I can’t believe someone is complaining about a “melee” mesmer. Are you serious? You know how many warriors, thieves and guardians that stomp your face in when you try to melee them? A mesmer uses the sword as a defense and root, that’s it. They have to get out of there quick because they can’t take the hits like most cloth wearing classes can’t. The mesmer prefers a ranged to mid-ranged fight. Ranged with Greatsword and range/mid-range with the staff. All other pvp builds use primarily a sword/pistol or sword/any other sucky off hand. I use staff and sword/focus on my mesmer. Why? Because I hardly ever switch to sw/focus unless I want the run speed. Every now and then I’ll toss out iWarden and hope someones dumb enough to stand there and let it do the windmill on them for a few seconds. Okay, now I’m chasing rabbits. Point is simple, learn your proffession. The game is really balanced and it takes skill to beat other players. Nuff said!