I've found every bit of minutiae on how to get better to-hit and damage while THF, but I can't seem to find a simple answer to my question here on the forums. Trying to think something through and could use some help from you guys who are used to looking at melee numbers.


Assume THF'er, using a Greensteel Greataxe blank. No weapon effects, just measuring slash damage. STR based (34 STR at cap raged) , full BAB., GH and Haste. No Bard Buffs.

Is 40 base damage per hit too low? Is 55 average? Is 60? What is the highest you've seen?
Same with Crits- what numbers do you consider sub-par? Mediocre? Average and Uber?

What is a good to-hit using the above scenario? (GH, Raged and Hasted, Greensteel Greataxe blank)
Good to-hit for level 17-20 quests on normal?

What is a decent to-hit (with full raid buffs if necessary) to melee effectively in most raids on Normal ?

Thanks for the help.