Yes a +10 INT staff is fine but its 10/100 so unless I get an enchanter to
cast haste on me its not much use in combat. I currently have a Writhing
Staff and would only use a Tarton Staff if I needed the extra Mana.

Also the groups I've been in lately in Cazic and Mistmoore do not require
that I expend large amounts of mana. Most groups consisted of a Cleric,
Enchanter, Shaman and 2 tanks. Also most if not all of my spells were
resisted by the Red MOBs they were pulling. I spend most of my time casting
some low damage spells that don't get resisted, try to get a root to hold
and take a few whacks with my staff.

Don't even get me started about Root/Enstill. Last night in Cazic I would
enstill a Liz when it got to 30-50%% health so it wouldn't run and 7 out 10
times it would resist or break before the liz died. After and hour I was
sick of it so I got the ranger to snare at the beginning of the fight and he
was never resisted and it lasted until the Liz died. In fact the only high
damage spell I used was when the cleric yelled for someone to pull a
sentinel off him, the DD spell was more reliable than trying to root it.

The Enchanter we had in our group saved the lives of the party more times
than I can remember. We'd pull too many or get sideswiped by a train and
he'd just mesmerize them and they'd stand there for 30 to 60 secs and the
fighters would finish one and go to the next. Also talking to the enchanter
Mesmerize and MemBlur has never been resisted, He even used it on a Hill
Giant when he was 20th just to check. Makes you fell kind of useless. At
29th I get Evac and that will give me a purpose but until then being masters
of DD is not all its cracked up to be.

Just down on my character,

Aljernon of Karana
27th Level Wizard

<snip>
Now I know they added the Tarton's Wheel quest for us wizards but that isn't
going to help me until I get closer to 49th and can
actually use the runes.
<snip>

From: Sergey Bukhman <sergeyb@...>

So, I take it a +10 INT 1HB staff is of no use to you?

--
Sergey