I'd imagine there are better things you could do with the extra inventory and time spent building MACC staves. But sure, leaving them at the +1 stage seems like a solid workaround since there's no way to differentiate items with the same name in macros.
It seems odd to me that most RDMs would be satisfied not taking advantage of doubling their staves Macc. One of the most critical aspects of soloing on RDM used to be their aibility to stick Bind and Gravity consistently on very high level NMs. Granted, it seems like a lot of things have changed in the past two years, but surely the aility to stick enfeebles is paramount to being a successful RDM.
Perhaps you aren't much of a soloer, but back in the day a RDM without their AF2 hat could not get away with as much as a RDM with their AF2 hat. Now we have a chance to double the potentcy of a HQ elemental staff, but you are saying you would rather have the extra inventory slot freed up?
Perhaps I need clarity. It is likely that I am missing something here.