So..Lets talk jobs?

[Kam]

I do not have an answer for you, nor do I know SE's intent on anything ever, but I liked playing RDM as a support class in XI.

A well geared rdm could play any generic role in XI, like it was meant to do - and excelled at a few of them. Though I understand as to why many people think of it as simply playing that role you described for it.

XI was gear and macro intensive, a thing people seem to want to get rid of. So yea, the question seems to be; How do we make a jack of all traits* with no gear swapping while balancing it to the other classes and jobs? (*Which is the current battle system if you think about it lol)

The short answer is you can't - it loses position to specialised roles.