I did specifically ask in this forum if anybody used the magic wands as they are, and nobody seemed to think they were at all useful, so that's why they were changed.
If they are indeed that vital to PvP then we could look at adding one of them back at some point. Is there any one damage type that's more useful than any other? I'm not sure when I'll be able to make time to look at this, but in the mean time all your existing wands aren't going anywhere so you're not being deprived of using the old weapons.
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