Originally Posted by
Carapace
A short answer is that in order to capitalize on the effective range of daggers Rogue's needed a way to help mitigate some of the damage. Mage staves have superior range compared to daggers and do not provide the armor. Additionally, Mage's do have an Arcane Shield skill, and while Razor Shield with mastery helps a lot it does not yield the same amount of mitigation as the Arcane Shield.
Just because they are not identical does not mean they are not tuned for their class and the playstyle associated with the weapons. It's how the many parts add up to the whole, and not as simple as "They got an apple I need an apple too". One got an apple the other got an orange, but they are both fruit.
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