More shields please?

[Beacon80]

This isn't a really big deal, but I found the lack of shields in the end game to be a little frustrating. I have the Holy Shield now, but I would have liked to be able to get Ifrit, Geruda, and Titan shields. Plus there's no shields in the Lightning quest.
With the vanity slots coming in 2.2 (last I checked), it'd be nice to have some epic looking options for that slot.
Obviously, this applies to the mages, too, but not as much as it does to Paladins, since we always have a shield.

[Altimis]

You get Allagan Shield yet? another level 90 shield available from The Binding Coils of Bahamut.

[Phreak]

This isn't a really big deal, but I found the lack of shields in the end game to be a little frustrating. I have the Holy Shield now, but I would have liked to be able to get Ifrit, Geruda, and Titan shields. Plus there's no shields in the Lightning quest.
With the vanity slots coming in 2.2 (last I checked), it'd be nice to have some epic looking options for that slot.
Obviously, this applies to the mages, too, but not as much as it does to Paladins, since we always have a shield.

The number of available shields is comparable to the number of available gear level tiers. You don't have any more/less options than anyone else when it comes to weapons/armor/off hand cosmetics.

I'm sure another shield or two will be added in Crystal Tower/Extreme Primals

[PiedPiper]

From 1.0 pre-order launch, I wanted my toon to look like lightning. Soon, sooooooooon I will be able to cos-play her full time.

But what shield will I use D: I'm thinking Allagan is the best option, but Cad is a hater. (Two months in no drop for my group).

[WingsofWar]

id have loved to see a offhand Odin pair with mainhand, rather than a shield its a mini sword like a Wakizashi.

[Patriot52]

There is a Titan shield: http://na.finalfantasyxiv.com/lodest...m/9dc759dc0db/

No Titan sword though. I wouldn't mind a Garuda and Ifrit themed shield, but the way loot drops work now I'd rather they not dilute the overall weapon pool with more pld/cnj/blm options. If the random loot drop system was replaced with a token system OR swords/wands/cudgels were paired with shields as one item I would support this. It took me 100+ Garuda runs before I finally gave up on obtaining a Garuda's Gaze and went straight to relic; I'd rather not spend that time trying for a shield too.

Maybe we'll get some Guild Wars 2 style weapon skins when they finally introduce vanity slots. I'd be all for that.

[DarkStrife]

Shields at 50% captain, I'm giving her all we've got!

[Rainbow_Dash]

From 1.0 pre-order launch, I wanted my toon to look like lightning. Soon, sooooooooon I will be able to cos-play her full time.

You realize it won't be for like 4 or 5 months at least, right?
Vanity is slated for 2.2 at the earliest.

[saber_alter]

i wouldn't mind if the blackmage shield that drops in coil were useable by paladins...(seeing how it shares the brass-blades model)

[Sapphidia]

There's plenty of shields throughout most of the game, there's just one obvious area lacking - the early/mid level 50 gearing. Shields are a weapon. There should be as many shield options as there are sword options, really. When you ding 50 your progress of weapons goes (roughly, dependant on RNG drops):

Grand Company Weapon / Darklight WP drop -> Ifrit weapon -> Garuda weapon -> Curtana -> +1 Curtana / Allagan.

However shields go:

Darklight WP drop -> Holy Shield / Titan -> Holy Shield +1 / Allagan.

The problem is twofold. There's no Grand Company Level 50 shield that you can buy/grind that guarantees you at least have a green i60 in that slot fairly soon after you ding 50. Secondly, there's literally no shield outside of the super expensive crafted Darksteel Scutum (out of reach for most players) until you've -killed- titan. Which means you have to grind Wanderer's Palace over and over and over until the Darklight Shield drops from its loot table of 10+ items. If you don't get lucky in WP then you'll be using a level 44 shield to tank Titan. The titan shield is supposed to be a stopgap shield between WP and Holy Shield but 95% of paladins will get the Holy Shield on their first ever titan kill, so it's really just a "gear my alts" shield.

Solution? Put a level 50 green shield on the Grand Company vendor that's on par with the Wanderer's Palace shield. This at least will remove the frustration of the RNG WP grind.

Ideally there should be a blue i65 or i70 shield from Ifrit or Garuda but that would give two drops for paladins and only 1 for other classes. You could also implement a stopgap i70 blue Shield and Caster Shield for Philosophy (white mages have a similar issue to paladins if they get the Garuda Weapon because it's a one hander - they're also forced to grind the WP shield although shield slots arent as vital for them and the Ifrit weapon is a 2h).