elemental staffs and damage enhancement?

[sudo]

elemental staffs we all know helps with avatar perpetuation but somone just told me that they also help your avatar damage dealing and specials too.

Before I believe the rumors anyone know for sure?

Like does carbuncle's meteor do less damage if you equip the dark staff instead of the light staff?

Does garuda's hastega get buffed to whm/rdm hate lv's with HQ wind staff?

Do their melee hits go up with the right staff in your hands?

or perhaps the right staff used during the summoning would boost their powers while they are out? (since blm all agree that using the right staff during a cast makes them do more damge and less resists)

The latter would make sense to me but I don't know if I had to keep the staff in my hands at all times though :/

[sudo]

awww shucks it seems like no one knows :/

[Raveneo]

Good question... I'll just go ahead and say they hit a little harder due to the elemental staff's... It'll make us feel better... ^_^
For the record, I like to keep the staff that coresponds to the avatar, equiped while the avatar is out (Light for Carbuncle, Ice for Shiva, etc.)

[Insanity]

Dunno about weaking their skills and such but if you use the opposite staff, it does increase their perpetuation cost last i checked. Havent bothered to check since CoP came out tho...

[Yoko]

About the elemental staves:

It only affects the mp cost for perpetuation.

using the opposite element draws 2 more mp, using the right element is -2 mp (-3/+3 if its the +1 staves)

The + to elemental damage is for the SMN only, not for the avatars. To put it short, its only helps if you've got blm sub, or if you use banish with light staff (useless)