Skill-Specific Gear

[Eagleheart]

stat specific choices you aim for.

Det
Crit
Speed
Balance
Hybrid

It's not amazing choices but they are there. Skill enhancing would be more enticing but the balance around it isn't simple especially if it's on gear since it gets constantly replaced.

Again, what choices?

No, seriously, there are specific builds that are the best for each class already, they were extrapolated and posted literally three hours after 2.2 went live. This point you bring up is further diminished by the existence of that new rotation simulator now available on the internet, with adjustable parameters producing thousands of averaged results of that particular rotation with varying stat sets in seconds, so that the player may optimize even faster. We cannot pretend that there are not BIS or Best Builds.

Additionally, your point about gear constantly being replaced actually cuts down the thrust of your post, which is that further itemization may be game-breaking - how is it game-breaking if it is swiftly replaced? (Also, aren't Balance and Hybrid the same thing?)

There will always be The Best™. Using this as reason to avoid further customization of the stat system is a disservice to everyone involved.

Look at it another way: every piece of gear looks the same. Nothing is unique. Nothing makes you raise an eyebrow and go o.ô {hmmm.} In 2.3, there will be new gear with... lower numbers of the same stats that are on every other piece of gear. Nothing unique. Nothing role-enhancing. Nothing that makes you say "in this situation, I could..."

Nothing that makes a piece of equipment, skill, or a player stand out. We are totally and completely homogenized. o_O This is not a good thing.

With no skill trees and no builds to pursue, there's nothing there to interest people.