4th job Single Target DPS

I'm assuming this but;

VIP is limited now, and ele wands/staffs hold no advantage towards elementals anymore. It's just magic attack, the end, I guess that's why he didn't get that specific or give said advantage.

the fact that ele weps hold no elemental advantage anymore (oxymoron anyone?) is kinda what makes putting them up there fair imo. If VIP is limited, then I suppose using a Timeless 120 staff (for BAMs) would be an ~okay substitute, if say, the staff has a 45 default magic attack bonus instead of the default 35 for everyone else. Sounds fair to me .

Another solution is just using the 163 (with no elemental advantages) staves for every mage like bribery (ninja'd) said.

Edit2: putting 180 (163 staves clean) as the base attack on staff on the equip page, puts AMs' DPM in the top 6th or 7th. That's actually very good (for those who can afford lvl 163 staves) ;|