I just leveled to 24 with dotting and then meleeing, and it's worked out pretty well. But now that I'm 25, I don't melee that much at all until they start running. I pull with Malaise then Root them. Then hit them with both my dots and let them go down...then I start nuking when they're half way, re-Rooting when need be. Then they just go down.
I'm not getting the crap beat out of me and they go down quicker than if I was melee with them. Granted, I don't have a ton of high-end gear because unlike most on this server, I don't have ultra-high level characters with tons of plat on them, but it's decent gear.
But, I guess it just suits my style better, while others like to melee more. But if I wanted to melee, I'd just play my monk.
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