I didn't mean to troll, I just wanted to understand. I'm not a particularly skilled SMN, I'm just trying to understand something that I'm probably missing here.
You can very easily cap -bp recast without the staves, so clearly that's not the "interesting stat" on those trial staves, right?
As for the -Perp, with full AF3+2, Augur's legs and HQ staves (or Bahamut's staff) does it really matter? I think I have 2-3 mp/tic refresh with my avatar out, without taking into account weather/day (AF3+2 gloves) or storm spells from /SCH, because if we consider that then the difference is even bigger.

So why bother? It's not like those staves can be completed in 3 hours, it's a fuckton of grinding to do all 8 of them, and it also stops you from doing Healing Staff and elemental staves for other jobs like RDM, BLM or SCH.

So once more, what am I missing here? Sorry if I sound arrogant or something else, I'm just trying to understand what I'm missing. So far I've never been not even the slightest interested in doing those staves for SMN, but I'm more than willing to change my mind if someone shows me good reasons to.