Well I'am a Lvl 26 Warrior I see he gets skills for heavy and light armor wearing heavy armor gives P Def boost, and wearing light armor gives you Evasion boost so what should be better for Future Gladiator Dual Sword user? I know that Gladiator becomes Duelist at Lvl 75 which they get more skills only for light armor use right?
On lvl 26 I wouldnt bother about details too much. You're melee, you're gonna be hit a lot, thus wear heavy.
Light armor is interesting only on higher levels I suppose. I've seen a few glads wear plated leather, because of the +4 str of course. If you're in a group and have a tank, thats probably good. If you wanna solo yellow mobs, it's probably rather bad.
And for me as an archer, there is nothing better than a glad in heavy armor to duo with (plus my buffer...). He can take a lot more hits than I can and together we kill the mobs fast enough to not require much healing.
Heavy armour for lvl 1-40 light armour (plated leather only) for lvl 40-52, then back to heavy again untill level 61.
Heh, that's exactly what I intend to do ^_^
(Zubei Light is sooo incredibly **** though.. >.< )
+4 Dex and Zubei LA. I tried my gf's BW Heavy, and eventually was more appresitive of my Zubei. I think u were right on the money first post, its all about ur game style. I don't care for bulky armor and prefer miss damage all together. Others prefer high P def and absorb all damage. Try them both and see what u like best, simple as that.
It more or less depends whether or not you are soloin often and what your role in the party is if solo I'd recommend heavy if DD in party I'd recommend light if tanking in party(I'd rather have an actual tank do it)wear heavy. And as others have said it heavily relies on your playstyle.