I have no issue with melee for PvE. I prefer it because all my toons are in one place so I don't need to look 40 yards behind me to see who's standing in what. I just strafe and move everyone. Plus, everyone is always in range for AOE healing or jumping heals. I rarely have runaways because I use manual IWT and don't spam it with every keypress and my DPS key includes "micro movement" which automatically stops runaways if they do happen.
I also have the ability to DPS on the move with my melee team, so I don't need to stand still to do damage like I did with most of my ranged teams.
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