Why don't they realise yet? Stat-based combat systems aren't fun!

[Nuru]

I don't know why you consider stat-based combat to be so high-brow. Maybe because it allows you to AFK while in combat, freeing up time to ruminate on the meaning of life or something.

No, its not the stats that allow you to go afk in combat. That most likely pertains to the battle system. Before you go haywire and say that Auto-Attack is the cause, thats not really the matter either. Its how they implement it, not what they implement.