Those are 2 completely different playstyles, lol. Gladdie is a DD and DD's are supposed to be killing whatever tanks targets and gets agro of wether its PvE or PvP. The tank is supposed to take the agro and soak damage until someone kills it for him.... or he kills it himself, slowly. Thats the pen and paper version for ya. Doesn't always work like that though
Well I already answered that question on my first post, the second was just an extra, but glad is better in PvE with + str cause they're normal hits are weak, their whole fighting style is burst damage and that costs too much mp to do in PvE so u must max that damage as much as possible.
the way to xp with a glad is crit duals + crit augment if possible, tallum heavy and +str. weakness buffs are your friends too. using VS instead of skills in pve gets you the same xp and its not tiring at all, works best when mobs are close together.