Picked up greatstaff of the nexus today. I was pretty excited because I'm in an ulduar-running guild (I'm the new guy whose gear is terribad) and I've been using the argent tournament mainhand and heroic badge offhand. Pretty low lvl items considering the content my guild is on.
Problem is, I'm not sure the greatstaff is an upgrade. Pretty lame that a weapon from dailies and a badge offhand is comparable to a 213 iLevel staff that drops off a raid boss.
Sure, it's only 10 man, but Maly isn't a pushover.
I've been thinking that I've hardly ever seen Mages with staves. Pretty lame IMO.