shards raise base damage for those staves
Why? I can't see what benefit this would do to the strategy of the game

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I appreciate all your ideas, but lets talk about it

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Maybe add in a wand using tree that ups init+spell mastery when using a wand for mages/assassins.
Mage staffs, I said this too, I really want some mage weapons, so GJ

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For magical staves: give upgradable options for fire staves, ice staves, and lightning staves (Pariden has those- leht staff)
There are upgrades, they are just painfully placed in the end of the magical tree, requiring an end of the tree warfare tech... (Look at arcane weapons).
I hope magical enchanted weapons (flaming axes, banishing maces, etc.)
and I hope some sort of equipment scaling is added to the magic tree, but I fear the worst.
Sincerely
~ Kongdej