With the actually given reaction time FFXIV can be counted as action game!
Well, you are right when you say its not the active action RPG style, but you can say its a passive action RPG style where you dont have to use skills for avoiding - simply moving is enough (LoS strategy)!

My problem is, that FFXIV in its current form is way too close to a hack&slay game, just like Diablo...
The holy trinity is a major issue and does not fit in a FF universe with jobs - just tell me one Final Fantasy (with jobs) where you had only tank, heal and damage?
We are missing CC (=CrowdControl), "real" Support, element wheel, status effects, item management (=potions, throwings)...
While FFXIV tries to have some of those skills, they destroy them with cooldown or requirements that makes the skill useless!