Elemental Staves & Wands Known Issue

The fact we're screwed either way doesn't change the fact that the issue that upsets is the fortune we paid in time, effort and money to obtain something that was taken from us completely and put us right back where we started.

I followed you completely until after the last conjunction - "Put us right back where we started."

Mages are not where they started with a terrible, quadratic formula. Now they have a formula that works similarly to other classes. It is true that you get less benefit from Magic Attack than other classes, but also keep in mind that you can train at elementally weak mobs easier than others and you also have the elemental reset skill if you have to hit a mob strong to your element. Due to the recent changes with Big Bang and lots and lots of rebalancing, mages are more equal with other classes than ever before. These elemental wands/staves were a patch to fix the quadratic formula. Now that this formula is no longer used and with so much rebalancing down the tunnel, I find it hard to agree with the idea that you're back where you started.