I'm here to defend guns! There is a Balthier quote that fits this perfectly. "I never miss."
Its true. Whenever I use guns, especially when compared with other long ranges weapons (Especially crossbows...ugh) I never seem to miss. However for the defence of crossbows, their ammo has alot of interesting stats effects. (Sapping Bolts FTW)

Quite frankly I find poles to be all usefull. In the begining of the game I found an oaken pole and its my strongest wep so far. Plus on my good saving I recently got the Whale Wisker and its Awesome!

Now as for staffs and rods...never use 'em. When I got the Rod of Faith, I assumed it would automaticly buff for faith and though it would be great to have and use. I was wrong. The damn thing is pratically a measure. Speaking of which, I've got all of those but I never use them. Anyone actually use them? (They are pretty useless unless you hit yourself with them)