For most knives, a complicated progression isn't absolutely necessary anyway. Beyond the first setting of the edge to establish good geometry, maintenance sharpening after that can be a one-stone job. And for the first setting of the geometry, no more than two stones is usually necessary to finish the job. A progression may only be necessary if the first and coarsest stone leaves the edge too rough or unrefined, in which case a secondary stone could be used for refinement. But with experience, even very coarse stones can be used with a light touch to create very aggressive and wickedly sharp working edges. And in Coarse to very fine jumps, like the soft Arkansas to the black, most of the real work will be done with the soft stone, and the black is used to clean up the edge of burrs. A popular strategy in sharpening involves using the very fine stone to create a tiny, barely-there microbevel, which narrows the apex width after the coarse stone and refines the apex. That leaves the edge with the narrowest-possible apex, while still retaining much of the cutting aggression afforded by the coarse stone's scratch pattern. Those are great slicing edges.
For most EDC uses, even the soft Arkansas by itself could leave a good working edge, assuming the steels being sharpened are not too wear-resistant for Arkansas stones. With Arkansas stones, that should be the main concern. Many modern steels with any significant amount of hard carbides will be difficult on natural stones. Ark stones work well for simple carbon steels like 1095, CV, and low-alloy stainless like 420HC (many mainstream kitchen knives use a stainless comparable to this). But anything more wear-resistant, like 440C and beyond, will begin to make Ark stones struggle.
Detailed progressions really only become important if one is seeking a very specific finish, a very high degree of refinement of the bevels themselves or extreme polish (mirror), such as is desired in Japanese cutlery used for expert-level food prep (sushi, etc.). But for most any other use, it's not that important and usually not necessary. For most knife users, it isn't necessary or productive to overthink the details about progressions, and instead, simplicity of upkeep is the main concern.
