If you lose because of one bad dice roll, you strategy was fucked up from the start.
Also it is probably not what 'people' did not like and more what 'some people' did not like and cried a lot about it.
Body Building and Willpower were Defensive Skills that really gave the feeling of getting stronger and thougher in my opinion.
Also every RPG has limited actions for you. In most of them you even have only one action per turn.
