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Well... after I said I'd stop posting I really thought I was going to. I even considered getting a staff just to see how it would work out. When I got to the auction house I was looking at them and I asked myself, "Self... Why do these all look so incredibly useless?" (Sometimes I talk to myself because I like to have an intelligent conversation). So then I asked my linkshell and they all agreed that a staff is useless for BRD. So then I told myself, "Self, what if they don't know... you should ask more people." So I decided to figure out how to do the vote thing and try it in /party chat before I bothered anyone. Well, maybe I'm not so intelligent and I screwed up and did it for everyone to hear. Surprisingly... only one vote for Elemental Stave. Do with that what you will.
That's nice, but how do I even know that this little story of yours is true? You could be just grasping at straws in an attempt to prove me wrong through any means necessary, even lying.
Also, even if true, that doesn't exactly make your sources reputable. For all I know you could have polled a bunch of people who can't even use elemental staves yet. Or, for that matter, people who wouldn't know the difference, such as melee's.
And what am I willing to bet that that one vote you got came from the only other high-lvl mage present?
The fact is that elemental staves do, in fact, have this hidden +10% bonus to aid spells in landing. Ask any 70+ BLM or RDM why they carry around a full set of staves. Heck, while you're at it, ask them why they put it in their equip macro every time they cast a spell of that element. They'll tell you the same thing.
Go post on the Bard boards. Ask them why 90% of those who are above 50 carry around a Light and Earth staff, and ask them why they put the Lightstaff in their Lullaby macro and the Earthstaff in their Elegy macro. They'll tell you the same thing.
Join a party of 70+'s. Ask anyone who has *ever* played a mage past 50. They'll tell you the same thing.
Join a good, reputable HNMLS. Ask the BRDs, RDM's, and BLM's in there. They'll tell you the same thing.
I do believe the deck is stacked against you. But if you want to have your friends sock-puppet this thread to death and tell me why I'm wrong, then bring it on.
Edited, Thu Dec 2 11:00:21 2004 by Cydille