That’s again blaming the current balance of 5e balance...
Martial ranged left in the dust? Have you ever heard of sharpshooter? 10 out 10 consider this feat the strongest in the game. Way more high rated than GWM
I think you confuse between Sharpshooter being undeniably great feat and the total end result. Sharpshooter is great, but despite that ranged builds are universally outclassed by melee builds in 5e. And specifically GWM/PoM melee builds at that.
Isn’t supposed to be like that as the martial ranged fighters trades taken damage to deal less damage? I’ve never seen a game where the archer deals more damage than a melee fighter (not considering JRPGs here)
Also, I’m not worried about that clash between melee and ranged. For real.
I want to know about Tasha hideous laughter, fear, find familiar help action, blind, fairie Fire, guiding bolt, reckless attack, foresight, shadow blade, hold person &monster, etc. Are we going to sacrifice the utility of some spells to satisfy that artificial tactic positioning?
