Melee classes are sad in CC

[Gserpent]

Mostly because we're constantly trying to play the "keep away" game from ranged DPS who just run away spamming their moves. Hence why you se mostly BRD/MCH/BLM/SMN. You'll see some DRG/MNK/SAM sprinkled in now and then. Meanwhile I play my favortie job RPR and i'm about worthless cause half my kit is locked behind Immortal Sacrifice stacks and my LB gives Hysteria... so when I use it, I shoot myself in the foot cause they run away from me and I have to catch up to them.

Your LB cancels Guard, cannot be purified, forces movement away from the cast location (such as, say, the crystal during overtime) and has a very short charge time.

I think you'll be okay.

This thread as a whole is basically "Bronze melee players giving their opinions on the world," lol. Melee is perfectly fine. Any problems you're experiencing are PEBKAC errors, not real errors.