What is marauder's role?

[Lienn]

You can have full parry without foresight...but this is extremely rare...i never saw this happen unless fighting much lower ranked monsters. Comparing parry with evasion, the thing is that steadfast is way stronger than light strike effect. I can easily do 5+ parries in a row with only 82 DEX. Since parry often halves the damage taken, depending of your DEX it can be compared to shield since shield has a nearly 100% block rate but only during active windows.

Also, you can Fracture at partial parries too. I just keep track of mob's "default damage"...if some halved number pops i always give fracture a try ^^ They should add a "Parry" and "Block" messages just like we have miss and evade...would make things much easier to identify.

[Rentahamster]

They should add a "Parry" and "Block" messages just like we have miss and evade...would make things much easier to identify.

That would be nice to see "Parry" pop up above your head. Sometimes the game lags, and the parry animation doesn't even trigger, so I have to keep an eye on the chat log.

I wish I could use the chat color filter to make it so that the "parry" and "evade" text in the chatlog appear in BOLD HOT PINK CAPITAL LETTERS.

[Goshzilla]

Marauder comrades, I have come to report to you all that we are not crowd control tanks, in fact WE'RE NOT EVEN TANKS. Don't believe me? Take a look at these pathetic screenshots of a useless scrub Marauder even attempting to crowd control goblins away from the healer!

Omgomgomgomg what are you doing MRD stop that you should be in Ul'dah just go away already
http://bb.xieke.com/files/FFXIV_1305177702.jpg

Omg one dead scrub little minion big deal your healer is just going to die because you can't hold hate you hollow little tank
http://bb.xieke.com/files/FFXIV_1305177744.jpg

Oh yawn you got the two retarded minions and one bomber down whoop-dee-do you're just going to lose enmity sooner or later and your healer will get knocked out cold
http://bb.xieke.com/files/FFXIV_1305178119.jpg

Yeah okay whatever you're still going to drop hate suddenly and get your healer to be knocked out so you and him can die due to unluc- bad tanking skills
http://bb.xieke.com/files/FFXIV_1305178197.jpg

HAHAHAHAHAHA YOU LOST HATE, USELESS FREAKING CLASS YOU'RE UNDERPOWERED, SHOULDN'T EVEN BE IN THIS GAME, GO BACK TO UL'DAH ALRE-
http://bb.xieke.com/files/FFXIV_1305178217.jpg

Oh whatever you won't be able to hold that hate for long you scrap metal of feces
http://bb.xieke.com/files/FFXIV_1305178225.jpg

OMGOMGOMGOMGOMG YEAH RIGHT YOU PROBABLY HAD SOME GLADIATOR AROUND THERE, BUT NOT IN THE PICTURE; IT'S A CONSPIRACY
http://bb.xieke.com/files/FFXIV_1305178983.jpg

BULLLLLLLLLLLLLLALSDGJKLA;KRJGKL;RJA I'm shutting my eyes from this garbage of lies, let me grab my tinfoil hat and explain further you delusional Marauders
http://bb.xieke.com/files/FFXIV_1305178995.jpg
I admit I'm only linking this one because I liked the angle.

Oddly enough we got the Goblin Longsword and Aeolian Scimitar.

[Rentahamster]

MRD SUX LOL!

Hahaha, nice screenshots. I think I'll change up my usual 2THM duo of goblin and see what it's like as THM MRD instead.

[Filtiarne]

Marauder comrades, I have come to report to you all that we are not crowd control tanks, in fact WE'RE NOT EVEN TANKS. Don't believe me? Take a look at these pathetic screenshots of a useless scrub Marauder even attempting to crowd control goblins away from the healer!

Omgomgomgomg what are you doing MRD stop that you should be in Ul'dah just go away already
http://bb.xieke.com/files/FFXIV_1305177702.jpg

Omg one dead scrub little minion big deal your healer is just going to die because you can't hold hate you hollow little tank
http://bb.xieke.com/files/FFXIV_1305177744.jpg

Oh yawn you got the two retarded minions and one bomber down whoop-dee-do you're just going to lose enmity sooner or later and your healer will get knocked out cold
http://bb.xieke.com/files/FFXIV_1305178119.jpg

Yeah okay whatever you're still going to drop hate suddenly and get your healer to be knocked out so you and him can die due to unluc- bad tanking skills
http://bb.xieke.com/files/FFXIV_1305178197.jpg

HAHAHAHAHAHA YOU LOST HATE, USELESS FREAKING CLASS YOU'RE UNDERPOWERED, SHOULDN'T EVEN BE IN THIS GAME, GO BACK TO UL'DAH ALRE-
http://bb.xieke.com/files/FFXIV_1305178217.jpg

Oh whatever you won't be able to hold that hate for long you scrap metal of feces
http://bb.xieke.com/files/FFXIV_1305178225.jpg

OMGOMGOMGOMGOMG YEAH RIGHT YOU PROBABLY HAD SOME GLADIATOR AROUND THERE, BUT NOT IN THE PICTURE; IT'S A CONSPIRACY
http://bb.xieke.com/files/FFXIV_1305178983.jpg

BULLLLLLLLLLLLLLALSDGJKLA;KRJGKL;RJA I'm shutting my eyes from this garbage of lies, let me grab my tinfoil hat and explain further you delusional Marauders
http://bb.xieke.com/files/FFXIV_1305178995.jpg
I admit I'm only linking this one because I liked the angle.

