Quote Originally Posted by Jinko View Post
To tank effectively on MRD you still require many of the GLD skill, at least if you wana do a good job.

I see no reason to parry when you have a shield, that being said they do need to increase either the frequency of how often gladiators block (give them a trait that increases block rating) or the percentage they mitigate when they do block (give them a skill that increases the amount of mitigation done when blocking)

Maybe they have something like this planned for Paladin, I can't see them adding a job specifically designed for tanking and not have skills in place to make them good at it, isn't the MRD job going to be DD ?
Yeah, I know I need skills from both to truly be the most effective at either. And to be 100% honest, the role of tanking is more important to me than the class I use to tank. But it really doesn't make sense at all for the lowest damage melee class that has a shield and the most health and defense to not be the most desired and effective tank. To me that is an issue that should be addressed either by making GLA a more desirable tanking class, or increasing their damage output so they can fill other roles satisfactorily.