Do you find playing melee more difficult?

[wereotter]

Both caster and melee have their own sets of challenges. Melee have to know when to disengage to avoid point blank AOEs, that aren’t always telegraphed. Casters have to deal with movement impacting their DPS potential.

In my experience, though, BRD/MCH is basically playing the game on easy mode since you’re fully mobile without consequence.

[Lium]

Both caster and melee have their own sets of challenges. Melee have to know when to disengage to avoid point blank AOEs, that aren’t always telegraphed. Casters have to deal with movement impacting their DPS potential.

In my experience, though, BRD/MCH is basically playing the game on easy mode since you’re fully mobile without consequence.

This is what gets me as melee. Not all the AoEs are telegraphed, which can be deadly. Sometimes it's a visual cue, like the boss raises his left arm or whatever, which depending on your position, can be tough to see. As a caster, I can avoid all AoEs.

And again this wouldn't be nearly as bad if every single boss in this game didn't have instadeath mechanics. Which is super annoying.

[Mhaeric]

In my experience, though, BRD/MCH is basically playing the game on easy mode since you’re fully mobile without consequence.

Bard yes, but they make up for that a bit by having a crap ton of buttons to press.

Machinist, however, is not easy mode by any stretch of the imagination. They also don't have full mobility like a Bard, because a key part of their rotation is a short range near-melee ability they have to sustain for 2 ticks. And if they mess up their cooldown rotation it has a huge impact on their dps, unlike with Bard whose cooldowns have buffer time built into them and line up well so that they're always available slightly before you actually need them even if you screw up a bit.

[wereotter]

Bard yes, but they make up for that a bit by having a crap ton of buttons to press.

Machinist, however, is not easy mode by any stretch of the imagination. They also don't have full mobility like a Bard, because a key part of their rotation is a short range near-melee ability they have to sustain for 2 ticks. And if they mess up their cooldown rotation it has a huge impact on their dps, unlike with Bard whose cooldowns have buffer time built into them and line up well so that they're always available slightly before you actually need them even if you screw up a bit.

Oh definitely rotation aside. I wasn't implying MCH was an easy job to play, it's definitely tricky and complicated. I meant more when it comes to dealing with mechanics and keeping up DPS during phases you have to move. To that end, BRD/MCH have it easier than casters and melee DPS.