Quote Originally Posted by whoopeeragon View Post
They're different JOBS not classes, which is the point! They share the Archer's basic skill-set, but lose what is definitely not part of their specialisation. Meanwhile, Archer can be expanded further by not just being able to use the basic tiers of those specialisations, but learning variants of both that are not as potent as Ranger or Bard's specialised skills but enough to warrant it as a versatile option.
that's the problem itself Classes are treated as jobs on training wheels.