Melee roles are being gimped in this game

[MalcolmReynolds]

the thing is melee has 0 utility. Honestly melee are there to do damage... the funny thing is everyone complains they are so "hard" when they have less mechanics to worry about they simply have to follow the boss around and hit which ever skill is glowing.

The biggest problem and its not limited to just melee. Its the animation delay so it makes it harder to melee to attack something moving. The biggest issue with melee would be solved if they simply fixed the animation lag.

I guess hitting the "pew pew" buttons while standing still is tougher. Sometimes I feel like everyone's a troll.

Fixing animation lag wouldn't resolve anything as that isn't the issue since many enemies don't require a lot of chasing unless your tank is retarded (although it will be a huge issue for melee come PvP). Melee can put up respectable numbers but like you said, 0 utility save for Disembowel or Mantra. That's the issue. They're more prone to take damage, deal as much or less damage than ranged, and have little utility.

[Eckoh]

I guess hitting the "pew pew" buttons while standing still is tougher. Sometimes I feel like everyone's a troll.

it would fix more then you realize. As it sits right now any time you have to move a boss which happens more then you think melee lose all ability to DPS due to animation lag. On top of that melee in AVERY mmo are a liability when a boss has frontal and rear cleave like many in this game do, so having the positional requirements that goons and monks have it messes them up having to move into an area that can kill them to keep their DPS going. Simply removing the positional requirements would help melee out more then most would like to admit.

[MalcolmReynolds]

it would fix more then you realize. As it sits right now any time you have to move a boss which happens more then you think melee lose all ability to DPS due to animation lag. On top of that melee in AVERY mmo are a liability when a boss has frontal and rear cleave like many in this game do, so having the positional requirements that goons and monks have it messes them up having to move into an area that can kill them to keep their DPS going. Simply removing the positional requirements would help melee out more then most would like to admit.

It would also dumb down the classes a great deal. This combat system isn't really that difficult. Removing any sort of depth to it for melee would make it even more faceroll. If I wanted that I'd roll BRD. I'll pass.