I had a whole spiel written about the bonuses of melee and why you don't lose crit or stats reforging useless spell weapon stats to get it...well I'm sure you can get the idea. Not really worth retyping it all. Different playstyles. I feel standing back and nuking/healing/curing is boring, can do it in my sleep after 8 years on this toon. SOE, fix your %#@$$#@ forums, it's annoying. For the record, I'm a guy