ETA on Advanced Class change?

So if this craziness were to happen, what happens to those of us who spent the time and effort leveling up both AC's of a Class?
I'd be pretty upset if suddenly there's no real difference between my Operative and Sniper. Or my Jugg and Marauder.

So if this craziness were to happen, what happens to those of us who spent the time and effort leveling up both AC's of a Class?
I'd be pretty upset if suddenly there's no real difference between my Operative and Sniper. Or my Jugg and Marauder.

there's still difference. they are different characters. you don't have to change their AC any, you can just keep it as is.

when I played WoW, I had several hunters. I split up specs between them because allowed for different playstyles without switching. even though I could play the same spec on a single hunter. the reason i had multiples was because I
1. like the class
2. they were different race
3. one of them is different faction.

aka - there will STILL be difference. because you don't have to switch your AC, just like you don't have to switch your spec.

and unless you play through the story in identical way, have your characters look identical and be the same gender? there's also that.

incidentally - I personally have 2 smugglers, 2 agents, 2 bounty hunters, 2 inquisitors, 2 consulars, 2 warriors. (and 1 knight, 1 trooper)
other than knight and trooper, I have one of each advanced class. and other than consulars and inquisitors, i have one of each gender.

I personally have no need for ability to switch AC.
but I still support it (with limitations). because - choices are nice, and because second chances are nice.

Of course, if they allowed players to change their class, then the PERMANENT decision made at about level 10 when a player chooses his class would o longer be permanent. Just because something can be changed does not mean it should be changed.

Right now that decision IS PERMANENT, and I have yet to see any real, valid, and irrefutable reason why the devs should change that.

If only second chances didn't lead to begging for third chances and so on...

and?

1. they don't have to keep giving people chances if they don't want to
2. while I personally prefer restrictions, unrestricted switching between advanced class will NOT be the end of the world
3. its a game. its supposed to be fun. choices are fun. not needing to take those choices is also fun. AC switch is optional choice. you don't have to use it.
4. this comes up a lot - wrong gear and inability to play a spec. as you have noticed, i have a lot of alts. as a consequence, I pug a lot, because my guildies are not always available and/or in a mood. I run into more people who don't really know how to play their class, then people who do. they fall into 2 categories. those who are willing to learn and they tend to learn pretty quickly. and those who are NOT willing to learn and there's just no helping those people regardless of what class/ac/role they play. ability to switch AC? will not change that. there will still be people who are willing to improve and people who are best added to ignore lists.

i know its hard but think logically.. Why would a EA who makes money on people playing this game as long as possible want to make it so they shorten the gameplay??

I know the childish entitled want is everything for nothing. However EA will lose money because people will not p[ay as long when they can SKIP THE GAME.

i know its hard but think logically.. Why would a EA who makes money on people playing this game as long as possible want to make it so they shorten the gameplay??

I know the childish entitled want is everything for nothing. However EA will lose money because people will not p[ay as long when they can SKIP THE GAME.

People should want to play the game for as long as possible because it is fun. If the business plan of EA/BW is to have people replay 8 class story lines in order to "keep them around longer" they have much bigger problems.

AC change doesn't take away from game replay. It doesn't cause people to "skip the game". If they have a class fully leveled, they have already "played the game" and making someone play the game again isn't going to magically cause people to stick around longer.

People will stick around longer for fun, not in order to re-grind something they have already done just because they want to try out the "other option". Believe it or not, forcing a grind is not something that endears a company to its players.

You keep tossing "entitlement" around, most likely because you have no real argument and have to use insults and name calling to try to justify your myopic view. The simple truth is that happy players will stay and unhappy players will leave. I can't imagine EA/BW would lose people against AC change were it implemented (with the few childish temper tantrums being the exception as usual) but I can easily see people staying longer if it were implemented.

I'm currently leveling up a 9th character because after getting a Sith Sorc to 55 I wanted a Jedi Sage to give my guildies a few more healing options. I can't begin to describe how mind-numbingly boring it is to go through a class story a second time, nor to go through the leveling process a 9th time (though to be honest I've not gotten all of the other 8 characters all the way through their story arcs...mostly because the rest of the leveling process is just so dull). I'd much rather prefer to be able to switch my Shadow over to Sage because there is nothing in the leveling process of said Sage that is new.

And I can guarantee I'm not sticking around just because I "get to level yet another toon" nor am I spending any more money because of it but I can guarantee that boredom will chase me from a game faster than anything else.