Path of the Sword Choice [SAM or RDM]

[Stitches1974]

it's been stated that it uses high speed positioning to move between melee and ranged.
It has a rapier and crystal, that can be combined into a staff, or used as rapier, so you use both melee and ranged magic skills.
It will use int for both melee and magic skills, to simplify things, just like NIN uses dex for mudras, melee jobs using str for ranged skills, MNK using str for self heal, etc.

Again, why would Yoshi state it was a ranged class if that was the case? Until I see hard proof that states otherwise, that's I'm going by.

EDIT: Also http://jp.finalfantasyxiv.com/lodest...3c42b89df3a9ff

"Equipment for remote magic DPS (head / torso / hand / leg / foot) Remote magic DPS includes mage magazine / majutsutor / black mage / summoner plus red mage added at patch 4.0

[Mhaeric]

Again, why would Yoshi state it was a ranged class if that was the case? Until I see hard proof that states otherwise, that's I'm going by.

Because it's primarily a ranged class that only uses melee attacks as a punctuation or finishing move type of thing. People aren't making up the melee attack thing, by the way. The post you quoted is almost word for word what was shown in the slideshow at the fan fest where they announced Red Mage. What some people ARE doing, however, are taking the known melee component and running with it hard, turning it into a major component of what the job does. That interpretation of it is not going to be the case. Here are the actual slides:

[Kahnom]

I want this hairstyle.

[Radacci]

Again, why would Yoshi state it was a ranged class if that was the case? Until I see hard proof that states otherwise, that's I'm going by.

It's like saying that DRG is ranged job, because it has bunch of ranged skills; It's a melee job with ranged skills. RDM is a ranged job with melee skills.
DRG ranged skills are still str based (not dex) and RDM melee skills will be int based, because Yoshi wants to keep it simple - it would be annoying if DRG ranged skills were dex based ya?
Well you have the proof there in the 2nd pic that Mhaeric showed.

[alimdia]

Again, why would Yoshi state it was a ranged class if that was the case? Until I see hard proof that states otherwise, that's I'm going by.

You should watch the trailer, it shows how RDM hybrid skills will work, it's primarily a caster with some melee skills.

That by itself is not a new concept, all ninja mudras except for fuma are ranged, are elemental damage but scale off DEX. All melees except for monk also have 1 physical ranged skill including tanks.