Range also has their massive range to fight multiaggro. Usually you should be able to stay far enough out as to avoid aggro altogether.
I also dislike windmill though~
This wasn't a "tweak". This was a total overhaul. Nothing the system accomplished before has been preserved.
The thing is, pure builds are pathetically weak compared to hybrids right now. They need a buff to simply be equal. The theoretical situation you're describing is simply paranoia...hybrids can handle it now, and would have been able to in the future...there wouldn't be any reason to only allow knights etc.
how are pure builds weak?
if you are talking about mage pure build, then they are designed to be weak in the beginning and strong like zyrus in the end.
in mabi before the class system, pure builds are actually stronger than hybrids with the same amount of ap since pure builds focus on the type of attack.
which build would be stronger? a hybrid one where a person has r1 wm, r1 range, and r1 magnum or a pure one where a person has r1 wm, r1 combat, and r1 smash?
also hybrids becoming stronger because the pure build already maxed all its skills for the build doesn't count since the hybrid build would use more ap and that won't be a fair comparison.