Hellgate:London

[Roland]

With the way the game plays loose on ranged attacks, you're still going to take hits cause you can't move that far away from your target if you still want to hit it in melee. You have to stay within 2 meters and most groups of ranged attackers put a spread of missles that is typically 3 to 4 meters to either side of where you're fighting. What you're asking is to dodge rain drops in a down pour.

Use guns.;)

Yes, I know how hard it is to dodge. It is impossible to dodge every projectile coming your way, although you can do it more than 50% in open areas (while closing in; once you're in melee, I don't think you can really avoid any projectiles reliably. except for hit and run tactics). However, there are other methods to use. Templars can use guns, they can draw mobs to them (with the Grappler), they can use AoE attacks (and with their high damage, they should have little trouble ripping through packs, ranged or otherwise), etc. This game will force you to think outside the box just a little bit, so learn to do that and you'll be much better off.

Experiment a little. See what works where.