Quote Originally Posted by SDaemon View Post
Except the writer doesn't have to keep recalling their books off the shelf to edit it every month and reprint it. They slave away perfecting it and done. MMOS don't work that way.
But it's possible and has been done before. Hell, it's been done in the Final Fantasy franchise already. FFXI had over 50 possible stats on items and the game was pretty well balanced, at least at 75.

If I was a game designer, I'd feel more insulted rather than defended if someone told me not to do something because it would require countless hours to make work.