Nerfing our damage would be unfair imo, since then it would be broken in favor of the other two classes. I see what you're saying about at Max range though; but what a lot of people don't realize is that our melee prowress comes from another skill called Invigorate. Invigorate recharges our melee completely, and makes it do 180 damage upon being meleed. I think THAT skill is what people mistake for our shotgun blast skill. As long as the fall off is only to the increasing range, and it's in a small increment, people should be content. I still think it'd be unfair though, due to some of the perks other classes get from meleeing.