
Originally Posted by
Conbadicus
To be honest, I mostly see gladiators with chain anyway.
Gladiators do have access to a shield which allows for the tanking ability of guard, which allows for phalanx which ultimately increases DPS, mitigates damage, and increases enmity. Gladiators aren't DDs, plain and simple. They are tanks. They can dps, but regardless of armor, skillwise the glad just doesn't have the balls to compete. I can stack buffs from other classes and use a WS and get relatively high dmg compared to another class, but other classes will simple out dps me in the end. etc, you know how it goes.
Right, but if the glad is going to DPS, give em a DPS weapon and some DPS skills, and have another glad tank. Ever had 2 or more glads in a party? its like a waste of space. One is tanking, one might take over if the other sucks or theres multiple mobs, and the third is like half a mrd in dps. How about making one the tank, and give the other 2 some claymores.