The staff magus uses quarterstaves as effectively as any bladed weapon, becoming powerful enough to use arcane staves as melee weapons and even learns how to use their arcane pool to recharge their magical stave
Twisted Tree magus was the king of Sure Strike spamming. Between my staff, a ring of arcane power and wizard dedication, I had a dozen of Sure Strike ready every day, which means I could basically use it at will. But even so, it was often cumbersome and less than ideal. Using Sure ...
15.) The spontaneous caster staff prep ability is way worse than than the prepared one. 16.) The oracle doesn't have a mix and match curse/mystery. The drawbacks vs. power balance is just bad and I often feel like some of the curses run counter to what the PC wants to build towards...