I'm tryin to choose which shield I want to use for RDM. I am deciding between this, the light buckler, and the strike shield. I'm goin towards this one so far cuz it seems like the most useful one, but I might get the light buckler for soloing purposes? If you have shield skill increase...does that enable easier shield skill lvling? Since you will be blocking w/ shield a bit more, would that b true? As for the strike shield, i think that's the least expensive (balance is most expensive) and I think the least effective for RDM. BTW I'm one of those rdms who like to melee in partys, if you want my opinion about that issue, look up the "Fencing Degen" http://ffxi.allakhazam.com/db/item.html?fitem=1710
Any advice would be much appreciated. Thank you! ^^