Quote Originally Posted by NorthernLadMSP View Post
No, there were not at least 9 different moves. At most 5.
0:31-0:36 - Three spells. Already worrying that the first thing the job does is start casting spells from range.
0:37-0:42 - Gap closer, followed by multi-hit WS, followed by Repelling Shot.
0:43 - not-Flare.

I counted 7 skills. So 1/4 of available skills assuming the lv60 cap. That's still quite a bit, even if we assume that skills automatically switch RDM from ranged to melee.
The video was literally 0:49 seconds long, more than half of which was battle stance and victory pose. So, effectively, you are basing your entire disappointment of the whole expansion on maybe 20 seconds of game play. Sorry, but that's an extremely over-dramatic and negative way of thinking.
It's not unfounded disappointment. RDM is a melee mage. They not only classified it as ranged caster, but started the demo at range instead of melee range (which to me is a red flag). That they classified it a caster tells me we'll get some AoE attack that we'll almost never get to use as our LB, which is a pity because I wanted to see us get something like Chant du Cygne as our melee LB.

Considering that almost every job preview has given us an idea of what the involved jobs do in combat, that short vid so far is saying RDM will be staying out of melee range for most of combat, dashing in at set intervals before going back to ranged. Which means they ignored all the "RDM belong on the front line" threads, not to mention the suggestions provided on these forums. The only upside is that it wasn't shown acting like a buffbot.

I'm reserving judgement until I see the full ability list and all the involved mechanics, but so far I'm not impressed.