Please have caster auto-attacks turn on by default

[Iscah]

Stand in melee range and it will auto-attack.

Not to my experience. Spells or distance will not trigger auto-attacking the target; only physical attacks trigger the auto-attack. So as RDM for example, the dash and melee attacks will set it off but spells do not.

But I knew it was so little damage that it wasn't worth even testing.

If you're doing roulettes where you can end up in lower content, it actually is worthwhile in ARR and maybe into the earlier parts of Heavensward, before the stats on gear boost your magical abilities so far beyond your default physical attributes. It adds up to a few extra GCD spells per fight.