4th job Single Target DPS

Do you not see something inherentlly broken in a weapon that is 36 levels higher than anything any other class in the game has access to, that gives you a free 30+ attack boost AND a 25% extra damage boost? You balance classes by balancing their skills, not by introducing insanely overpowered weapons to fix deficiencies in other areas.

I think all the arguments already occured in the Announcements subforum thread concerning the original topic...

Only the Staffs 5-8 have the problems you are referring to, for most of us mortals who top out with E.Wands 5-8 (Fun Fact: my lulzy E.Wand 8 is beaten by nearly all VIPs) a "high" M.ATT is not enough when considering the multiplier in the formula as compared to the other weapons. It's like complaining that a claw has such a low attack value not considering the formula for which its damage is based. Though if they fix the formulas for equality people might start complaining about playing in a box of saltines. Sure, the weapons may have their problems, but if they left the weapons as they were I doubt that we'd be having a discussion that mages were overpowered, we'd still be middle of the road, no?

No more talk of that, at least not in this thread anyhow. Those Battle Mages do look impressive if you tweak their weapon selection, heh heh...looks like the problems with high M.ATT staves rears its head for a class it was not designed for, how entertaining. What normal/fast staves does KMS have?