Punching damage (on beta as well as live)

[Lazortag]

There was a patch a while ago that was supposed to fix melee damage, and after it, my 50 Bard was punching for a max of 3 (maybe 4?) damage. I was told this was intended.

Now I'm punching for a max of 9-10 damage. Is this also intended? Was it a mistake originally?

[Dantes]

Yeah I was punching hard too, on the beta server at least. 7-9 damage at level 40. Hand to Hand is probably like 20 or something.

[guineapig]

I know my bard was punching for 10 before the patch so it looks like maybe they accidentally undid some previous changes?

Of course my bard's hand to hand skill is maxed :D