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[Blood Raven 117]

I typically divide my gals by fencers and ranged, Fencers are specifically for melee and are about half my gals, while my ranged gals get a mix of other designations, breacher, Heavy, Assault (Shotgun/Heavy SMGs), snipers, and the rare (for me) Grenadiers, for when i want to blow up the world.

[Labraid]

For me, as of now melee is a solid choice for face-to-face situations, like assaulting downed ships. Was like that pretty much since CQC patch added a defensive mechanism give your melee gals a chance to survive in case reaction swing was not enough.
That said, for melee to see any use during action in more open terrain an ample suply of smoke and fire throwables is pretty much a must and assault cannon support with pyrotechnic and explosive ammo to flush out flankers and clear the path is well advised.

While mildly bothersome in most situations melee is a must to asure capture of VIPs without reliance on bleed lottery or save scumming.
I usually bring 2 melee gals for missions, and if conditions are unfavorable they end up sitting in craft untill it's time for direct assault.

EDIT: typos

[Ethereal_Medic]

My current set-up for the 'serious' business missions (Thunderhorse 24slots):
1x HWP 76mm cannon (or 2x Tamed Werewolf)
1x HWP Light Tank "Blaster Launcher" (or HWP / Mortar)
2x Rocketeer - Adv. Launcher /w Plasma) Laser-Shotgun in backpack. Harbinger Armor
7x Assaults - Plasma Blunderbuss or Battle-Lasers, Heavy Batons/Schock'a fists for melee - Brute Armor
2x Airforce - Forceblade + M-Cougars or Portable Lascannons. Handles and Plasma Daggers. - Blitz Armor
1x Witch - MC control
1x Toolbox - Arena Fireball launcher + Mining Laser. Backpack with babynuke launcher and Barrel Bomb. - Loader Suit
1x Minigunner - Vulcan Minigun or Fatty. M-cougar sidearm. Laser-Shotgun in backpack + Plasma sword. - Brute Armor
1x Tornado Rocket Mortar. A trust-worthy Slave in a Loader Suit.
1x Sniper - Gal with 37mm Sniper Rifle. Assassin Suit.