Melee

[Revanna]

Hello, sry,can't find this on search, I'm stupid prolly, but does anyone melee for dps gain, and how much do you gain by it <img src="/smilies/3b63d1616c5dfcf29f8a7a031aaa7cad.gif" border="0" alt="SMILEY" />?Tiath <img src="/smilies/3b63d1616c5dfcf29f8a7a031aaa7cad.gif" border="0" alt="SMILEY" />

[simpwrx02]

<p>I have started every since they allowed amidexterous casting to use any weapon, since you can cast that CA while casting it is free damage 3 times a minute and it hits for 400ish on raids, the extra melee adds up as well as you can proc yourself.  in raids it can add up as the fights are long and the mobs dont move very much, in groups might not be as beneficial as you have to position your self to melee the mob and that cuts down on time to cast.</p><p>aka average gruop fight lasts 15-20 seconds  if you spend 3 seconds positioning you just wasted about 10-15% of your time you couls be casting.  raid fight 45sec -5 minutes  spend 3 seconds positioning is very little time lost when you add in the extra damage you will do, I figure I swing about 20 times a minute and land 14 at an avergae of 100 ish but will get about 4 procs at ~400 each  so for a minute long fight you get a nice littel boost.    On a group fight you may gert off 3-4 swings and only land 1-2 and may or may not get a proc and all of this will be for far less damage as groups to not have nearly the same debuffs as raids do. </p><p>So cliffnotes   yes I melee in raids and plan to, only melee in groups if I plan on using fusion as I have to get close anyways.  So on a riad I would guess it adds about 3-4k per minute or maybee about 40-60 dps.</p>

[SacDaddy420]

If crushing + Pheonixblade  added up consistantly to more than any other single piece of my proc gear ( which is avg 30 extDPS each ) then I would need to be tested for steroids.But ya, I still swing.

[simpwrx02]

if you add in amedexterous casting it does beat out some of the lower damage ones.  I will look at some old parses when I get home and post some info.