Balance of melee based mobs vs spell based mobs

[Chasing]

Hi all

A guildee said something today that made me stop and think

"the whole game seems geared towards melee"

So I had a think about this. To me there does seem to be an unbalance as it seems the above quote is correct (see examples below)

As a player we can choose whether to be solely spell based or to level melee schools as well, however we don't seem to have appropriate spell based mobs to fight (unless you fight undead all the time).

Examples of primarily melee based attacks
Golems
Beetles
Orges and Pygmies
Oastics
Spiders
Fyakki
Vexators
Abominations
Kwellens
Blights
Wolves
Treants

Examples of primarily spell based attacks
Undead
Bloodskulks

So the question is, do you think there are enough spell based mobs in the game?

[Tzael]

When it comes to fighting the Withered Aegis I often feel like there are too many spellcasting enemies of the monster and undead variety. A few of them mix both melee and spellcasting.

Regular mobs like beetles, golems, wolves and the likes make up a large part of the enemy population, and are not really part of the WA armies. When it comes to 'grind' mobs like these then I do appreciate your point in that most of these rely on melee primarily, with only a few spells/abilities thrown in for good measure.

The list you posted I don't entirely agree with. I see the following as having a fairly equal balance of spell/ability and melee attacks:

Oastics
Vexators
Abominations
Kwellens
Blights
Treants

In my experience skulks tend to also have a solid mix of melee and spell casting, but then it varies on the school of the skulk you are fighting.

I'm not saying that your observations are inaccurate. I'm simply providing my own observations for contrast.

[Steele]

I think it's a decent balance currently, considering how fast WA spellcasters can drop you without your damage log even letting you know they're there.

There are also a bunch of melee mobs with some spell-like abilities (beetle ranged attacks, debuffs and DoTs, spider DoTs, Oastic Thorns, Treant regen spells)... it's not all just black and white, just because they're not MCing flame bomb V on ya.