What would you think of the original CLASSES being expanded into full JOBS?

[Shurrikhan]

I don't want to see the shared roots go away, but I would like to see there be a more thematic split thereafter. A bow makes sense as a weapon for a Bard, but after their split, any further bow tech should be optional and all actual Bard growth should be, well, more support- or musically-oriented. Or alternatively, as a Bard or Ranger, each stemming from Archer, I could choose how much of my playflow I want to owe directly to Archery, rather than to trapping, tracking, or target-marking, or songs, harmonies, and other thematically cohesive but miscellaneous forms of support.

Ideally, I'd eventually like to see a traits selection system, whereby as a Machinist, for instance, I could choose how deeply I want to go into Gunner techniques, Machinist technicraft, Arcanist aetheromancy, Archer focus techniques, Monk gun-fu, etc., in order to perform well in my preferred playflow and aesthetic style. Of course, that'd require that fights not be limited almost wholly to matters of long-term DPS and burst-multiplicity, with most utility a barely noticeable footnote, else our choices would all be made for us rather than providing a means of enjoyably diversifying PuG fights or complementing each others' builds in statics.