The current armour system is a big problem IMO. Every fight is simply a race to beat down the physical/magical amour so status effects can actually be applied. There's also no benefit to a magic user and a physical damage dealer attacking the same target, since reducing magic armour does little to help a physical damage dealer.
The old system with body-building, willpower, etc was a more sensible system, it meant status effects always had a chance to be applied.
Another issue may also be that there are so many damn CC abilities in the game now...
