What is marauder's role?

[Peregrine]

"MRD has defender, which is a good defensive skill and generates decent hate when in steadfast."
A marauder using defender is a gimp gladiator. Stick to your offensive advantages. You have no defensive advantages. I could take your hits on conjurer.

"MRD has the cheapest AOE TP move, Skull Sunder"
I have six 0 tp AoEs, and the gimp cone nature on Skull Sunder is a hamstringing joke. Of the four puks you just tried to hit, you didn't even reach two.

"MRD has the best AOE normal attack"
Haha no. Conjurer and thaumaturges do. We can essentially create your AoE normal attack....anywhere in a 8 meter radius whether we're there or not. It's called Nature's Fury.

"MRD has Storm's Path, which does AOE and generates hate."
And I have Aero, which does too. Again, I can make your storm's path anywhere on the map, regardless of whether I'm there or not.

"Maim is a good way to increase dmg."
At this point you've become "The token marauder."

"Basically MRD is a good way to do AOE dmg"
No it's not.

"so is useful on the dodore, goblin, and mosshorn fights."
No it's not. Mages and archers dominate your usefulness there. Have you even seen wide volley's AoE path? It actually makes sense. Unlike marauder's cones and even their meager circular and doughnut AoE's, archer AoEs are actually designed to uh...hit multiple enemies in formations that they ACTUALLY are found in in the game. Not convenient little cones.

"MRD is a good Goblin tank"
Better than none I guess. I can tank goblins and still do more damage than you on con.

"I can tank all goblins no prob on MRD, although I usually do it with THM nowadays."

Of course you do, because marauder is useless in a party. That's the point.

"Game needs to add more AOE and multiple claims so that MRD can have fun AOEing everything to death."

Uhh you'd still sit in town. Again, the mages are better than you at that anyway. Archer is much better than you at AoE. You think you're good at AoE's...you're like the next to last best job at them in reality. Just because you have more than everyone else doesn't mean they all aren't terrible. Becauuuse they are.

Game balance STARTS with the jobs that need enhancing standing for what they deserve. Look up there. You're not going to see the ARCHERS trying to defend you. They're going to tell you you're good enough as you are.

You're not. We're not.