Melee Worthlessness - The Biggest Balance Problem There Is

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My IRL friend joined p99 about 6 months in, and started fresh on a barb warrior. I thought he was insane, but he greatly enjoyed the challenge and I was more than happy to help him camp gear and complete his set of crafted. His gear mattered so much more than my shaman, who wore almost all banded with a combine spear until 35ish.

When we were raiding sky pre-kunark, he was happy to be one of the tanks for 4th island and told me "This is exactly why I made this character. Being this crucial piece of the raid."

Melee is just a different path. Melees rely on their friends more, but are also far more VALUABLE to their friends in return, as most groups need at least one solid tank. And as I played an SK to 90 on live, I can say that aggro management is FUN (yes I know non-classic and all but the concept is still the same). I enjoyed pulling aggro off my healers, rounding the mobs up and making sure my face was the one getting bashed in, not theirs.

I started a shaman when green launched and have enjoyed the change of pace from my melees-only run on live (Pal, bst, rng, sk) but I am really getting that itch to just smack things for damage...