They actually haven’t been wrong with this. You were.
They add more stats into the game, then you’ll see balancing issues with the newly added stats. Covenant and soulbind abilities will affect them differently, so another layer of complication.
You’ll have to carry an entirely separate set of armor.
You’ll be punished for wanting to play both PVP and PVE and only playing at one extreme will be good.
World pvp will become extremely one sided.
And more issues that come with pvp specific gears.
But yea. Ion doesn’t know anything. You sure know how to enjoy this game.