I know! I've actually had to consider what perks I want to use, what weapons I want to pair with my subclass, what stat is most valuable to my playstyle, find out what mods are tied to affinity, find armor that rolls with my desired stats and affinity, then incrementally mod / upgrade my desired armor set knowing that I may find a better stat roll in the future, ensuring I have a lot of build weaknesses I could round out with a bit of time. Wait a minute, why is this a bad thing?