So many people talk about how staffs are such effective weapons...
However, no one backs it up with any historical context. Throughout history, armies have not used staves as their primary, secondary or any other kind of weapon. Polearms, swords, clubs with obsidian stuck in them, maces, etc. have all been used. Farmers going off to war would grab a sickle or hammer or some other farm tool. They didn't grab a nice young sapling and strip the branches off. People hunted boar and other wild animals with spears, not staves. Even the most primative people living the most natural lifestyles made points for their sticks out of stone or metal or even just by sharpening them to a point and heating them in a fire to make them harder.
People watch and believe too many kung fu movies.
I don't think I was ever pwned as the big bad by a guy with a staff. I have no natural anger at the staff. It's just not all that effective of a weapon throughout history. If you feel otherwise, please don't argue with me, argue with 5,000 years of human history. Give some real life examples of it being used, not that Jet Li used it (along with a rope) to kill 20 bad guys with guns or that Bruce Lee beat up 50 black belts with one. I would be interested to see some examples of men whose lives were on the line choosing to use a staff over another weapon.
Scott