Quote Originally Posted by Betelgeuzah View Post

What I wanted was that you have the Gladiator up till rank 30 or whatever from which point onwards you can unlock Paladin (tank spec) or continue on the Gladiator further (DD spec). It's a challenge for the devs to make it so the current classes can compete against these old classes for sure, yah... but damn, I don't think the lore for them is that bad. They just need to refine them, make the lore more obvious and it should work.
That can be done but at that point I feel like you're adding new classes (FF ones) for the sake of adding them. Just give the current ones a more obvious role in groups/encounters.