I get what you're saying. The flip side is that fixed stats will make a lot of guns undesirable because, stat wise, they are outclassed by others. Which means instead of the chance of any gun being viable, only certain ones will rise to the top and then the rest are useless. Either way you're grinding the main difference is D2 grinding guarantees you're going to get useless gear. At least D1 gave you the chance to get awesome gear every time, note that, every time thanks to the rolls. Would you rather have a chance for god rolls or a guarantee to get mostly junk?