Oddly enough we got the Goblin Longsword and Aeolian Scimitar.

Legendary.

[Lienn]

Very nice SS ^^

[Viridiana]

(snip)

So that's what you and Eden are up to when you're online and not talking in LS

[Peregrine]

Marauder comrades, I have come to report to you all that we are not crowd control tanks, in fact WE'RE NOT EVEN TANKS. Don't believe me? Take a look at these pathetic screenshots of a useless scrub Marauder even attempting to crowd control goblins away from the healer!

Omgomgomgomg what are you doing MRD stop that you should be in Ul'dah just go away already
http://bb.xieke.com/files/FFXIV_1305177702.jpg

Omg one dead scrub little minion big deal your healer is just going to die because you can't hold hate you hollow little tank
http://bb.xieke.com/files/FFXIV_1305177744.jpg

Oh yawn you got the two retarded minions and one bomber down whoop-dee-do you're just going to lose enmity sooner or later and your healer will get knocked out cold
http://bb.xieke.com/files/FFXIV_1305178119.jpg

Yeah okay whatever you're still going to drop hate suddenly and get your healer to be knocked out so you and him can die due to unluc- bad tanking skills
http://bb.xieke.com/files/FFXIV_1305178197.jpg

HAHAHAHAHAHA YOU LOST HATE, USELESS FREAKING CLASS YOU'RE UNDERPOWERED, SHOULDN'T EVEN BE IN THIS GAME, GO BACK TO UL'DAH ALRE-
http://bb.xieke.com/files/FFXIV_1305178217.jpg

Oh whatever you won't be able to hold that hate for long you scrap metal of feces
http://bb.xieke.com/files/FFXIV_1305178225.jpg

OMGOMGOMGOMGOMG YEAH RIGHT YOU PROBABLY HAD SOME GLADIATOR AROUND THERE, BUT NOT IN THE PICTURE; IT'S A CONSPIRACY
http://bb.xieke.com/files/FFXIV_1305178983.jpg

BULLLLLLLLLLLLLLALSDGJKLA;KRJGKL;RJA I'm shutting my eyes from this garbage of lies, let me grab my tinfoil hat and explain further you delusional Marauders
http://bb.xieke.com/files/FFXIV_1305178995.jpg
I admit I'm only linking this one because I liked the angle.

Oddly enough we got the Goblin Longsword and Aeolian Scimitar.

What you basically argued is that you can graduate middleschool. Unfortunately you graduated at the bottom of your class, which is actually what matters. You'll be lucky to finish highschool. College won't even be an option.

Anyone could be you in those screenshots, and half the jobs would be better than you in those screenshots. Sorry. When the content gets tougher, you'll be phased out of the pictures.

Honestly, a mrd piddling around at HPBB is about all I'd trust the job's design with. But congrats. You sure are grand at midbossing something on easyskates.

You all have no clue how fast you'll be dropped the second the content gets tough. Oh well. At least I'm a marauder. Someone will look out for it. You can huff and puff and blow nothing down all you want.

Marauder needs a new design and new party role. Period. You might be able to get away with class pride around a clan of fanboy marauders, but if you try the posture in a group of archers, mages, and gladiators...they're just going to laugh their asses off at you and tell you to go level something useful.

You can't escape the pitfalls of FFXI in light of difficult content. You're either the best tank or you're the gimp tank. You're either the best crowd control or you're a gimp control. You're either the best DD or you're a gimp DD.

Marauder is 3rd and 4th best at everything they are pitched to do. That isn't viable.

Marauder's okay at its roles so long as it stays in the junior varsity league like yours is doing in those screenshots. It's no gladiator. It's no archer. It's no thaumaturge.

Hell it's not even on the same tier as a conjurer.

Go level REAL defense, REAL crowd control and REAL AoE jobs. You think you're good, when you're honestly not even average.

[Goshzilla]

What you basically argued is that you can graduate middleschool. Unfortunately you graduated at the bottom of your class, which is actually what matters. You'll be lucky to finish highschool. College won't even be an option.

That's okay, I'll just get a GED,go to a community college for the first two years, and transfer!

Anyone could be you in those screenshots, and half the jobs would be better than you in those screenshots. Sorry. When the content gets tougher, you'll be phased out of the pictures.

With this I am glad to say you have contradicted everything you have put so much effort into making long text of walls that we MRDs are useless, BR participators, can not tank, and can not crowd control. I am truly proud that you are now changing your gun hold ideals that we are indeed tanks. By all means bicker like a middle aged crisis man that we're at the bottom of the food chain with speculation and uncertainty on your next incoherent post, but do not expect to get anymore serious replies from a handful of us.

Farewell my Jester friend.