Randomstring.5607

Thanks for the tips. I did switch to scrapper in the past few days and I am liking that also. I am slowly getting the hang of melee but it still an uphill climb. If I can get my sustain rolling I do well. But I do have a problem with stronger NPCs just demolishing me in the first hit or two or not being able to get my sustain going on a boss due to knock backs. I am just not sure how to approach these situations.

I recently started to try out melee builds on my Engineer and its a little rough for me. I like holosmith and I think I want to play it more but every time I try to do group content I just end up dead or almost dead within seconds to effects that I don't even see. I find this strange since as a ranged I rarely had this problem unless I stood in a tripple overlapping AoE. I also see plenty of people next to me just standing there swinging away at the boss so this has to be something I am (or am not) doing. Are there any good tips on how to stay healthy and functional as a melee build?

So I am out questing, completing maps, doing events that pop up in my way. This has lead to me collecting a bunch of tokens materials and items. Is there a guide somewhere that tells a new player what to keep, destroy, sell? Is there something I should be working towards equipment wise or is the celestial gear good enough?