Quote Originally Posted by Orophin View Post
Yeah obviously...since RDM's AF weapon was a Rapier.

While it was inefficient for a RDM to melee in situations where you're fighting a god or anything with an AoE ability like silence or petrify, any other time it wasn't a huge deal.
Not only that, but thier relic (Excalibur, Madau), mythic (Murgleis), and empyrean (Almace) weapons are all swords or daggers to boot, that and they have absolutely no proficiency in the use of staves.

As for a RDM's ability to melee, I used to do good melee dmg on lesser colibris, using a hornetneedle and enblizzard II. (or enaero II if I wanted to paralyze it) The party rarely objected, since it was my policy to solo unless main heal was a SCH. (one less refresh to worry about.) I never had any trouble maintaining my haste/refresh cycle, and the tp I was gaining I could use for Energy Drain, doing more dmg while making my mp last even longer.