Quote Originally Posted by Rongway View Post
... As soon as they said "here are the damage formulas", they would be in effect saying, "here are the exact pieces of gear every single person should be wearing," and then those pieces would become mandatory wear.
I might be more inclined to agree except for two reasons. One being that the stat layout changes every tier, so as you move up if you were trying to min max it would take the same effort if you knew stat effects or not to stay min-maxed. The second is that the hardest game, Dark Souls, which is very much stat driven still tells you every effect stat points will have on your character. Knowing stats actually helps build diversity in that people are more inclined to try new things. Keep people in the dark and they will only use what work, which might not even work best for them or their class.