To be honest I’ve noticed the massive AoE havok that the Staff can wreak, hence I decided to go with that. I do have an Axe/Dagger combination just for giggles, I don’t use it at all. I’ve noticed that being with pets and being able to keep an enemy confined to one spot and marking the area they are in or close to is a blessing in higher level areas or an area where there are a lot of foes. It’s great to be able to stand back and keep your survivability around you when it almost seems impossible to do such.
“Never attribute to malice that which is adequately explained by stupidity.”