We went multiple expansions where double caster was a totally valid comp (and I mean any double caster not one of those casters has to be BLM to act as a melee by proxy) and double physical ranged used to be meta, there is no reason (other than square’s weird love of melee recently) that 2/2/1/2/1 or 2/2/1/1/2 should not be totally valid comps

Caster and phys ranged fill different niches (well at least they did when we actually had mechanics that challenged a role specifically, like the caster/phys ranged bait on O11 that favoured double phys ranged), forcing 2 melee is something only melee mains want because it also makes their mechanics easier and gives them more jobs than they need