for those of you who have not read it yet http://forum.square-enix.com/ffxiv/threads/30501?p=441509#post441509 Here ya go!

some very great things coming down the pipe line form our devs. We will be losing some stuff but making each class unique is very important to me.

With that being said the idea of doing away with the Shield Skill kinda worries me.

quote from dev post (3. Shield Skill
Not being bound to any class in particular, the shield skill has been handled as an irregularity when it came to the obtainment of experience points and actions. In reviewing the identity of each class, it was decided that shield actions should be made a part of the gladiator arsenal. In order to streamline the system and accentuate class uniqueness, the shield skill will be phased out and instead take the form of actions and traits learnable by gladiators.

Please be aware that the above changes will render all gains associated with the shield skill (levels and EXP) invalid.)


As a THM I use a Shield. The to my knowledge the lvl of shield skill includes not just actions learned but also increases DEF and your chance to block right?

Doing away with it seems like a problem but maybe something else will be done to make shields usable the other classes.

I would love to hear dev feedback on this as well as any feedback form you folks.