ETA on Advanced Class change?

With that limitation, it might as well not even be there at all. Such a suggestions smacks of passive-aggressiveness.

Switching AC's should be free to all subscribers. Just like resetting skill points. They are my characters and it's nobody's business how I play them.

Well, your entitled to your opinion. It is a bit self serving to claim that all reasons against AC switching are valid but all reasons for it are not..

It's really not that far fetched of an idea. Rift has had Multi-Class for quite some time. There is a whole set of rules in place to allow for it.

Rift Multiclassing

The basic idea is that your 2nd class must tie closely to your first class, and there are pre-reqs you need to meet and level requirements before it is even possible. Personally, I would love to unlock my PowerTech when I hit lvl 40 and use it as a backup for my Merc side. There could be plenty of rules established ahead of time to allow this type of feature to function in the game.

Personally, anyone who outright opposes this is either A) Afraid of change and can't handle the idea of gameplay evolution, or B) doesn't like the idea of others thinking outside the box and getting what they are asking for. If implemented correctly, this could prove to be an invaluable asset to gameplay. T

he ONLY reason I could see BWEA not implementing something like this would be $$. If someone has the power to double up their character class, it means they will spend less money in the CM which might have been spent for an alt. BUT, that determination should be made by BWEA and not the overly opinionated playerbase.

I wish I could do a poll of the gaming backgrounds of everyone in this thread. My hypothesis is that those against AC change have been playing RPGs and/or MMORPGs for awhile and those for it are newer to the MMORPG scene. (Just my hypothesis and telling me I am wrong because of your background doesn't discredit it, you are n=1)

But my reason is this: those who have played RPGs and MMORPGs for a long time are used to limitations and permanent, game play determining character decisions. It is those decisions that have consequences down the road that make RPGs intriguing. Without those decisions, a game is not really an RPG.

Aside from picking the basic class when you create your character, the AC selection is the only permanent decision one needs to make in this game. As someone who sees RPGs as being defined by the decisions they force you to make and consequences they force you to endure, the idea of removing the one character altering permanent decision from the game is disturbing.

A lot of the reasons for instituting AC change are not invalid. But the people asking for it don't seem to realize they are asking for the removal of a feature that defines this genre of gaming for the sake of their own convenience.

Also, if I could change my sorcerer to an assassin, why could I not change it to a juggernaught? It honestly would not affect the Sith Inquisitor story at all if I were using juggernaught lightsaber abliities rather than sorcerer lightning. It would add to my character flexibility, it would be fun, and it would be convenient. But, I think even some of you for the AC change would not like that. It would not affect other people's gameplay at all if I were able to switch from a sorcerer to a juggernaught but the choice between the Sith Inquisitor and Sith Warrior is a major feature of the genre and removing it would be a subtle, but very real, detriment to the game. The same goes for the AC on a smaller scale as well.

This limitation of resetting a character who changes class back to level 10 strikes me as being very fair and a very reasonable compromise.

Of course it does, because you know far fewer people would do it with that limitation.