But it's a sword.

[Klongol]

I don't know about you, but I'm measuring what the devs gave us against other MMO hybrids, some of which have a much better handle from both design and gameplay than our "wannabe BLM with a sword that needlessly hops around". As I've mentioned before, I had hoped the devs would learn from those other hybrids instead of essentially going "lolno".

Egads, you're negative.

You keep claiming other games did hybrids better, but never source anything.

In EQ hybrid classes were generally deemed 75% one class (Warrior mostly), and 25% another - they were wildly successful even though casting WASNT their primary role. It's pretty close to what RDM is in here, Just reversed. Hell, even in DND your hybrid folks tend to lean one way instead of the other. going truly 50/50 just gimps your character a large number of levels.

The notion that the melee abilities were just shoehorned in is ridiculous. They also serve the purpose of being gap closers / creators, adding to their usefulness. While in Melee they included a high DPS combo to execute. How nice! I personally find the melee combo's inclusion to be super fun and rewarding. It also encourages me to try to find the fastest way to build mana so I can do it again!

We all understand that there are people here that wanted something different than what's been presented here for RDM. The fact is it's impossible to please everyone and this is what they came up with. The Vitriol about this game's incarnation of RDM won't lead anywhere except for the production of excess salt stores. It certainly won't change the class.

I'll echo what others have said: "Sorry you don't like RDM, why not try something else to see if you like that instead?"