Rapiers

[Gemina]

To be somewhat fair, it's also a magic wand that you sometimes use to directly hit things with charged magic power. It does rather pathetic damage in its unenchanted state.

Not only fair, but also accurate. RDM weapons are wands/staves first, and melee weapons second. Whether the weapon would cause slashing or blunt damage doesn't matter at all due to the enchanted versions of their skills, which are also magically based.

RDM is weird in the sense that how they draw and ready their weapon is totally impractical. They spend the majority of their time casting, yet their base stance has their rapier and the focus detached; so they are constantly attaching and removing it during combat. It would make WAY more sense to just keep the focus attached and stance similar to a BLM or WHM, then remove the focus when engaging enemies in close quarters.

Ahhhh. I've been needing to get that off my chest for like the last three to four years!