DS ranged

1. Pure melee gets old, this vs things up and is more fun

2. The designers out this in the game for a reason: many enemies and challenges are designed to mince up pure melee characters. Be it a gang of enemies one shock whuttke down or kite from afar, a wellmpositioned caster, cramped space, or some enemy hich I daunting to fight close range

3. Many enemies are clearly strongest when they can fight you up close, the a chosen Undead wouldn't be dumb. This isn't a duel

4. I find that with lure melee my concentration and focus dims over time and ai go from being very good to sloppy given enough time. So it makes send to not rely on it than it does to throw oneself at the meatgrinder over and over

5. It isn't like you won't be practice in unless you commit

6. Pve doesn't teach you skilled melee like PvP anyway.

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