As long as you take SoD as your point of reference, it will be hard to find common ground. Because for me, the point of reference is 1.03q. And based on that, there's no great sense in tinkering with what already works well. There was a class, then it disappeared, and later it was resurrected as a skill, and with altered functionality at that... wow, what voodoo //gestures "crazy" by temple//. As for why/how — only the party and the government know.
My point is that if you want a proper reception, you should first look to the TE players. Because for SoD players (whom your version is supposedly oriented toward), the reception will be cold in any case, if not worse. And from the perspective of TE players, the situation looks exactly as described in the previous paragraph.