Quote Originally Posted by Molly_Millions View Post
It's not that it's unfair, it's that is turns gearing your character into a paint-by-numbers game. I'd rather see some variety that comes with a certain amount of guess work. We'd get that variety if base stats were balanced more closely with derived stats.
While I don't agree with a paint-by-numbers approach, and as I have been saying in this thread already I think such a stat-revamping is somewhat unnecessary (or at least any changes should be to other areas, like the way dLVL effects damage and defense [particularly defense]), this issue already exists and will continue to exist as long as FFXIV disparages incomparables. As long as it is possible to say "Everyone should get this gear because X stat is better than Y stat for Z reason" paint-by-numbers will exist in a meaningful fashion.

It is a well known fact that security through obscurity does not work (hiding your password in 3,000 files does not make your password any more secure). The same principle applies here, formulas should be complex because they add something to the game, not just because they make it "harder" to tell which stat is better.