quick question on staff mods

was just wondering if the req level of a weapon or staff affects the mods that are on it.

i am a r/e and have a req.8 fire staff that has energy +10 and health +24.

i use the staff to buff my energy when i run low and noticed that even with
fire magic level at 1 both mods still fully work.

Is this normal i seem to recall that when i started my second character and gave it a high req. weapon with high mods the mods didnt give full effect.

sorry if question already been asked but couldnt find it in search.

thanks

The req. of a weapon or focus item only affects the mod or dmg mod that it is next to...usually damage is the only affected area of an item.