hey all. Just a quick question for any casters out there - but at what point did they stop making wands a relevant weapon?
When i think of fantasy worlds, especially when it comes to DPS casters, a wand is one of the first weapons to come to mind…but seems like every tier lacks them more and more.
I’d personally like to see them add a legendary one to the game, and also allow druids to use them in the future 
I didn’t think of this until I saw your post - but yes. I don’t know why they fell out of favor (other than the weird bug of clicking a mob at range and it would cause an attack, lol). I miss accidental wand-pulls in previous expansions. We didn’t even have wands in Legion for artifact weapons, did we? I think wands are a very important of the caster fantasy. Kind of miss having a third “weapon” slot (range/relic/etc). Wish we could bring that back and have wands in that slot.
IME, wands were never popular or relevant. For certain classes, they weren’t even properly part of the class fantasy, and yet sometimes they were all you had after going OOM.
you think with the massive amounts of updates to transmog and the emphasis on new weapon art, do you think that attitude has changed since they were last relevant? (I’m not sure when they were last used, but i don’t see how a 1h weapon would serve any different than any other one nowadays - besides that it gives the user a ranged weapon).
I remember using my wand a lot back in Vanilla on my priest…
(This is mostly just a request to allow druids to use them…i think it’s time 
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IMO they should have made the arcane mage weapon a wand. Unfortunately, WoW in general has followed a “bigger is better” visual design over time, and wands are basically just small maces at this point.
If they do start making wands more common, I would wish for legitimate channeling animations for wand and staff (sword, mace, fist weapon, dagger could all theoretically use a 1h casting animation as well) so that my character actually wields the weapon while casting, instead of just ignoring it like they currently do.
“The proper weapon for a mage is a legendary sword.” – Gandalf
I JUST WANNA B ABLE TO TMOG MY STAR SPARKLE WANDS OVER STAFFS !!! Like come on blizzard pls .
POUT
POUT
POUTING
ANGER
Well, that’s just Wrong. Seems like you never played a caster in vanilla. Ranged auto attack that doesn’t take mana? Yes please!
My first main in vanilla was a Shadow Priest. Which was enough to make me swear off Shadow Priests, in fact.
Wands were what you did when you inevitably OOM’ed. Not a badge of honor.
Well, with frost nova, wanding became a staple of my rotation in vanilla. But then, i was fire-spec, not the optimal spec for leveling in vanilla; among other things, more mana intensive than frost, but fun for me. So, no, not a badge of honour, but a necessary friend.
i think all staves should be ranged weapons…in the warcraft rts games, and actually, many fantasy stories from books to games…staves are all ranged weapons in the same way wands are.
I wonder if they ever made this change, if wands would be a little more comfortable to fit into the game again.
I believe wands can be mogged over daggers and swords, yes?
If you have a wand equipped, you can mog the following weapon types over it (depending on class):
If you have a 1h sword equipped, you can mog the following weapon types over it (depending on class):
If you have a 1h mace equipped, you can mog the following weapon types over it (depending on class):
If you have a 1h axe equipped, you can mog the following weapon types over it (depending on class):
If you have a dagger equipped, you can mog the following weapon types over it:
hmm so if i’m understanding correctly, it looks like wands get the shaft, even with xmog…
I noticed that they also did not add a wand to the new raid tier either…I really hope they’ll change their stance on that. I already feel kind of bored that a staff is basically the only weapon I have used as a healer these past few years. I’m sure wand users fall into the same boat in many cases. 