They’re the same thing though.
If the builds are so uninspired that flat mainstat is all you have to look forward to, where’s any excitement in that next upgrade? Why do I care to get 3% more crit when I virtually get 100% free from Skycrack and Battlegear? How can I get excited for Legion mastery when it’s just more versatility for playing the rotation, Built As Designed?
We’ve talked before about secondary stat design too (We're gonna be waiting for a while - #38 by Ninjafeet-thrall). At least DH gets scaling crit damage with crit chance, or Ret has some haste variation with Crusading Strikes. That’s why my central position here is that Blizzard knows the class is decorated with hollow charms. It’s nauseating to keep saying “Rework” into a vacuum though with no recognition that it’s even going to happen.
Builds should change how you prioritize character development and allow dynamic stat values. Prime example: Monks have complained for years about poor haste scaling. Blizzard acknowledges its a problem but rather than adding mechanisms to manage it, they just back away from the problem and add flat skill damage. How many tiers of FoF buffs or FoF buffs the next skill have we seen? Almost all of them?
I hope they find a way to slip in unarmed melee priest into Classic Season of Discovery and find out how to make a better version of DPS Monk for Retail to emulate.