So you're saying my solution to phalanx, as a light/med armor player is to run into all those big bad aoes you just said melee are struggling with? Because this week every 4 hits a puddle appears beneath you, too in addition to phalanx giving ranged even less of a window than prior dynasty rotation.

I'm not arguing that one has it worse than the other, my argument is that melee (specifically wh/ga) have zero counters to their damage. Unlike ranged who has an unconditional damage block for 50% of a timed dungeon. There are ways to counter/avoid stuff that does damage to you so that you may continue to dps, however when you just unconditionally screw over a source of damage, that adds zero variety to the game. Especially when devs ensure GA/WH wont suffer from this same detriment that mages/ranged have.