ETA on Advanced Class change?

.....fair enough.

Does anyone have that link? I wonder how a player would perform at 50 without an AC choice.

I should be able to change my advanced class any time I want. At will. Without paying anything. No Cartel Coins. No Credits. JUST LIKE THE RESPEC. In fact, they should just add a couple of dialogue options to the existing vendor. Problem solved.

They are my characters. I pay for them. There is no debate over what I can or can't do with them as it is nobody's business.

I imagine it would be challenging. You could perform the experiment. It would be interesting (although I imagine somewhat tedious).

Hm, I can't seem to find it.
I did find this picture of a level 50 smuggler, though.

That's awfully final for a game that has more players than simply yourself. There are limits to what the game will allow an individual to do as a player. That much is understood and expected generally.

That does not mean you do not have a point, but the finality of your post indicates there is no room for discussion, and that contention is opinion at best....certainly not true. There is plenty of room for discussion and I would think that what players do with their characters is everyone's business in some situations.

I bet it would be pretty tough to play without the AC bonuses from the spec trees. Not to mention the extra abilities you get.

I wonder, if they really viewed this as a class and an important decision why they didnt make it mandatory?

the fact that choosing advanced class is not actually mandatory, that a lot of people genuinely miss the opportunity in a first place (its one of the most commonly asked question on Coruscant/Dromuund Kaas after all), and that it is absolutely possible (even if challenging) to play through your entire Class story (underlined for emphasis, because that's what its called - class story)
is the main reason why AC switch is absolutely NOT the same thing as switching between say sith warrior and bounty hunter.

Oh, I would say that there is no doubt that asking for switching an AC is not like asking to change a Smuggler to a Jedi. The AC is a "class within a class" one could argue, so the base class remains the same, the game is designed for folks to make both choices. Changing your base class at ANY point would cause all kinds of problems with the storyline.

But to my knowledge the story is the same for both ACs in each class.

I contend that ACs are different enough to look at them like distinct classes, but that is not meant to be the final word on the issue. Just my view.

And note that, class or not, switching AC is more of an issue of how it will effect the game than anything else for me.

And there's the difference between you and others. To them, that is the final word on the issue.

trooper
http://www.swtor.com/community/showthread.php?t=574656

jedi

http://www.swtor.com/community/showthread.php?t=549229

and here is a agent

http://www.swtor.com/community/showthread.php?t=251639