I agree about the environment becoming chaotic to quickly but I feel it doesnt make melee useless, it makes ranged useless. Almost every fight you get in has people that can either close that gap and cause effects under you, or has ranged attackers that are going to put effects under you. Why play ranged when everything has a way to get to you anyway?
The only strategy that really feels worthwhile is being a damage reflect tank. You put a surface under me? You take damage. You CC me? You take damage. You hit me even though ive been knocked down for the past 4 turns? Dont care I still do damage to you.
