Elemental Staves & Wands Known Issue

Let's go with facts instead of assumptions here. These are some questions that would have to be asked before assuming anything about balance in this scenario:

1. Does the average AM out-damage the average (both with exactly the same funding), with their respective end game weapon (ele staff -with 25% bonus- being the case for the AM)? The only way to concretely answer that is by looking at an accurate DPM chart ...and we don't have access to one of those yet. F3

2. If the answer to question 1 is yes and by far (keeping in mind no one knows the answer to question 1 yet), how much is by far? 10%? 20%? Where do we draw the line at significance?

3. If the answer to question 1 is no, then there's no argument at all to get rid of the elemental bonus of these weapons.

4. Would you call hoards 50% 2-handed wep att scrolls benefiting only certain classes balanced? Don't think you would. Would you call being able to get, for instance, 30% Dex on a top+bottom, while someone else can only get 15% dex on an overall balanced? Don't think you would. The main point is that there are other factors to look at here besides delusional thinking of "OMG 25% BONUS N0 F@IR".

IMO, there's no basis to getting rid of the bonus even if the advantage archmages would have over other classes is a mere 5%, because without it, they'd be 20% weaker then everyone else. And there's no arguing that being over 20% weaker than another attacking class is blatant unbalance.

So, overall, until we accurately know the DPM of all attack-oriented classes, we can't say whether or not a 25% elemental bonus is game-breaking/unbalanced/unfair/what-have-you regardless of what NEXON AM says in their unprofessionally late notices.