Is it worth it to be ranged?

[Starplayer]

So I have been trying to level up a DPS character for when I am not healing, so far I really like lancer, archer, and monk a lot, but I've noticed my queue times are way shorter when I am melee and a lot of the times when I am the archer I get another archer in the group.

Will I have a hard time getting groups as ranged at 50?

If I like them both should I just go melee for the ease of access?

Are MNK and DRG competitive?

There is no difference in Queue times. Bards, Monks and Dragoons are all listed as DPS in the doody finder. As far as effectiveness in combat, they all have their uses