ETA on Advanced Class change?

Jedi Knight is not the class. It's the archtype. Similar to Mage and Priest in WoW (Among other classes) sharing the caster archtype.

Jedi Guardian and Jedi Sentinel are the classes.

thats like saying a holy paladin doesnt use crusader strike, but a ret paladin does, so that makes them separate classes.

no, its the class.http://www.swtor.com/holonet/classes
READ THE CLASSES.

just like any other game, a spec has abilities that they other specs cant use. but if they are the same class, they use some similar abilities.

dude you lack the ability to understand that you are wrong. The advanced class is you class for the game. that is what the devs have said and guess what they devs will always be right.

Guardian and Sentinel are the classes that share the jedi knight story.

Well just play an Inquisitor to level 55 and tell me how that goes.

There are 64 abilities only the assassin can use

http://www.torhead.com/class/7IwygTY...ilities;page:1

and 55 abilities only the sorcerer can use

http://www.torhead.com/class/26UDCpo/sith-sorcerer

doesn't defeat the purpose that its still the same class. you go to Torhead, go to classes and it says Sith Inquisitor, then the specs. Not Sith Assassin, not Sith Sorc. If you go to Wowhead, the classes are there, then the specs.

so they are both the jedi knight, if they were their own separate class, it would have different stories.

http://www.noxxic.com/swtor

You go to your advanced class and there are your trees.

If you don't choose an advanced class you don't get any skill trees.

If you stay as a sith inquisitor you never get to put any skill points into a tree because you haven't chosen your class yet

Alright, you're all just arguing semantics. Pay attention.



The real difference is that SWTOR allows you to play around with your class a little before you actually choose it.
Class in this game is just for story and dialogue purposes. It's a lot like...


......in that, "this is how the game world responds to you."

Most, if not all, MMO's do not allow Class changes. (Remember that means "Advanced Class changes" in SWTOR) The reason is because, pay attention again.....

Say I level my Vanguard to 55, I should have learned how to play that Class (Advanced Class) by the time I get all my abilities, level 55. Now I start collecting awesome Elder Game Gear, but I'm sad because what I really wanted was a Commando and not a Vanguard so I go to the Retrain Vender (or where ever) and change my Class (Advanced Class). I now have Super Awesome Purple Gear but NO IDEA how to play my Class (Advanced Class).

This is why so many people (including myself, if you couldn't tell) are against Class (Advanced Class) swapping in ANY MMO. The other reason is because Nerfs and Buffs will happen in every MMO as Game Balance is, well, Rebalanced; and we all know that everyone on a perceived Nerfed Class (Advanced Class) would just jump ship instead of actually giving the changes a chance and relearning their Class (Advanced Class). (Every Balancing Patch proves this with the waves of QQ threads that start afterwards.)

That being said, (Pay Attention, just one more time) I think Advance Class changing will happen at some point. I won't be too upset, however, if they limit it to only before the end of Chapter 1 (or around level 32). That would give someone MORE than enough time to realize they made a mistake, but enough time to still figure their Advanced Class out before hitting End Game Content.