Quote Originally Posted by SamRF View Post
The tank aesthetic as well as gameplay style doesn't really facilitate the Fury Berserker Warrior type well. Berserkers would be all about DPS, going in an all out frenzy hitting stuff as hard as you can with little other considerations, that's what I'd like to imagine when being a berserker. Tanks however are there to protect allies, use defensive abilities, soak damage and control the flow of battle (which is rather limited in FFXIV though). I think it goes without saying that this doesn't fit a furious berserker's aesthetic as wel as playstyle very well. MMOs that do offer a barbarian type of Tank seem to also have a berserker-like DPS variance more focused on the archetype I've just described.

And this is coming from a WAR main who has the bear mount so it's not that I particularly dislike tanking, I'd just love to have an all out berserker dps as well.
I mean, for what it's worth, Berserker in DnD was a tank in 4E, at least partially. I'm not sure on the exact specifics of how it worked but given part of how Berserkers work is continuing to power forward even if they're injured and drawing a lot of attention in so doing I can see how it works perfectly fine as a tank. Tanking doesn't have to mean super protective and more just "biggest threat and able to handle the heat".

As far as the proposed solution, while I would definitely be on board with some sort of DPS swap for all non DPS and a Tank/Healer/Support swap for all existing DPS I don't really see it happening.