I think that either Selene’s or Biting Jabs or both are bugged.
Biting Jabs procs Selene’s implying that Biting Jabs is Direct Melee Damage.
Biting Jabs does not proc the new Mechanical Acuity set implying that Biting Jabs is not Direct Damage.
(I could stop here but my editorial on proc sets and damage types is starting now)
Biting Jabs/Puncturing Sweeps does not proc Scathing Mage implying neither is direct damage.
Puncturing Sweeps does not proc Selene’s implying Puncturing Sweeps is not Direct Melee Damage.
Jabs/Sweeps benefit from Thaumaturge and not Master-at-Arms implying they are DoT and not Direct Damage.
I haven’t fully tested all combinations of Jabs/Sweeps + PROC SET, but it seems to me that I have already listed a few discrepancies in procs and naming conventions. Don’t get me wrong, I LOVE that Biting Jabs can proc Selene’s, but having inconsistencies in ability types can make it enormously frustrating to be able to predict whether or not farming a certain proc set will be worth while. For example I spent a long time getting 5 set of Scathing Mage only to find out that Sweeps doesn’t proc it. I had figured it would be a viable alternative to BSW (due to the fact its cool down and duration are the same) and I knew Biting Jabs procs Selene’s (meaning sweeps is probably Direct Damage too), so guessed that sweeps would end up proccing Scathing Mage relatively quickly after the cool down was up. Nope! I did get some Elegant Lining though...
Biting Jabs procs Selene’s implying that Biting Jabs is Direct Melee Damage.
Biting Jabs does not proc the new Mechanical Acuity set implying that Biting Jabs is not Direct Damage.
(I could stop here but my editorial on proc sets and damage types is starting now)
Biting Jabs/Puncturing Sweeps does not proc Scathing Mage implying neither is direct damage.
Puncturing Sweeps does not proc Selene’s implying Puncturing Sweeps is not Direct Melee Damage.
Jabs/Sweeps benefit from Thaumaturge and not Master-at-Arms implying they are DoT and not Direct Damage.
I haven’t fully tested all combinations of Jabs/Sweeps + PROC SET, but it seems to me that I have already listed a few discrepancies in procs and naming conventions. Don’t get me wrong, I LOVE that Biting Jabs can proc Selene’s, but having inconsistencies in ability types can make it enormously frustrating to be able to predict whether or not farming a certain proc set will be worth while. For example I spent a long time getting 5 set of Scathing Mage only to find out that Sweeps doesn’t proc it. I had figured it would be a viable alternative to BSW (due to the fact its cool down and duration are the same) and I knew Biting Jabs procs Selene’s (meaning sweeps is probably Direct Damage too), so guessed that sweeps would end up proccing Scathing Mage relatively quickly after the cool down was up. Nope! I did get some Elegant Lining though...