Cataclysm Rated BGs... Ranged vs. Melee

[Boylston]

I like the idea of being able to do DPS at range, but my opinion is that it's just far too easy for people to close the distance gap on you. So many classes have skills that will allow them to quickly swarm you, and everyone has the ability to ride a mount into your team.

Most ranged also has to be somewhat stationary to do DPS, and shamans are even more rooted in place by the need to be in range of totems. I think the lack of mobility plus the totem farm spam make the team vulnerable to people wanting to just gang up and tear you apart. I feel far more mobile and deadly on the melee team... plenty of people will just turn tail and run when they see me coming. That never seemed to happen with the shamans.

[Littleburst]

I like the idea of being able to do DPS at range, but my opinion is that it's just far too easy for people to close the distance gap on you. So many classes have skills that will allow them to quickly swarm you, and everyone has the ability to ride a mount into your team.

Most ranged also has to be somewhat stationary to do DPS, and shamans are even more rooted in place by the need to be in range of totems. I think the lack of mobility plus the totem farm spam make the team vulnerable to people wanting to just gang up and tear you apart. I feel far more mobile and deadly on the melee team... plenty of people will just turn tail and run when they see me coming. That never seemed to happen with the shamans.

You got a point on the mobilty thing, i have yet to level a melee team. I'm trying to work on it but i hate leveling/boosting....