[Gothika]

Well look at it this way. Magic and prayers are strong, really strong if you can get 30 power and a decent level. A melee weapon NEEDs to be prepped full of IWDs with only a few stats if any depending on what gear you have.

Now since wands don't need any sort of IWD they could just stack 26 slots full of power, wisdom, dex, strength and con and be a totally unstoppable. Not to mention stacking all the power and wisdom stats onto a weapon would mean they don't need to wear magic rings and so on so they could use more speed gear. A mage running around with 30/30/30 str, dex, con. 30 power and wisdom AND with speed of 6+ they would be so overpowering.