Stereo Wrote:The 160 Staffs are good if you have 120 base luk and don't want to buy AP resets...
Mage damage is based on 2 things: int and magic. Putting points in luk means taking points out of damage.
Luk is not a straight-away drain on int and damage, though. Luk equips have int and luk bonuses, which partially compensate for the luk you place to use them. There was a time when low-luk was considered better than lukless due to the Doomsday staff, which needs 80 luk. I have 6 base luk, and with my Zhelm and HT pendant that comes out to 44. Doomsday requires 80, so ~34-36 luk. However, it's not just the staff that you get for that, that will also accommodate lvl 78 magician shoes, gloves, and overall, which give int bonuses of their own, and further offset the 34-36 luk you put in. Lukless became the way to go with the lvl 64 wand/staff, and was further solidified with the lvl 130 eles. To the best of my knowledge, before those, the strongest mage in GMS was a low-luk. If the HT Pendant is ever altered to accommodate the full 3 eggs, I am almost certain that low-luk will go in vogue again.
I 100% agree though that the lvl 164 wand is worthless. Unless they make ultra godly equips in the future that also require that amount of luk, and give heaps of bonuses for them, the luk requirement is simply not worth it.