Riposte is a frontal 180 degree arc I believe, so yes you avoid ripostes if in the rear half of the mob. Dodge and Parry I can't recall if they are reduced when in the rear or not, but I tend to think they were. Ultimately DPS is on average higher when attacking from the rear than in the front is the short answer, and as the above poster mentioned, on raid level mobs that Enrage (Basically a 100% riposte state) you don't want to be in the front unless you're the tank which you obviously turn off auto attack during that time.
Good times on raids include tank stepping forward just enough to cause the mob to do a 180 during ENRAGE status to see how fast your melee are turning off auto-attack and/or who's AFK auto-attacking. =) If you aren't fast you could be laying on the floor fast.
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