Tell me when a mage in this game NEEDS a staff to do damage, instead of relying on all the skills they have that do oh-so-much-more than just deal damage.
Jesus Christ.
For the last time, I'm saying that staves don't synergize well with anything. They're the weapons that are affected by the primary attribute of the mage archetype, but they're not of any use to mages because they give no benefit save for Staff of Magus that you won't even have the AP to use after buffs/debuffs/summons/damage spell. They don't lend their damage to spells, they can't be boosted or enhanced the way melee weapons can, deal less base damage than any other weapon of the same level...they're redundant for both warriors and mages. You're not going to use a staff with Flurry or Whirlwind, or with Razor's Edge and Eye Gouge, or Ricochet and Barrage, or even just to autoattack. Your Burning Blaze will be the same if your +Int staff is level 1 or 20, whereas Dust Devil will be stronger with a lvl 20 sword compared to a level 19 sword.
