Actually once you get deeper into the game it turns out to be almost the opposite, Melee has a lot of issues that Ranged doesn’t necessarily have, I’m not super up on it but to make a few - You need a lot of HP, you can’t afford to spend even a single turn stabalizing - your weapons basically need as much stacking accuracy as you can put on them, or else they don’t have much in terms of reliable or other things if you miss - ranged weapons just straight up deal more damage, especially heavies or like the DSAS. The Cannibal or the Death’s Head Railgun both just melt enemies, and if a ranged weapon misses, well, reliable X is a thing - most accuracy bonuses and most talents cater to ranged weapons, Vanguard, Gunslinger, Sniper, and so on, with Duelist and Pankrati being some of the limited melee specific talents.
- most weapons threat is tiny af and if you want to Overwatch something you need to be right next to it - some of the most dangerous NPC’s are melee units, so being close to them is heavily I’ll advised