Melee Positional Requirements

[Cynric]

To be fair Machinist still gets their turret for something similar to an auto attack which is a lot more reliable than ours.

As for potency without proper positioning. I think it's a bit lower than you think.

As an example since I know it the best and Dragoon can already negate penalties here is Monk.

Bootshine 150/ Auto Crit in oppo from/perfect balance from rear
Dragon Kick 100/150 from flank
Twin Snakes 100/140 from flank
True Strike 150/ 190 from rear
Demolish 30/70 from rear
Snap Punch 140/180 from flank
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Aside from true Strike and Snap punch they aren't really anything to write home about. Monks don't get most their power from their GCD skill potency and instead get it from GL3.

Dragoon however gets a ton of potency from its respective GCDs, but.. they can already negate positional requirements anyway.
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Also I only really ever get beat in damage dealt in short matches, In short ones I think I see like 80-90k? and in full timer ones I see from 170k to 200k+ depending on how long I decide to pressure people or if I get CC'd with fetter/purify on CD.

I have to agree with Rice on damage dealt. Getting beat by ranged on damage dealt isn't exactly impractical. They're ranged and probably get more up-time right from the start than you will.. Usually anyway.