Star Wars Galaxies: PVP: Melee vs Ranged

Holocron had the following to say on the subject of melee weapons vs ranged weapons in PVP:

In one on one PvP combat in an open area, don't bring a knife to a gunfight. There's no other way to put it.

In closed quarters, it isn't quite as clear a scenario.

I think anyone who has had mixed meleers and ranged folks in a group knows that meleers do indeed have a good role to play. But in head-to-head one-on-one PvP, there's no getting past the fact that melee vs blaster is a mismatch in favor of the blaster in most areas in the game.

IMHO, this doesn't mean that melee is not worth having in the game. People enjoy it, people do well at it, and they want it in the game. It's just hard to get past the fundamental fact that blasters are a superior weapon at a distance.

-Raph Koster, Creative Director

Holocron's post was in response to [b]IronMaiden7[/b]'s thoughtfully written post on the official site's SWG Discussion forum, titled "Q-3PO, why are Brawling Professions even in SWG?".

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