The game would be better without stats

[BabyYoda]

There was a moment in time when attribute points felt better, but that was when we had different distributions within gear and everyone could wear everything. It's one of those changes Stormblood made, now it's all Fending gear for tanks, where as before, for whatever reason, they could wear melee or caster gear if they wanted.

It's regrettable but you're completely right. And it's even worse that we can extend this stagnating design flaw to gear as well. We could remove gear tomorrow and keep Item level and nothing would change in the game. Gear could still offer glamour but it doesn't need to be a part of us. Our characters don't play any differently.

But then again, you'll run into the same wall that has led to this game being like this in the first place. You can't ask developers to work on anything, you should just unsub because "it's something you don't like". I just want to assure you that there is nothing wrong with you asking these questions and pondering these things.

This community is overwhelmingly toxic, try your best to ignore them.

Thank you.. and you are right..

I didn't invest in the game at stormblood but I can see it can lead to something wrong..
Having an agency on how you play the job is what make me feel like I play an RPG.
Developer understands that old system can't be back without invest much resources and unsub is the only way to sends a message to them

We players are not suppose to give solutions.. we point on an issue that developer should work them selfs to find solutions.
Giving an idea is not our job.. our job is to get good product meaningful changes each 2.5 years so they can have our sub