Has anyone else ever wondered about the devs intentions with their stat allocation?

[Gormogon]

Really hate the reliance on accuracy.

Yet as for lore the answer is lies on individual diversity and to make a story out of that is too much work. Either way max stats are based on that. Thing is that the sets don't represent it you have to go out of your way to get BiS for those stats.

Speed
Crit
Determination
Balance
Hybrid (Mixture of 2 stats being topped)

Weather it will help you max dps numbers in chart is irrelevant since those directions are based on your personal play style just that to achieve it you have to actually work for it.

For most MMO's the playstyle I prefer leads to the following unless I have to compromise because it's no available or their characters kit doesn't work so well.
2h weapon melee like Warrior I prefer speed and crit and one like Samurai I prefer Determination and speed/crit balanced.
Dual wield melee speed and determination.
Bow n Arrow Determination and speed
Guns Crit and determination
BLM I prefer speed with a balance of det/crit.
Pet caster type determination and speed.
Sword n board full on mitigation while barely hitting that HP efficiency
Tanks that don't use shields balance of HP and avoidance

For FFXIV if you were to put side by side the ilvl 110 gear and mix match stats you can perform it on your own. It's work but it's there.

[Bushido_Brown]

I can understand the need for accuracy in coil, but since its based on positioning, having so much extra accuracy gets me sometimes (lol, at 535 right now when I wont need much more than 490, but will suffer with different gear in a different stat).

I'm kind of the same way about wanting to "customize" my jobs to my playstyle, like wanting x amount of SS to keep rotations fluid, but it seems like gear stats are so skewed that the choices really are limited.