Sad Indeed...

Well, actually with Maker you can put up to 3 jewels in your item. They just can't be the same as each other. So you could theoretically have an item with perfect Int/Luk and then a bonus of both 5 Int & Luk on it without losing slots on the item. Granted for a Luk mage who wants to make the best of their build, this isn't a huge stretch for them to go for and it's a lot cheaper than making a 40+ stat overall simply by scrolls for example. In other words, it's become more realistic to obtain "godly" stat bonuses for the luk mage (which I guess makes up for MW helping the Lukless more?).

We all know there's no way to surpass those wands, and we also now know that converting isn't worth it for those who are capable of shelling out for those wands (thanks to butterfli).. but not everyone's lukless, so discussing means to make use of the luk a lot of people already have is bound to come up anyways. I'd be interested to see just where a best case scenario 163 user stands, even though I know it wouldn't be stronger than the 130. I suppose this'll mean separate magic rank threads eventually for luk and lukless eventually to be fair, eh?

Edit: Oh and in the first post I just noticed you didn't include a zhelm/HT pendant which would give you luk whether you're luk or lukless, so that much isn't actually a loss.

 Eh I was bored, this could be completely wrong and gibberish though

Blue Elemental Gloves: 5 Luk 5 Int
Dark Neli Shoes: 5 Int 2 Luk 2 MA
Green Bazura: 7 Luk 4 Int

Total: 14 Int 2 MA 14 Luk
After Maker: 29 Int 2 MA 29 Luk

After HT pendant and Zhelm
29 Int 2 MA 70 Luk that a Lukless doesn't get assuming neither has scrolled their equips or they have them identically scrolled (same passes/fails of same scrolls)

165 - 70 = 95; "best case scenario". 95 - 4 = 91 stat points "lost" on Luk for a 178 MA weapon.
178 - 91 = 87

Whereas 103:
Dark Clarity: 5 Int 3 Luk
Gold Lapiz: 4 Int 2 Luk 2 MA
Dark Enigma: 7 Int 3 Luk

Total: 16 Int 8 Luk 2 MA
After Maker: 31 Int 23 Luk 2 MA

After HT pendant and Zhelm
31 Int 64 Luk 2 MA Luk that a Lukless doesn't get assuming neither has scrolled their equips or they have them identically scrolled (same passes/fails of same scrolls)

105 - 64 = 41; "best case scenario". 41 - 4 = 37 stat points "lost" on Luk for a 118 MA weapon.
118 - 37 = 81

Going by that, they both come up right around/on par with the level 70 wand, and either way can work with enough patience. Competing with the 60 or so MA more of the 130 solely in numbers simply isn't doable. However, this does mean that for a mage who's currently Luk, equipping the 103/163 staves can be more beneficial than shelling out for the 130s. I could of course be horribly wrong, as math was never my ideal subject (more of a language arts kinda girl), but I just thought it'd be interesting to take a look. Thoughts anyone? :\ I know this gear wouldn't be as easy to obtain as going to the FM and buying an item, but for endgame weapons and armor, it was worth looking at the best case scenarios (which aren't impossible to obtain and don't require things like white scrolls).

That's also assuming you can make gloves/shoes with the Maker skill, which I'm doubting. I don't know for sure one way or the other because I haven't had that much experience with it. If you can't get the bonus stats on the gloves/shoes, then both builds fall short by 10 Luk and 10 Int.