[quote=@Techspert]
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Charges require a signal or timer, cannot be directly manipulated, and are altered easily. Same goes for traps. Projections are essentially oneself, depending on the situation. Regardless of these, they all offer less control than being there directly.
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Use of all at your disposal can not only increase your level of control on the battlefield, but lower that of the opposition, which does more to make a ranged combatant the dominant presence. And, if worse comes to worst, versatility in the form of the ability to fight both ways, does make a predominantly ranged fighter more in control.