But it's a sword.

[Fyce]

Because clearly what I mean when I say I want a job that meshes steel and spell seamlessly I of course mean I want pure swordcraft. Clearly your capability to acknowledge such minute details is flawless.

RDM casts spells, and then do some sword play. If it was Spell>Sword>Spell>Sword..., then it'd have been a melee caster, alone in its own category. It's not. Too bad for you.
Again, you like slashing more than casting. Well, FFXIV's RDM is more casting and less fencing. Deal with it, because it's stay like this at least until the next expansion.