Elemental Staves & Wands Known Issue

Right. Because clearly having spent $1200 or so to acquire my staves is entirely indicative that I've not spent nearly as much as the rest of you did on potential and should spend more to make myself equal. Again.
Did I miss the day every archmage was just handed an elemental wand and staff like they were candy? Or the day they became so common place every mage could pick one up for the same price everyone else picks up their weapons before potentialing them?

It's like you have some bizarre double standard here where money and time spent on a weapon only counts if it wasn't an elemental wand/stave.

I was speaking about balance here. The nerf was right, but not without compensation. And while not growing on trees, they were immensely cheaper than any other weapon adding that kind of oomph. To achieve a 20% boost to other classes damage would take alot more than a few hundred millions, not to mention the weapons themselves aint excatly small fry in power. You get me wrong if you think I feel like every mage somehow deserved this because they are mages. I feel sad for the people that, like yourself, paid a good deal for them, but I do not feel anything towards the mages as a whole. I'd gladly sign any petiton to get you guys refunded in full.