Before you deride people with art degrees, realize that several dozen of the people who worked on the game you're enjoying have art degrees and decently paying jobs, you idiot.
You said all Fighters are Defenders. That's the only thing I took issue with. And though the Great Weapon Fighter build has a defender role, its damage is much more inline with strikers by virtue of the gap in damage that's created by high [w] powers between sword&board and two handed weapons in 4e. There were a number of…