Originally Posted by
Selindrile
The phrase "better skillchainers" is a little odd here, nothing about the skillchains themselves are any better than melee, they are slower, can't do higher Tier SC, and limited by stratagems, the thing that makes them "better" is that they don't have to be in "ridiculous aoe spam range" to do them, I still say the problem herein lies not in Sch/Melee comparisons, but in the way monsters use TP moves, and what those TP moves are.
But overall, I mostly agree with the sentiment of your post.