I would probably chose melee, just because it's most fun to sneak up on someone and demount their tent.
I like guns - specifically, precision guns. A few well placed shots with a powerful gun can trump a wall of bullets in most situations.
In
some games, you mean. Most recent games do rather support bullet-spam than precision.
You can go full blown Gatling if you like
And yell "Cry some more!" while you're at it.