CapnZapp
Legend
Thank you for bringing up this.There is a lot that can be said about the imbalance between Strength and Dexterity.
I am here going to raise a point about how much 5e favours ranged combat compared to melee combat and then conclude by going back to the Strength vs Dexterity discussion bringing some ideas of possible fixes in the fore.
Here it is useful to remember that 5E changed the game in many ways that benefit ranged combat compared to 3E.
In other words, there's nothing "natural" or "fundamental" about the ranged supremacy in 5E - it all boils down to specific changes from 3E.
While each change by itself might have sounded like a good idea to the 5E devs at the time, trying to simplifying and uncluttering the game, I'm not sure they were aware of the accumulated impact of making all these changes at once.