Need a way to change advanced classes

You'd apparently give anything except the week or two it would take to level up a Powertech.

So my infiltration shadow is red apple and a heal spec sage is green apple?

I vote no. I like having 8 classes. What you suggest would cut that in half.

I just want the 16 slots to be able to make it all happen on 1 server so the legacy carried on

Starts off the same doesn't it? Shares a lot of the same core attributes.

But in the end, the classes are completely different. A Vanguard is a melee tank/DPS and a Commando is a ranged healer/DPS. The play style is nothing a like.

Do like I'm doing. Make two of each class (one of each AC) and make one good and one evil. That way the story isn't as repetitive.

Except at 50 they are polar opposites. An AC change at 50 is essentially saying, "I'm bored, let me try another one for free."

When you pick a class you pick the STORY you wish to play, at level 10 you get the choice of actually playing a class.
Pick consular then getting to lvl 34 and saying I don't like to be a sage anymore is like picking up any MMO version of it like a mage getting to lvl 34 and then saying "NO!, I want to be a rogue so make it so I can switch!" there is 8 stories and 8 class's with its copy on the opposite faction. Giving the ability to switch advanced CLASS would be like allowing players to switch between 6 talent tree's. It's an advanced class not spec.

So like I said, instead they should add a lot more variety to the levelling process for creating an alt of the same class story.

Mechanically they are identical. Obviously there are differing roles and abilities based on skill tree, but if you look at the just Pyro tree there is little difference in how they are played.

Would I like to see an AC respec NPC? Yes, as long as it is within your core class. But only because it was promised during beta.
Can I live without an AC respec NPC? Yes.

All not having it does is make it a little harder for people to be FotM. But having it would keep me from having to reroll start to finish as a PT or Assassin. I was under the impression BW wanted us to experience the story across all eight perspectives. Not allowing for 1-time AC respec, coupled with a finite number of character slots per server does not bode well for this grand design.