Hopefully they'll treat it like they are the healers, multiple ways of using the telegraph system like placed AOE and telegraphs with reach. It was just in the reddit thing
I don't think they've said no to being able to tab target (or something like it) though.
Actually, now that I think about it, the first released gameplay videos were using the esper class in a ranged role, so this may be a good thing to go back and look at for a better idea