Quote Originally Posted by Iromi View Post

There is no way I would want to be in melee range have to worry about not getting hit myself AND have to worry about peoples HP. :x I see more as a melee/support, like ninja or brd and such.
IME it's usually not any more dangerous to be in melee range on monsters. Heck, on a lot of bosses (namely any that use a conal attack centered on random people...) I find melee range to be the SAFEST place to be.