Cleave on a staff?

[Your Mom]

Does the cleave damage on this staff only apply if I melee attack with it? That's kinda embarassing ... hey pal, hold still so I can smack you for half a point of damage. Or perhaps it's meant to be used during persuasion? I have 30% more cleavage now...

[Longtoke]

It’s actually damn handy on a battlemage for example. Most of the warfare skills adjust their weapon damage based on the primary stat required for the weapon, not just strength.

Ie : use a staff and have high intel for your casting, add some good warfare skills, and you have a melee staff user doing similar damage as a strength based one, but it’s all magic damage ( based on your staff damage type ) instead of normal damage.

One problem casters suffer from is the long cd’s on spells, giving them a melee focus means they can still nuke with spells but they still have some damage to dish out after the first 2 turns.

[ZZZZZ]

still it sucks cause you cant held a shield.. and you cant even poison it... melee dmg as mage is rly easy to deal as corrosive touch and necro-spells tell us.. its way beyond the dmg a melee-warrior could deal (more then double dmg)

[Your Mom]

I haven't tried a battlemage yet, but I see how that could be useful. Thanks