Quote Originally Posted by Super_Bee_Brian View Post
You mentioned facing monsters away from allies... I did get a comment about this with the Ifrit trial... So there we go. Maybe that's what I've been missing, because prior to that, I never did it.

Thanks.
For Ifrit specifically you want him facing away from the group, with your back to the wall. This way he can't push you out of his range and everyone else is good to use their positionals.
Remember many melee classes need to know where the back and flanks of a target is going to be, and nobody wants the front facing them. Rarely do you see a frontal positional attack and it just avoids front facing cleaves.

The positioning of bosses and generally all mobs is one of the more important tank responsibilities. The others are not dying, and the super advanced tactic of not being slow.

Otherwise, you sound like you're doing dungeons with gladiator appropriately. Shield Lob into a couple flashes and then whatever combos you may have learned unless it's just some Total Eclipse spam because there's so many.
Gladiator is very simple to use until you reach Paladin levels, where it honestly doesn't get much more complicated but at least you have Shield and Sword oath. The guy asking a Gladiator to use an Oath should be chuckled at and taught when tanks learn their skills.