Marauder vs Warrior

[ejiboo]

MRD is a pretty viable DD and one that i wish we could explore further but we're hindered by the fact that SE has been releasing all of the new, powerful gear as job only. i can't use my Bravura on my MRD nor my darklight. it's apparent that they won't be phasing classes out for 2.0 because we already know about arcanist and summoner so why gimp classes?

the skills that WAR inherits are all tanking skills;

1. steel cyclone: terrible WS to use with berserk up, great to use if tanking with rampage.
2. vengeance: awesome skill with a long cooldown. we can do without
3. mighty strikes: awesome skill but one we could do without
4. collusion: tank
5. antagonize: tank
   

now as MRD;

Physical

• feint: miss an attack, get a decent dmg WS with high acc for only 250 tp
• heavy thrust: a great stun, but only if you have hate
• leg sweep: an AoE that does just as much damage as steel cyclone with berserk up

Buffs (these are what we want to be MRD for)

• keen flurry: this makes godsbane a terrifying WS rather than just kinda scary
• invigorate: makes up for the slow AA that accompanies berserk
• blindside: we can use this as a warrior, but it goes great with whirlwind
• blood for blood: contributes to whirlwind

Support

• decoy: great for if you pull hate, what else do we do with MP?
• sacred prism: makes the following spells awesome
• sanguine rite: only for the mages
• stoneskin: great for any situation where aoe damage is involved
• cure: same as stoneskin
• raise: self explanitory

the only place a WAR has in a DD role, while using berserk is Ifrit (Extreme) and how amazing would they be if they were actually MRD with keen flurry, invigorate, blood for blood and blindside!? Since my gear is awesome and i'm a badass WAR myself i can DD pretty well but i'll always be trumped by a MNK or DRG.

MRD would totally fix this, but we, as classes are gimped by the gear we are limited to. the gryphonskin set is great for PUG, LNC and ARC but the option given to MRD is clearly a tank set. there are no pieces of gear equippable by a MRD that will beat darklight helm, cuirass and sollerets in terms of stats and obviously no axe that will beat Bravura in terms of raw damage and stat caps.

i understand that all of this will [might] change with 2.0 but i think this discussion should be considered.

thoughts?