Please remove accuracy

[pandabearcat]

What the hell is everyone going on about complexity in gearing?

The complexity is...

1. Get enough ACC to 100%
2. Try to get your best stat.

So...complex.

Lets see, with accuracy we have...

1. Frustrating when you can't get enough accuracy, and miss.
2. Frustrating when gear has acc when you have enough acc.
3. A magic number to look up and hit. Woohoo.

Without accuracy we have...

1. The same amount of optimization, because we still have to check based on stat weights or preference for upgrades.
2. No frustration from not being able to do anything about acc.
3. No sadness at a number of stat points above cap (because gear simply isn't granular enough) that literally provide no benefit.

I thought the complex part of the game was actually playing the game, not staring at spreadsheets.

And if you do like staring at spreadsheets, why aren't you making your own instead of...just listening to some guy tell you what a magic number is? Give me a break, that isn't complexity.

Real complexity is making meaningful choices. Choices like, oh, this is an aoe fight, I need more of X stat. Choices like for BLM whether it is worth it or not to hit that extra piety for one more fire. Choices for tanks between STR and VIT required. Those are meaningful stat choices.

Getting 100% accuracy is not.

Having an "all or nothing" approach is literally the antithesis of choice. It is the opposite of complexity, because complexity involves choice and drawbacks and meaningful decisions.

tl;dr: accuracy is literally equivalent to just taking all your gear, and subracting X number of secondary stats from it, and just saying "okay, now you have 100% chance to hit". It is really that simple. You really will not miss it if its gone.