caster melee damage

[deramius]

is it possible for casters to do more than weapon damage x2 in combat?

[bakkily]

what sort of caster melee dmg? if arcane/necro, its not worth it past lvl 12, mobs hit sooo much harder, but if you're a shmn/cleric, id say just make sure you have a good weapon in slot, and a fbss,

ive yet to see a cleric with a fbss yet, on a mage i saw one once, man did i lol for a few mins loudly

[deramius]

Wizard. Got my Dagger of Frost for the +cold, its 12/30 and I'm skilling it up just for fun, wondering if i'll ever hit for more than 24

[Yinikren]

More than likely not because the weapon skillcaps for casters are set so low. They don't get any melee damage bonuses and I doubt STR would have an affect on caster max damage.

[deramius]

Good to know, thanks!

[Seaweedpimp]

I do hit occasionally for more than 120 with a 60 damage weapon and around 95 unbuffed str at 60.

[Galanteer]

even with a good proc weapon, most of the (int) caster melee damage is insignificant. Your better of medding. (this is from a min/max perspective though, I still like to mix it up so to speak -even if I know I am not being efficient.)

[skorge]

I have 142 unbuffed STR and melee for over 150 pretty gud (using RoA - like Seaweedpimp from above)

[greatdane]

Just takes high strength. A level 30ish ogre shaman can do 3x weapon damage without much trouble, for instance.

[Ennoia]

what sort of caster melee dmg? if arcane/necro, its not worth it past lvl 12, mobs hit sooo much harder, but if you're a shmn/cleric, id say just make sure you have a good weapon in slot, and a fbss,

ive yet to see a cleric with a fbss yet, on a mage i saw one once, man did i lol for a few mins loudly

Late Kunark into late Velious Shamans are pretty nasty tanks with their slows and regen for soloing purposes.