I think melee dps gets Coil the worst of anyone. That's right!

[Ryans]

Melee dps is the only dps that's not mind numbly boring and they don't struggle at all long as you know the mechanics of the fight, so it's a win win.

I have to agree. I've done turn 1-4 as both blm and drg and I dredge having to go blm. I'm just glad that 2.1 is buffing melee. It is true that they have the most mechanics to dodge as a DD and deserve to do more damage than ranged for that fact alone. The toughest part about turn 2 as a melee, in my opinion, is timing LB, but even that is easy enough once you get the rhythm of the fight down.

[LordMaitreya]

The op does have a point though about range classes being to easy to play in the current endgame.

I always chuckle when a range dps or group heal spammer has the nerve the criticize the tanks and melee.

[kysulli]

I've been dead most of our ADS kills. Always happens because of something stupid at the end of the fight.

I pick up rot at the end of the fight because I have to dodge repelling cannons while rot is being passed. I pass rot off and shoulder tackle back to ADS so I don't drop buffs. Shoulder tackle takes me through a gravity well that was just dropped, and then the next piercing laser is dropped on me and I can't get out in time.

A high voltage slips through at the end of the fight. I get paralyzed right as ballast starts and end up taking all 3 rings and dying to his small AoE wind attack.

ADS casts gravity well on a tank near the end of the fight, who repositions ADS on me. I get hit for some massive damage before I can flinch and end up getting dropped by the AoE wind attack.

T2 is the only melee unfriendly fight in this game, though.

[Zedine]

Coil 2? ADS switches tanks and hits melee dps while it's turning to face the other tank because of conal aoe attacks. Is it the melee dps fault? No. Gravity field pops. THERE IS ALMOST NOWHERE SAFE FOR A MELEE DPS TO BE TO SURVIVE GRAVITY FIELD.

Tell your tanks to make an L shape between them instead of making them opposites. this will allow 2-3 melee dps to be on the back making another L shape for back and flank attacks

[Doo]

I agree, melee dps should be mindless button smashing like every mmo.

[UBERHAXED]

I've been dead most of our ADS kills. Always happens because of something stupid at the end of the fight.
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Hmm? All i read in that post was "I die because of things my group decides to do". Has nothing to do with being melee. If you somehow get allagan rot by some noobish mistake by yourself or your teammate, then you need to tell your group to pass it in a different way to avoid things like that. If people miss interrupts, then you need to play with better people. (or your group needs to play with a better monk, who can interrupt every thing...). Complaining about having to dodge makes me wonder what kind of game you enjoy playing. A game were the enemy doesn't attack or move and you just stand there and hit him?

[Battlewrench]

You've got to be kidding me. The only thing a melee DPS needs to do is dodge AoE. That's it.

BRD has to silence, pass rot, and dodge attacks (piercing laser, gravity, etc.). It is incredibly ignorant than you think melee jobs are more difficult. Good luck ever playing BRD.

Your melee doesn't get rot? I have been in the rot cycle every turn 2 I've done....so that's not it. I've also been on silencing duty as a monk against ADS....just throwing that out there.

[kysulli]

Hmm? All i read in that post was "I die because of things my group decides to do". Has nothing to do with being melee. If you somehow get allagan rot by some noobish mistake by yourself or your teammate, then you need to tell your group to pass it in a different way to avoid things like that. If people miss interrupts, then you need to play with better people. (or your group needs to play with a better monk, who can interrupt every thing...). Complaining about having to dodge makes me wonder what kind of game you enjoy playing. A game were the enemy doesn't attack or move and you just stand there and hit him?

Haha. You must be a joy to play with.

[killergerms]

I love playing melee in coil, yes it might be hard for some to find a group but im in a really good group and we have 2 melee, its not hard at all its alot of fun. Just learn how to dodge and gg

[UBERHAXED]

Haha. You must be a joy to play with.

*Plays on PS3 1500 miles from data center*
*Doesn't miss interrupts*

Or maybe you're just bad? I run with a bard and a warrior and I must say that warrior is by far easier. I mean, I just sneeze at the boss and can never lose aggro, so it's just staying alive after that. I actually have to play the game when using a DPS class and play attention to what I'm doing. And oh yeah, as a person who has main tanked titan, there is never an instance where the melee should stop attacking the boss. You can dodge everything and still be in attacking range of the boss. Of course that's granted that your tank is not incompetent and also dodges things like bombs.