It literally dune. Read the book, watch the 3 movies. It's always been melee combat first vs ranged. For so many reasons let alone shields. The game is made for end game pvp to be honest, you can over but you won't get ou𝔍t of it what pvp players do. No shields on open sand (spice) so end game will have a lot more fun play. Dungeons, shields all day (melee) now disrupter and scatter are on no matter what level of play. You played a small snippet and haven't fought PCs yet, but excluding summits death endgame is mostly guns honestly. Early game is easy melee but endgame is mostly ranged besides PvE. Open sand you can't have shields, makes melee players easy picking