I feel like the masterwork system for the new armor should give +2 stat points per level to your 3 lowest stats, rather than +1 per level as it is currently. That way if all your armor has the same 3 stat distributions, (Health as the primary stat, Weapons as the secondary stat, and Class as the third main stat, as an example) then the other 3 stats can go up to 50 once they're all fully masterworked. At least that way our 3 lowest stats wouldn't be much worse off than our 2nd or 3rd best stats.