Let's Get Real - the DM's responsibility is balance

[Man_Over_Game]

A Fighter with INT 12 and proficiency in Arcana, has a Passive Arcana of 13 at Level 1:

I'm gonna be honest, this seems like you didn't really read through my post. The arguments and the rebuttals just don't seem like they're related to much of what said.

Perhaps you were trying to convey that the rules just don't have enough supporting skills for them to be useful, but then that'd mean that we agree. I just feel that we shouldn't give it up so easily and build on what we already have. Why add new content when we can fix what's already there?