Newbie with a staff. Nice staff. But for what??

[Throckmorton]

OK I am enjoying this game. I have a level 15 archmage and things are going ok, but I need to know what my staff is for. All I do is carry it around. Killing is done at range with spells, so I don't find myself bopping anything over the head with it. I can "Command Staff" but I can't find any information on what good that is. Really, an archmage would know this kind of stuff, you'd think.

Am I missing something??

[peaceoutside]

Staves for archmages are generally just used for the stat increases, particularly +spellpower and +% damage.

Command staff will change what element the staff boosts your damage for. Use a lot of fire skills? Command staff > Mage > Fire. All your fire skills will now do more damage.

[Throckmorton]

Thanks. What about Mindstars. I'm all newbie on those too. Does carrying two of those help more than one staff? Or are they for Psionic characters mainly?

[peaceoutside]

Dual wielding mindstars is a good idea for classes that use mindpower.

Archmage talents don't use mindpower so mindstars aren't really that useful.