So yea, in that case, I'm all for rolling mind, strength, dexterity, and intelligence into a single stat and cutting some of the unnecessary stat bloat. Ideally Squeenix would replace it with compelling choices to make regarding modifications to abilities.
That's silly. yeah, instead of having strength, mind, dexterity, etc. that actually represent various characeristics of our character, lets just roll it all into one and call it "stat." All gear just has +X "stat" and nothing else on it. Easy to tell whats stronger and weaker, there's only one problem. From both a roleplaying and gameplay perspective, it's boring as hell. People have been craving more variation in stats, not less.