I agree.
It is a good choice. The game feels much less restricted and narrow in this sense now.
And it does promote that kind of skill-sets experimentation.
Personally, i always preferred these kinds of hybrid classes, which they were in most of other games of this kind, so i would usually go for any kind of mutli-class or dual class if it was at all possible.
But i feel this specific setup aimed at it and a game built around it is actually better then any of those other games.
Feels great for me, and i mean that playing with a setup like that feels great.
I dont feel restricted or restrained and i really like how diverse my options are in any combat encounter.