GallowsPole wrote...
I agree with you 100%. All the characters you listed, are in fact CQC characters, or rather they can be played that way. Does a Fury need to be played CQC? Nope it sure doesn't and it can be as effective as playing it CQC. Vanguards need their shields replenished, so they have little choice but to get in close. As far as the Valkyrie goes, which was the original topic, she does not need to limit herself to CQC with a reegar. That's all Im saying. 
Well... you can play every character like a Soldier if you want. Human Sentinel does it wonderfully... that's the character I use if I want to Warp/shoot/make a few booms. Turian Sentinel is the best for Warp/shoot (until the Asari Huntress shows up). Just because you can build all the characters to play like a Rainbow 6 game, doesn't mean you should IMO.
Stardusk made a Kroguard video of a chargless Kroguard. I didn't watch it, but the pic was of him hiding behind a box in the LZ of Ghost. Kinda silly to play the Kroguard that way IMO.
I disagree about the Fury... she should be played CQC. She has every advantage you could want in a CQC character except tankiness... speed, stagger, damage, debuff, sheild recharge, able to clip through walls to escape, etc. You couldn't design a better CQC class (except the Slayer). She's better at CQC than the Kroguard due to being able to deal wit sync killers more effectively, and not needing the stairs to do so.