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Originally Posted by Cyanide

well, that sucks

Switching to MF gear as a melee is so difficult and way riskier compared to our range counterparts. We risk getting 1 shot with no option of shooting from afar. =/

1 button switching we let us change gear at the last possible second.

You can always run into range before switching gear, just like how ranged players have to run further ranged before switching gear. Sure, you lose maybe one swing or two. But it's only 'way riskier' if you foolishly maintain melee-midrange distance while switching gear.