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Do melee classes really need a buff in PvP? Maybe mnk. I play exclusively with me as sch, a brd, a DRG, and a pld. My DRG tears people up. Two shots a sch and fairy in one. And once two shotted 3 people at once. Maybe some melee are just bad.

Originally Posted by zaviermhigo

Do melee classes really need a buff in PvP? Maybe mnk. I play exclusively with me as sch, a brd, a DRG, and a pld. My DRG tears people up. Two shots a sch and fairy in one. And once two shotted 3 people at once. Maybe some melee are just bad.

But would you pick a melee if you didnt have to? Why would you pick a dps class that is wasting globals and uptime left and right due to having to lead their attacks cause shitty servers over the double ranged teams we saw before 2.2? Not to mention positionals..which are only possible if magically a tank hasnt made my target stun immune and then once every 40 seconds. Drg at least has the option of timed bursts/crits and some ranged attacks (jumps), i guess thats nice. Either way its laggy and because of the missed kills that occur from that, often i feel that melee are just in matches because thats what the queue demands (and cause im solo queue'ing).

Just the pvp skills thing isnt enough after all this time. If we arent getting any balance changes sooner than this then frontlines will indeed be all marauders. Also typical DaoC pvp with blm sleeps i guess. And i wonder about the extra stress on lag when there are 40 people running around instead of 8.

Originally Posted by zaviermhigo

Do melee classes really need a buff in PvP? Maybe mnk. I play exclusively with me as sch, a brd, a DRG, and a pld. My DRG tears people up. Two shots a sch and fairy in one. And once two shotted 3 people at once. Maybe some melee are just bad.

Agreed, dragoons wreck shit, most melee I see are just so awful and easy to shake off/kite. It's near impossible to shake a good goon off me (not QQing, just saying they are fair imo

TBH I don't really think melee need a buff. After so many fcking games, the bad melee players will do shit dps/play bad/no pvp skills and then cry. Yet when I see the pros play, (good ole kirito or koltik =/ ) They do insane amounts of damage moreso than the ranged classes majority of the time in every single game I see. they are fine IMO. At least from dragoon side imo, hard to shake a goon off me, and they hit so hard too

Bind --> Backflip
Repelling shot --> Jump
Sprint ---> Weapon Throw with the possibility of heavy
Only thing I have left is blast shot which is 300second CD unupgraded but I use that typically with farshot on a fullswinged healer when I see them low.

Not QQing. melee are fine, just know what you're doing and have PvP skills and you'll be fine. Altho monks might have it rough with keeping GL3 up soo maybe help them a bit IDK

(am rank 30+ and have been for some time, just have helm glamoured to look like the warwolf)