I have! And it was nice to see that some movement was made because of the recycling aspect makes it easier. I also perused this forum back 8 pages or so and saw a lot of suggestions for completely new powersets which is what I was referencing in my OP. The recycling post is what made me think adding melee powersets to defender could work easier than developing a new archetype. It's also what made me think creating a new archetype with already developed powersets from controllers and corruptors would be easier to accomplish. Dominator is kind of a blaster controller mix, but assault is not the same as having dedicated ranged powers. Defender/Corruptor/Sentinel/Blaster sets combined with Controller or Dominator primaries is what I mean. Dual Pistols with Plant Control for one of my own character concept if I need to give specifics for clarification.
And sure, I haven't been active on the forums much but socializing isn't quite my thing, which is probably why I have such severe altitus that I am bringing up these character creation shortfalls.
Edit: Goodness trying to find a way to format this post on mobile has been such a hassle.