Returning player, looking to try Melee DPS

[Wintersandman]

Certainly possible. Thou you would have to do the math to see, what the difference would really be.

I actually did the math.

If you're going to miss a positional it will most likely be you can't get behind the target. So if you're on the flank you miss the following.

DRG -
Chaos Thrust 50 Potency
Fang and Claw 90 potency
No loss from Full thrust Combo
Fang and Claw 90 potency (Still get the bonus 100 from the trait)
230 potency lost

MNK
Bootshine - 63 potency from missed crit at base crit values.
True Strike - 40 potency
Demolish - 40 potency
No Loss from Dragon Kick, Twin Snakes, Snap Punch
Bootshine - 63 potency
True Strike 40 potency
No loss from Snap Punch
246 Potency Lost also missed Chakra potential from guaranteed Bootshine crit.

Now this is just a semi standard rotation for when buffs/debuffs will fall off. MNK is also 9 GCD's for 246 potency loss, where as DRG is over 11 GCD's and doesn't take into account skill speed, GL3 or any additional crit. The more crit you have on MNK the more missing bootshine increases the potency lost.