Quote Originally Posted by RemVye View Post
I guess spending all that time to level GLA so I could tank was pretty pointless huh...

Someone said GLA is a hinderence to a party... this makes me sad

Maybe the new cool will be to just stack +attack, +STR, +crit attack and completely drop the shield... what's the point if I can just parry, right?


I have to choose between Parry or Block on a tank when the chance to block low and parry does the same thing?
- Low Block chance < Parry and Parry+ materia
- Shield Skills are useless because of this

STEP 1.] Removing Shield and Shield skills grants more ability points ==> Equip more DPS moves (+attack power cross-class) and WeaponSkills

STEP 2.] Prioritize +attack, +crit attack, +str and +parry materia because GLA damage is weak

STEP 3.] ???

STEP 4.] Profit.



Looking for someone to test this theory... I don't have the gil, gear or materia to put this to the test. If anyone has GLA gear and the right materia maybe you could compare and contrast damage for us to see how much dps a gladiator can actually put out. Also see how often you parry?
Remember to equip Foresight from MRD for a virtually guaranteed parry every 30 seconds. I'm not very happy about the situation either, GLA was the first combat class I ranked up and I wanted it to be my main class but if I'm going to tank the enjoyment is going to come out of doing the best job I can in that role and using GLA knowing that I'm performing suboptimally is just not going to be fun for me. Here's hoping 1.20 or 1.21 do a better job balancing GLA.