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Additional though, 2 hand staff should give a better Combat Abilities bonuses.
As a mage usually tend to get stronger, he usually use a 2 hand staff because the bonuses to pyrotechnics or whatever is bigger than the bonus from a setup Wand+Shield.

So far, this haven't been the case, they have equivalent bonuses, so therefor rather use the shield for better protection than a 2 hand staff where I shouldnt be doing any close combat with

Basically, any setup 2-hand weapon should have bigger bonuses than a setup 1 hand because it should have the bonuses equivalent of 2 items minus the possibility of using a defensive item such a shield...