It makes you play until you finally get the gear piece you want, with the stats you need. Which stretches out content, which makes RNG more unreliable than soft currency systems – making RNG take longer for right gear acquisition. Before you get to do the stuff you really wanted to do in the first place.
This is 100% the case in PvP.
Are you satisfied with doing PvE without taking into account secondary stats? Maybe if you say it doesn’t matter that much then I can see how you’re not affected, otherwise idk.
I don’t get how you don’t get it.