Gunlance : Shield Meter

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Hello everyone.

I was checking a bit some skill, and i was dumbfounded by the description of the Shield Meter (SM) of Gunlance :
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I’ll detail per line :

  1. I recover SM each time i hit foes.
  2. Shield attack give more SM, alright.
  3. I regularly recover a bit of SM while in Defensive mode ? Doesn’t it lack some word here ? Because :
  4. With both SM mode active, i won’t gain any SM.

So, what does the 3th line mean ?
Do i recover a bit over time ? Doesn’t seems to.

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Translation issue, should be “while not in Defensive Mode”

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Note that, if you’re trying to max shield and truly chase that “classic tank”, you should pour points into specialization equipment / enhancements when you start to get end game.

The GL is not a classic tank in the MMO sense, so you’ll never fully get that feeling, but this sort of build will get you a little bit closer.

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On another note, any idea what this skill tripod does? I thought it would make the shield meter jump from zero to 50% but that would be OP, and it actually does not do that. I can’t tell what it does. I’ve hit enemies with it and it raises the SM gauge by a little bit but I’m either using it wrong, not understanding what it actually means, or it’s just actually really bad.

It doesn’t even show up as a buff (there’s no buff square or whatever)

Other results I’ve found about Shield Enhancement have been about Artillerists.

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It increases the amount of shield meter that the skill gives you by 50%. So if the skill gives you 2% of your shield meter normally, it will give you 3% with that tripod.

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well that’s pretty useless.
Thanks.