I disagree. I actually agree with Matsui. The community is to blame for not finishing the Ogre or Batraal without ARCs. There have already been hints that their AoE attacks aren't completely AoE and that they only attack certain directions. Sometimes that direction is the back, sometimes that direction is the front and sides. Melee's need to learn what AoE's do what, and if they do get a stray hit, cure themselves and keep up stoneskin if necessary. The Armoury allows you to move beyond the classes archetype by equipping other abilities from other classes. Stoneskin and cure, even raise, are at a low enough level that it's absolutely not asking too much to level CON to get them.

Stop filling your bar with DD only abilities and start thinking more defensively. Every melee class gets access to both but even if that means staying on top of your own stoneskin then that means stay on top of your own stoneskin. 12mp is a lot better than 75mp and the hate grab that comes with it. Yes ARCs have the advantage of damage and distance but they also have to pay for every attack they make. It's a fair trade off in my opinion, and I'd personally rather need to move around and adapt to the monster rather than just make the monster adapt to me. That's what tough battles are all about.

Start doing runs with strategically minded melee players and figure it out. I'm not a hardcore XI elitist but I would rather try to figure it out than just rank and file like everyone else.