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Q u o t e:
From what I understand, the druid attacks originate from the center of the catform model.

However, the druid moves from the front of the catform model. If you shift to catform, and spin around without moving, your hindparts will rotate around your head. It's easy to verify this.

This creates a few problems.

First of all, it is counterintuitive, as when you place your head next to a target, you are in fact father away than any other melee class, since it's the center of your body that attacks. This is why many serious druid pvpers replace that catform model with a bipedal one. Even a hacked-up model is better for pvp than the default one.

Secondly, when chasing a target that does not move in a straight line, you have a VERY serious problem. You turn about your head, but you attack from the body. That means that when someone circle kites you, the path you take to follow them will never bring your body into alignment to attack, since the center of your body follows a wider circle than your head when you are running in a circular path.

The combination of all these issues (body-attack/head-movement discrepency, short special attack range, latency, great speed) can make landing an attack on a circle kiting opponent almost impossible. Personally, I can reproduce the issue at will. All I have to do is tell an opponent to run in a tight little circle, and try to chase him down.

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