Can we please stop giving melee bad stigma?

[Ricdeau]

Is this a joke? In the what, 4 or 5 months I have been playing, no MNK or DRG has EVER outdamaged my BRD/BLM/SMN on ANY fight, even with ilvl advantages (my ranged all being i86 at the moment, vs i90 MNKs/DRGs). I consider party lucky if they land a MNK or DRG who even comes close to even with LB added to their DMG.

In my experienced a bad ranged beats a bad melee, a good melee beats a bad to average ranged, but no MNK/DRG comes close to a Good Ranged, never seen it happen.

Sounds like you've never played with any melee that's even remotely good then.

Edit -- I've been sitting here thinking, I tend to try to elaborate when I so strongly disagree with a statement, but I've come at quite a loss on this one. So I'll just ask what fights are you using as the basis for your statement? Even with asking that there's very few fights that are so melee unfriendly or AOE heavy that they can't be at top or at the very least near the top.