SE need be serious to review the situation for melee DPS

[Hycinthus]

People seem to choose the path that offers the least resistance it seems.

So does electric current...

[Shakarlyn]

i understand the "bad melee" view...i really do. I went forever before someone told me that my attacks did better depending on where on the mob i was positioned. I also practiced on the dummy's in coerthas and learned which combos were best. Unloading up to 3 DoTs and then laying on the damage. My DPS increase was immediately noticeable when i put this into work in an actual instance. So those who didnt learn how to melee yet are really holding back quite a bit of power. Especially the ones that can't dodge and stay alive.

Aah yes, some of that takes some learning. I'm always learning something new, the process never stops

[eagledorf]

Why...would you not want melee DPS for EX primals? Garuda is the only fight that is really more difficult for Melee than ranged (well, excluding Bards because they can run around the entire map doing whatever the hell they please in every encounter. I suppose they could get themselves killed in Titan for just this reason). Even Garuda is not bad if you do it the 3-way method for melee and the tanks are in the right places. I suppose on Ifrit if you have melee, the chain thing is slightly more inconvenient and the healers need to be paying attention if they have the wind debuff...

For coil I also fail to see the problem (though I've yet to get very far in t5). I wish MNK had a little more HP or defense on our gear because I can't use FoE when I'm DPSing, but that's not really an issue either since I've tanked some minor bosses in FoE.

[Goodberry]

Melee DPS here. Monk, the nearest equivalent that I found here to my beloved Rogues. I'll try to play this game my way, whatever SE does against us and whatever prejudices people have against us. I know playing ranged is easier, particularly when you are my age. Just don't like playing ranged, full stop. :P

[darkstarpoet1]

not sure what you are talking about. every party i see is pretty much setup the same. 2 tanks, 2 healers, 1-2 mele, 1 brd, and 1-2 casters. some fights are 3 mele and 1 brd while some are 3 casters and 1 brd. you don't see the blm's complaining they are kept out of part of the story due to the way titan is setup. some fights will always favor ranged while some will always favor mele. the only way they will ever make it to where there is no favorite is to make it so stupidly easy that anyone can compete all content regardless of how bad they are.

[Empressia]

Man, maybe I need to read up on NA tactics, because on JP servers, melee DPS is very much welcomed. I just don't get all this hate for melee DPS when it works here. I'm assuming you're talking about Extreme primals, yes?

orly then y the JP ONLY PF is full of ranged dps no melee allowed eh?

[eagledorf]

orly then y the JP ONLY PF is full of ranged dps no melee allowed eh?

I have seen exactly the opposite. It's not uncommon on my server that a t4 party will only take 1 ranged dps!