They should make it a pseudo-hero class tbh since like the last viable hero class is tinker and hero class as a design space doesn’t leave a ton of room for stuff like spellblades and what not.
I just want red mage at home and while I like rolling with felo’melorn on my sunfury mage alt, it’s not the same as actually being able to use the sword as anything but a stat stick.
Besides the covenant and sunreaver survivors at the start of the expansion were heavily showcased as melee mages on top of a long string of elven NPCs who fit the design space.