Why is the next new job a melee DPS?

[Rymi64]

Their explanation for choosing a maiming gear melee job specifically is flimsy because Ninja is in exactly the same boat. Unless they're going to shift Ninja over to aiming gear, then this sets the precedent for 7.0 to add another melee using scouting gear, but I'm sure they'll change up their philosophy before then and give us a Magical Ranged instead.

Dragoon has had its own armor type since the beginning of ARR compared to ninja who was added after arrs release and even shared striking gear at a point which is why they said what they did with dragoon and maiming.