Gear progression too linear

[Shiyo]

I haven't once been excited for getting any gear in this game. Not a single time did I find it fun to equip a new item or gain a stat upgrade. Oh man, I just got an ilvl 90 bracelet, time for +3 str like +5 crit and +5 skill speed(or something like that) over my current str/crit/skill speed item!! SO EXCITING!

I miss actually having to use my brain when equipping gear, seeing what's the best, using theorycraft/math, asking other people in game, asking people on forums, testing the gear myself, making unique gear sets depending on the situation and my playstyle, and where I kill things and what I kill(need more accuracy or attack or str), actual fun stats on gear like double attack, triple attack, life leech, haste etc etc. I miss completely game changing stats that I could gear around and completely change my classes playstyle. This game has the worst gearing and stats of any video game I've ever played in my entire LIFE.

When all you have to do is see the ILVL next to a piece of gear to determine if it's better than another 99.99% of the time, it means you messed up gearing in your game and made it beyond boring and generic.

I think it's pretty messed up, personally, considering single player games now a day have insanely fun and interesting gearing systems with tons of choices and playstyles. Monster hunter and Rune Factory 4 are great examples of this, and to a lesser extent pokemon. Making a team and picking good abilities, good skills, good items, and a team that synergizes well together is really fun.