I think it's hard for a community that has seen alsways the same stats for years, to understand how improvement should be looked elsewhere.
I totally understand your point though, and I really like it.
To buff both old stats and add new stats (finesse hits and related mechanics) would have result in an exaggerated opness imo, and make pointless the introduction of the new mechanics.
Maybe though look at sets look.. According to these feedbacks (I couldn't see them yet) must be really ugly