Meleeing SMN is great for those who have all the time in the world to max out their Staff skill and their merits, but for those of us who have limited time to play, that's just not realistic. My staff skill is far below my level and it's difficult for me to hit mobs even below my level, and it will likely take me at least several more weeks before I even have a chance at the ROE Staff or Sachet - and that's if I do nothing else other than ROE.

The whole point of ROE is to be able to do content on a whim - to log in and start doing things and achieving goals, for those who only have maybe 30-60 minutes to play. When it's made that I have to do tons of preparation just to not be a "fail smn", then you've completely lost the purpose of this content.