Charged attack on arcane staff is ridiculously slow & low damage

[falmear]

The charged attack on the arcane staff is ridiculously slow. I don't think I have ever used a weapon or skill which requires this long of a charge. Is this right? Also based on my testing the damage on the charged attack gives less damage then a non-charged attack. I don't really see the point in even charging the staff because its so slow and does less damage then a normal attack. Also from what I recall the Shadowflare was suppose to be like a charged fireball. However the damage compared to a charged fireball is 50% less. If the charged attack is suppose to be like a charged fireball, it should have the similar charge time and damage. I think its better to code features that people actually use then ones which go unused. You could save yourself development & QA time better used to fix other issues. I don't think I've ever seen any mage use the charged attack in PvE or PvP. Not sure what the purpose of having an extremely slow attack that produces less damage.