Friendly Sad Advice needed-The Sunken Temple of Qarn

[Cenerae]

It looks like you have yet to unlock your tanking job, and you're still using Marauder. This is why people are upset with you, and why you feel like you're having a rough time.

Not having Warrior unlocked means you're missing out on a lot of free stats, as well as losing out on what eventually will be many key skills. For example, the buff your group was referring to is a tanking stance that increases your max hp and healing recieved, and your emnity generation, at a cost of lowered damage. Needless to say this is important to have - and you earn this at level 30 when unlocking Warrior.

I strongly suggest going back and levelling Gladiator to at least level 15 so you can then unlock Warrior (revisit the Marauder guild to get the quest). You'll also pick up Flash and Convalescence, which are useful cross-class skills. Eventually you'll need to go back and level Gladiator further to 22, at least, to get Provoke (and ideally lvl 34 for Awareness), but it's not critical while levelling.

[Callinon]

Eventually you'll need to go back and level Gladiator further to 22, at least, to get Provoke (and ideally lvl 34 for Awareness), but it's not critical while levelling.

No, get it now. Awareness can wait, Provoke really can't. It really is a critical tanking tool and not having it isn't really acceptable.

[Cenerae]

No, get it now. Awareness can wait, Provoke really can't. It really is a critical tanking tool and not having it isn't really acceptable.

Debateable, I'd say. I didn't find much use for provoke on my PLD until I started doing raids. Then again, getting to 22 isn't exactly a time consuming ordeal.

Right now it's infinitely more vital he actually get his job crystal unlocked, at any rate. He should *probably* get provoke now, but he *definately* needs WAR.

[Knahli]

Debateable, I'd say. I didn't find much use for provoke on my PLD until I started doing raids. Then again, getting to 22 isn't exactly a time consuming ordeal.

Right now it's infinitely more vital he actually get his job crystal unlocked, at any rate. He should *probably* get provoke now, but he *definately* needs WAR.

I agree. I went for an extremely long time before even bothering with Provoke and the only time I really felt it's absence was after dying to a boss. It's far from being required in casual content but, as Cenerae said, likely worth collecting right away anyways for a variety of reasons.

On that note, the tool tip for Provoke leaves a lot to be desired, so just to briefly explain what it does.... it gives you a tiny threat/aggro gain over the person currently holding the most enmity on your target. So it's effectiveness scales from miniscule amounts to colossal depending on the situation, but it on it's own does not award you extra enmity; that is to say for example, if you are currently holding the most enmity then using Provoke will have no effect. To that end, you want to follow it up immediately with a skill that does boost your enmity, such as Tomahawk for enemies at a distance or Overpower for those within melee range.

[Callinon]

Debateable, I'd say. I didn't find much use for provoke on my PLD until I started doing raids. Then again, getting to 22 isn't exactly a time consuming ordeal.

Right now it's infinitely more vital he actually get his job crystal unlocked, at any rate. He should *probably* get provoke now, but he *definately* needs WAR.

I use it all the time in dungeons. Especially when the dps just can't quite keep it in their pants until I've gathered things up.