GLA <25 and keeping enmity

[Sadana]

Nice to know. alot of content in this thread has helped a newbie like myself. i somewhat know how to do my job. (although Macros on a PS3 controller seem DAUNTING to me for some reason)

I'm glad it's helping others too! ^_^ Thanks so much, guys!

Using macros on a controller helps with space issues. As a mage, I have also found that learning to swap between crossbars is vital (imo). On each class, I keep similar spells on certain numbered crossbars to help remember what's where. Since I have so few GLA/MRD skills yet, I am not sure how I will set up my crossbar(s) with new skills I learn.

[Classikal]

Gladiator skills are very feeble at the low levels. I think unless the DPS are only hitting a single target then it's hard to hold everything, and even then your skills designed to raise enmity only barely keep you ahead of enmity drawn by others in the group. In my experience, a lv50 paladin playing endgame encounters is much easier to hold enmity, so in regards to that aspect the game gets easier as you progress to more difficult content which is odd. Low lv dungeons are harder to manage enmity but I wouldn't worry about it.

It's not that the Gladiator skills are weak at low levels, it's just that you have very little to work with. 2 GCD rotation(Fast Blade -> Savage Blade) doesn't produce as much enmity as you would optimally want. But it is still more than doable if you know what ou are doing. Shield Lob -> Flash x2 or x3, (depending on how comfortable you feel with your enmity generation), than rotating Fast Blade -> Savage Blade between all the mobs your holding works just fine to hold hate. If you feel you need an extra boost after you start rotating Fast Blade -> Savage Blade throw in a Flash here or there.

Once you learn Rage of Halone though, it becomes a no-contest. No DPS no matter how good will be able to ever pull hate off you as long as you manage your single target rotation properly. I rarely mark mobs when I queue for dungeons, even before I learned Rage of Halone. After the Shield Lob -> Flash x2-3 opening, I just rotated my 2 GCD rotation on the monsters in order based on enmity bar values, (Flash if I felt I needed it) and rarely has issues.

After Rage of Halone and Shield Oath, it's a joke.
It's also a complete joke for Marauder in the early levels, especially if you can cross class Invigorate.
But it's definitely more difficult in the early levels for Gladiator.

You can't, WAR can only pull cross-class skills from Gladiator and Pugilist. I wish they could get Invigorate.

[SpookyGhost]

You can't, WAR can only pull cross-class skills from Gladiator and Pugilist. I wish they could get Invigorate.

Marauder can is what he's saying.