While I would've preferred the class to have a better melee option, I'd say XI's version of the job is closer to pulling it off than XIV's. That said, I'm not against the notion of stances that could empower select abilities and reduce/disable others, but you're still going to have the issue of player bias and meta influence which XI's RDM also muddied through over the years.

At this point, I wouldn't be surprised if the unknown DPS job would be Mystic Knight as it could fill that magic swordsman niche in its own way.