% damage due to autoattack

[Svann]

Someone said that brawlers get most of their damage from autoattacks and Im wondering how true that is and if Im missing something.  ACT shows me consistently getting only about 1/3 of my damage from autoattack.  My first guess would be that Im not timing my ca's correctly, but I dont think that's it since ACT also shows autoattack delay as being almost as good as what the /weapon command says is ideal.  Or am I misunderstanding what ACT or /weapon is telling me?  Will autoattack get stronger when I level up?  Im a L65 monk with L62 MC imbued fistwraps.

[DisturbedMagg]

Your either miss timing CA's or not reading ACT correctly auto should always be your #1 DPS output over every other CA, now on the other hand if you group all your CA's/proc into one and take that % then ofcourse your Auto wont be top, but seperated nothing should surpass it.

[Svann]

Yes it is my #1 damage output over every other ca.  I was just questioning what was said that it was most of our damage.  Maybe I misunderstood, but it seemed like he was saying autoattack was >50% of our total damage output.  Maybe ill go back to the thread itself to question the statement, but I didnt want to put it off topic.

[sensie]

Auto attack is about 60 to 66 persent of my total dps output.

[xKHONSx]

I'm just going to arbitrarily make up numbers here using your MC weapons doing 1/3 of your damage as a baseline.  MC weapons will account for about 1/3 of your dps, legendary weapons will account for 35-45% of your dps, lower end fable will account for 45-55% of your dps and the best weapons you can get for your tier will account for 50-65% of your dps.  Like I said I'm just making up numbers here but you can expect larger contributions from auto attack as you get better weapons. 

Not only that but our dps is highly dependant upon the buffs we get.  If you are soloing then don't expect to have the same results as in a group with great buffs.  Also, once you hit T8 things change pretty quickly since it is ridiculously easy to get gear with crit or double attack or dps modifiers on it.  Those things will have a large affect on your dps in general, but you will definitely notice that your auto attack damage will be a larger portion of your overall dps.

[Svann]

Someone mentioned in another thread that I should be shooting for sub 1 second delay after buffs which Im pretty sure Ive never gotten to.  Makes sense that the more haste you get the higher the autoattack/ca ratio would be.  My fists are 2.5 and I think I normally get down to just under 2.  So I guess I just need some more buffs and haste gear.

[Junaru]

My auto-attack damage normally floats around 50% give or take.

[githyanki]

Also dont forget that your stance will affect your damage you do.   Typically if i'm in defensive my auto does bout 35 to 40 percent of my total damage depending on what kinda dps mod i'm running.   On the other hand my offensive stance will get me bout 53 to 61 percent of my total damage from just melee.   If you like ask some of the monks with vp gear and avatar stuff.   They will have a significantly higher melee crit and dps mod and then a bigger percent of their dps from just melee as well.   My guild will be in vp soon so i'm looking forward to bigger numbers

[Siatfallen]

Last zonewide from SoH has me at 66% damage from autoattacks (including the effects of crane flock obviously.Toss in procs etc, and it's 77%.