Magian Staff for aspirFollow

It is 12% Cast time down, not recast. You may be better off w/ the scythe that enhances Drain/Aspir, assuming you don't need the MACC from a staff though. I Do not believe the damage staff would work for aspirs or drains, though I may be wrong. I know a friend that did testing and he was convinced that MAB doesn't work on Drains/Aspirs so I am not sure if the staff would either.

Edit: Name is Bounty Sickle

Edited, Jun 16th 2011 5:27pm by ShamanTaru

Edited, Jun 16th 2011 5:28pm by ShamanTaru

They do work; "Magic Affinity" traits (the hidden traits of the lv51 elemental staves, as well as the visible traits of the magian staves) are not the same thing as MAB.

Can't say whether damage or recast(+acc) is what you want, though.

MDMG wins.

This is a hypothetical comparison of various staves and their expected damage return at various magic land rates: link

At 50 magic land rate (50% spells landing unresisted), MDMG will surpass MAcc affinity in terms of raw output. If you want to call the recast timer reduction of a MAcc staff a straight 12% boost to productivity, MDMG would surpass MAcc/Recast at 66% magic land rate. Though frankly, increasing the number of times per hour you'll spend casting Aspir instead of doing other BLM~y things isn't my idea of efficiency.

So yeah, MDMG wins by as much as 1266 to 1071 once your hit rate hits 75% or above. Since MAcc has been a moot point for six plus months, there's no contest between MDMG and MAcc affinity for any spell with quantitative returns.

Edited, Jun 22nd 2011 11:33am by tertoonetwothreefour