We're going to make the game a bit more tolerable for melee DPS

[CitizenKing]

More like because the difficulty of playing ranged is not usually equal to the difficulty of playing melee.

Sometimes I have to ask myself why I even play a melee class. But then I remember that I am a masochist.

Stacking melee is generally a bad idea in any MMO while stacking ranged is something that trivializes a lot of mechanics in an encounter and just goes unpunished.

This. Every bit this. I have dedicated a weeks of gameplay to my Dragoon, only to find that the guy who chose a different class gets to have a waaaay easier time of it. If there was a way to gear multiple classes with endgame gear (as many expected there to be for a game with an armoury system), and just swap to one of the dev favorites and no longer worry about it, I wouldn't have such a problem with it. But sadly myth is capped, so I'd have to completely start over and it'd take me two weeks just to get the weapon before I even start actually gearing a different class.

[revonine]

This. Every bit this. I have dedicated a weeks of gameplay to my Dragoon, only to find that the guy who chose a different class gets to have a waaaay easier time of it. If there was a way to gear multiple classes with endgame gear (as many expected there to be for a game with an armoury system), and just swap to one of the dev favorites and no longer worry about it, I wouldn't have such a problem with it. But sadly myth is capped, so I'd have to completely start over and it'd take me two weeks just to get the weapon before I even start actually gearing a different class.

I feel your pain, I'm not the best Monk but I'm certainly a good one (I can silence ADS and practice my rotations and whatnot) and I've ilvl89 average gear but most groups want to take my ilvl 73 Bard because they don't want the hassle and would rather eat a DPS loss