Is SE making more and more anti-melee fights?

[Doozer]

It's often noted how much more frustrating playing melee is, alongside there seems to be a general increase in more and more people going ranged DPS. Including anecdotal evidence of more statics looking for melee as well.

There's always been a lot of ranged DPS players. Being ranged with no cast times is super safe, and since one was added with the expansion, of course there's going to be lots. I don't think it's that new, it's just more noticeable with each new ranged DPS added.

People seem to generally be afraid of playing melee, so much that even when they are they'll refuse to ever use LB even when there's no reason to save it. I'm not sure how much the fight design impacts how many ranged DPS there are.