From Meleewalker to Meleetrail

[Supersnow845]

Even that was never exclusive, though. Scouting, Striking, and Fending all had access to Slashing. Fending and Striking both had INT Down. Etc., etc.

What was originally more exclusive, though, was tactical implications. If you were, back at early ARR with min ilvl, running Amdapor Keep with 2 DRGs, you tended to focus-target and plan a bit differently than with 2 MNKs, or especially 2 Bards/Summoners or 2 BLMs. (Heck, the differences were even larger before level 40, with Double-Bard preferring to kite-circle with an aggressive healer [or a SMN instead, if they could manage it] and a single-targeting Tank.)

Granted, that takes some actual distinctions between jobs... and a bit less leniency (a component of difficulty). Which... would never fly now.

You have such a clearer memory of ARR than I do it’s actually funny, I remember the worst parts of legacy, coils then everything after Midas, the rest of non coils ARR is like a hazy bleh for me so I’m always happy to defer to your opinion on this subject