How are they gonna make them ranged attacks if all range attacks require focus? If even bows currently use focus for their generic shoot arrow skill, then I don’t think wands and staves would be using basic range attacks if they also would be using focus as well.
Unless they make a basic, offensive projectilelike a Glintstone Pebble-type attack that doesn’t use focus as their primary attack, I don’t see any changes being made to fit a “pure” mage weapon