Too much dancing

[Sibyll]

You can't always have a global AOE element that damages range units the same way it does to melee but range units being so squishy feels like we (i only play range classes) are at a disadvantage and getting picked on.

In gear appropriate to the encounter, WotL will one-shot a melee just the same as it'll one-shot a ranged. It's actually laughable that you are suggesting ranged are "getting picked on" for being ranged, considering how many fights exist where the melee have to deal with the same, or similar, mechanics that the ranged do in addition to PBAoEs, Cleaves, Knockbacks, and Positional attacks.