Guess I'll be Devil's Advocate for a second...

If it's a static group... doesn't this make it more of a player driven issue than a systemic issue? I mean... you are talking a preformed party amongst friends, aren't you?


I get that the newest content may be locked with the roles and such, but they've been going back after the fact and removing that rigid restriction once it is no longer the latest thing. So I would expect this may only be an issue with the latest and greatest addition to the game, in which case you go with your top jobs to get all the new shinies and then you become open to switching roles to gear up other jobs and give someone else in your group a shot at gearing up something else as well. All this could and should be managed amongst your friends.

Now... if you're PUG'ing runs, that could be a different story. But, I get the impression the OP is doing it as a static... which to me reads as a preformed group?