Character progression has always been an issue with Boundless. It’s been my passion 
For a couple of years after release, there were new threads every couple of weeks that were prompted by Character Progression related issues.
I collected many of the ideas from the community in this thread:
Character Progression Suggestions
I still hope the team will one day take a look at this side of the Boundless.
Melee weapons have been on the cards for a long time, and a new Epic to support then seems in line with everything else.
@Rydralain do you have a link to the info about single-player modes and the skill changes the devs decided to make to support it? I’ve been out of Boundless for about 6 months (back when Testing 249 was 2 weeks away from going live) and have read what I can in the Testing 249 thread, but couldn’t find anything about it. I’ll keep reading to catch up, but if you know where the info is, I’d really appreciate a pointer.