Skill Point Rewards from completing Quests don't apply to shield :(

[WiiSam]

Please fix

[Balbanes]

I wonder if this was just an oversight or intentional. I don't see why it wouldn't apply to shield, as everyday combat does. Even for mages w/ shields.

[WiiSam]

bump! I really hope this gets fixed asap!

[Raim]

Will do a bump as well, this is important for me leveling a Gladiator soon.

[Catapult]

I see no need. Sentinel points can be gained while playing 3 different classes (Gladiator, Conjurer & Thaumaturge). If you do more than one of them, Sentinel will be the first "class" you get to R50 anyway.

[Eekiki]

Yep, I noticed this one too. Hopefully it gets fixed.

But at this point is there a reason to have a separate class for shield skill? I haven't played on GLA since the patch. Do you still need to keep pressing the button to keep your shield raised?

[Catapult]

Do you still need to keep pressing the button to keep your shield raised?

Yes, you do.

[Amsai]

Bump.

I would like a community rep to respond to this as well. Was this an accident or is it functioning as intended. If its a mistake then when will it get fixed, if its not then could we at least get the option to choose to apply our bonus sp from quests towards main hand or off hand?


Just an idea.
Also considering the usefulness of shield skills really only applies to Gladiator, could we not just abolish sentinel rank and combine it with Gla rank? And then Gladiator will still get abilities from shield at the same rank they currently do, only it would be at the specific Gladiator rank instead. As for mages, they could still use shields for extra defense or whatnot, but I dont ever remeber a mage needing shield skills(maybe some situational things) so just have them be Glad skills, that mages could still cross-class if they absolutely needed them.

[Dacen]

I never saw this and posted something similar on the Gladiator forum.

I see no need. Sentinel points can be gained while playing 3 different classes (Gladiator, Conjurer & Thaumaturge). If you do more than one of them, Sentinel will be the first "class" you get to R50 anyway.

Not everyone desires playing through CON & THM just to get shield skill up. Besides, if there are no leve/quest SP rewards for shield, then it makes no difference what class you play. Pre 1.18 had SP point bonuses galore, and shield skill was apart of it. No reason it shouldn't be the same for SP rewards post 1.18.

Only getting sword skill is going to skew the shield skill at later levels.

Please fix!

[DoubleEcho]

Not everyone desires playing through CON & THM just to get shield skill up. Besides, if there are no leve/quest SP rewards for shield, then it makes no difference what class you play. Pre 1.18 had SP point bonuses galore, and shield skill was apart of it. No reason it shouldn't be the same for SP rewards post 1.18.

Not everyone desires playing CON and THM, but the option is there. The babby days are over.

Also, you're incorrect in stating that pre 1.18 there were bonuses galore for shield. Sentinel SP shared the same SP you got from your class, unless SEN was in fatigue, then it got SP minus the fatigue percentage. Also there was no SP gained after leve/quest completion prior to 1.18.

The game has always had 3 classes able to rank Sentinel, it's your choice whether you take that opportunity or not.