» Mon Nov 19, 2012 8:42 pm
No problem, & you do gain perks in melee mode. Just slower. Since you gain perks through power attack bite kills, & drain kills.
Since you can always choose to kill someone with the drain attack, but there's only a chance that the bite kill will activate, you generally gain perks much quicker in the magic mode.
As for melee being weak, I honestly don't think so. I had more luck with it, than with the spells.
But the poison talons, & the bat cloak make it a lot deadlier. Having a sustained damage AoE, & a DOT effect that you can apply with each melee attack is pretty handy.
Basically, to power up the vampire lord's melee abilities, stick to the middle of the perk tree.