Quote Originally Posted by Stitches1974 View Post
I think Yoshi would have stated that, if that was the case, but he clearly stated a ranged job. And in the RDM showing, it shows the RDM casting a spell which gives the animation of the light line hitting the mob, followed by the "melee attack". Looks like a spell animation to me. Also the RDM will be using caster gear, if it has any melee attacks, what will give them melee attack power?
it's been stated that it uses high speed positioning to move between melee and ranged.
It has a rapier and crystal, that can be combined into a staff, or used as rapier, so you use both melee and ranged magic skills.
It will use int for both melee and magic skills, to simplify things, just like NIN uses dex for mudras, melee jobs using str for ranged skills, MNK using str for self heal, etc.