lol I just though well that's a a bit pft.. really now isn't it.
I can see kind of why did it that way. (were being group'd wit casters is my guess)
But i would at least like an offhand weapon (similar to pug maybe) with a new melee moves to go with it if they are not going to give us a ranged auto attack.
And for them to keep an eye on the dps balance of us not really having one, as i would guess the calculations are actually based on us butt hugging the mobs and using it.