For the most part, I find melee pretty easy. Certain fights can be a problem, like the first boss in Lighthouse. Had an incident last week where I had the choice to die to tsunami or die to 5 massive AoEs that I no chance to run through in time. Was just in a bad position at the time.

But overall, being able to move around and attack feels very smooth to me, where cast times for casters always felt a bit awkward.