The true is many classes of the past didn't deserve classes until the design created that right.
The fighter didn't deserve a class because it had no unique features. It was just proficiencies, then proficiencies and feats, then proficiencies and powers. The BARBARIAN had better claim to a class. Mearls and Co gave it a claim for a class with Action Surge, Second Wind, and 2 extra levels of Extra Attack.
The 3e Bard is just a mutliclass and feat in 5e. Same with the 4e one and every other one. Then they add Magical Secrets and buffed Songs an Spells to "not suck" levels.
Same with the many old classes as they were slot fillers and multiclass patches. The binder had better claims than some core classes.
Proficiencies aren't special not powerful in 5th edition. They don't grant a class claim.
The fighter didn't deserve a class because it had no unique features. It was just proficiencies, then proficiencies and feats, then proficiencies and powers. The BARBARIAN had better claim to a class. Mearls and Co gave it a claim for a class with Action Surge, Second Wind, and 2 extra levels of Extra Attack.
The 3e Bard is just a mutliclass and feat in 5e. Same with the 4e one and every other one. Then they add Magical Secrets and buffed Songs an Spells to "not suck" levels.
Same with the many old classes as they were slot fillers and multiclass patches. The binder had better claims than some core classes.
Proficiencies aren't special not powerful in 5th edition. They don't grant a class claim.