Quote Originally Posted by Archwizard View Post
Your auto-attack damage as RDM isn't nearly potent enough (and is hardly fast enough for that matter) to make that a necessity, and Embolden is both predictable enough to reposition yourself before the cast and, thanks to Manafication, frequently lined up with your melee phase anyway.

The obvious intent of the kit, as demonstrated by multiple NPCs, is for the RDM to fire spells at a distance until they reach 80/80, CaC as a gap-closer, combo, Displace back and repeat.
If that's not the way the kit is handled by players then yeah, the devs need to re-examine that.
What about being in range for heals from your healers consistently? Plus bosses are generally kept in the middle of the arena and being in the very middle tends to give you lots of time to position with your group for upcoming mechanics. It's just good etiquette to stack with the group no matter your role.

The only way SE could actually make RDM stand at range is by putting a minimum range on everything but our melee combo and you can bet people would be straddling that minimum range at pretty much all times.