Odi'n
    World
    Hyperion
    Main Class
    Conjurer Lv 50
    Bladed Lantern Shield, HQ version. best shield you'll get until titan/relic. Kite shield have high damage reduction but super low block chance. Where as the lantern shield has super high block chance but not as much damage blocked. but overall you will be blocking more often,therefore blocking more damage than with a kite shield.
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    Character
    Zoomie Vi
    World
    Brynhildr
    Main Class
    Culinarian Lv 50
    Quote Originally Posted by Kyloki View Post
    Bladed Lantern Shield, HQ version. best shield you'll get until titan/relic. Kite shield have high damage reduction but super low block chance. Where as the lantern shield has super high block chance but not as much damage blocked. but overall you will be blocking more often,therefore blocking more damage than with a kite shield.
    While a high block rate looks attractive its less desirable than higher block strength. We get a CD that increases our block % dramatically, you get far more mileage out of that CD with a higher block str. In any situation where you need to mitigate enough to require consideration that CD will more than make up for a VERY slight difference in block consistency everywhere else.

    Regardless, spending gil on a crafted shield isn't a good idea. Its just not necessary.
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    Omagana Primus
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    Cerberus
    Main Class
    Gladiator Lv 50
    I've done WP nearly 50 times trying to get the shield, won't drop for me.

    Will be doing titan this week, have no doubt the moment I get my relic the darklight shield will start dropping constantly.
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    Colin Chulainn
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    Cactuar
    Main Class
    Blacksmith Lv 50
    Quote Originally Posted by Omagana View Post
    I've done WP nearly 50 times trying to get the shield, won't drop for me.

    Will be doing titan this week, have no doubt the moment I get my relic the darklight shield will start dropping constantly.
    Have 2 as a WAR, one sitting on my retainer the other stuck in my bags.
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    Character
    Supply Demand
    World
    Adamantoise
    Main Class
    Warrior Lv 72
    I have been using the lvl 44 ilvl46 Grand Company Shield its one of the high block rate low strength ones. I hate it and it sucks, but after 25-30 WP runs, no Darklight Kite Shield. But my FC is currently whittling Titan down, this should be our final push to beat him up : D
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