Please either add a "Worn Shield" to Glad when starting out or make it a bit easier to get one. I'm still not sure why you receive Phalanx at r8 when shields are such a pain to get a hold of. I cant speak for other servers but on Lindblum we have players trying to sell r5 maple shields at 75k (like a new or old player will be willing or able to pay that), and I have not been able to find an npc shop selling anything low rank for a price that affordable, so for new players its going be quite a long time before they get to use them or their skills.