Guild Wars 2

Hello

I don’t complain much but this one drives me nuts.
I start shooting an enemy.
IF the enemy is ranged, all is good.
If the enemy is melee, many times will reach me way faster then I can back up to a “safe distance”
And that is fine also.
But, I would say 5 out of 10 encounters, melee enemies that get close to me will just walk straight through me like I am made of air/mist.
When this happens, my Ranger will just stop shooting.
When dealing with several enemies at once, this can become a bit frustrating.
ANet wanted us to ease off on auto-attack, but how can I do that when my Ranger just stops shooting? Indeed I have several other attacks, but many times when this occurs, the other attacks are on cool down, so I have to press 1 again.
I made it a habit now to just spam auto-attack.
Is this the way it supposed to be?
There is an option called “Melee attack assist” which states that it prevents you from running through the enemy. As far as I can tell, it makes no difference.

You could say: move more, dodge more. You might be right.
But when I do Barrage, I have to stand still, moving will cause the Barrage to cancel.

To cut the story short:
It is normal for enemies/mobs to walk straight through you?

Thank you.

To cut my answer short: No.

I am Norn, nothing walks through me. Except ale.. but it runs.

Simple fix. Turn that option off and switch to greatsword when a melee attacker comes at you. Now, dodge roll directly into them when they cast whatever gap closer or close range skill and turn around. Use your greatsword as a defense tool because it’s the best thing besides evading with 1h sword. Your not going to be very successful with a longbow at close range, so if you don’t want to fight in close quarters you can always use RaO and try to run away to a better position until they find you again.

You could turn around??

Even mobs don’t care about the Ranger.