ETA on Advanced Class change?

Well, I prefer not to ignore folks. Even if I don't like to converse with certain forum members I still want to see and consider what they are saying. I think they deserve that much respect even if I find their behavior toxic at times.

I don't like to silence anyone, and ignore does just that.

Other than directly insulting others I can handle folks that have strong opinions. There are 4 folks in this forum that I feel are actual trolls and I will not converse with them...but they still have something to contribute.

Besides, there is always a chance that a person will change. I have to be mature enough to accept that person back into the fold and not hold their past against them.

It's pretty much how I deal with situations like this. Don't interact but do not move to silence.

I play the same way, just without Marauder and Sniper, I foun I do not like those classes. I grinded Sniper to level 50 (it was way back before RotHC) to complete the story, but now I rerolled him as Operative, much more fun. And I discarded my Marauder on Balmorra, as I think that single saber warrior fills his story role much better.

If I ever wanted to play Shadow, I would roll another consular, as I like all stories.

You are correct. However, I will point out again that there is a vast difference between a cosmetic change and one that affects fundamental game play mechanics, such as a class change would.

We all know what happens when you assume.

BAD BAD BAD idea, if you want a new char re roll, changing your AC isn't like re speccing it's like getting a new lvl 55 for money, P2W.

Imagine that. A suggestion that does not meet the exact criteria you want, and you dismiss it as not good enough. There's a shock.

How do we have over 1900 replies to this thread and now word from EA? And why in the world are people so worried about this? It's none of your business if someone switches their AC. It has nothing to do with you.

You did level a class to max level though and you are definately not getting an additional character. This should balance out any feelings of exclusivity some players seem so attached to. I appreciate there are many players out there that don't have an abundance of free time and I'm quite happy to discuss the potential to open up options that allow them a little more flexibility in how they play the game. It really has no impact on me personally what so ever. I can't help but wonder why you feel so threatened by this suggestion?


You may have missed my earlier post. I have played all the classes (or their mirror). I class myself as an average player able to get through most content of suitable level and equipped for it. It is not a difficult swap between melee and ranged, any more than it is between a change in role from tanking to DPS or DPS to healing. Learn the basics and you are set. This may be less relevant if you are trying to get a position in a top end raiding group or ranked PvP team, but lets be honest there are many more hoops required for them to jump through and the most important part is whether the player is actually capable or not. That is easily demonstrated in game by running a HM FP or two with them.


Please remember that not every one that comes to SWTOR has come from an MMO background. There are many reasons for playing, because they liked KOTOR, because they want to play the same game as their friends, because they are fans of Star Wars. None of these reasons predicts a vast knowledge of the roles you can be expected to play in an MMO.
Those gamers with a strong sense of roleplaying also have a tendancy to place story at the forefront of character selection. Given the way in which Bioware constructed the class structure (primarily one of limited resource to create multiple classes that other MMOs offered while keeping the number of individual stories to a managable level).
The Story and way in which you identify with your character is not pathetic and is very real, just look at the lengths and expense some players will goto to get their character looking how they want them to.

From your tone and the points you make it strikes me you don't focus on the story so much, you are a pure mechanics kind of person, which is fine, but it's not the only way of looking at the game and I would ask you to try and be respectful of the view point of others.

you are a more patient person than I am, then.

ignore doesn't silence someone, IMO, they can still keep speaking. all it does is saves me time from reading more insults, twisted words, baseless claims and accusations, etc.

I'm actually considering adding ratajack to my ignore as well, after all. because I guess "i'm done discussing anything with you" is apparently not enough. some people have trouble taking "no" for an answer and I'm too old and too tired of trying to be fair, when i'm not given the same courtesy.

An interesting suggestion but I feel it misses the main reason for having an option enabled to change the Advanced Class.

If you have already levelled a character to maximum level as a Gunslinger I see no reason why I would want to play a second smuggler as a Gunslinger. You would naturally choose Scoundrel, if at this point you don't like the Advanced Class choice you'd just abandon it. Changing it to Gunslinger would be a weird choice as you already have a level 55 Gunslinger waiting to be played. Not to mention the only way to get the second character back to its original state of Scoundrel would be to level a third character to maximum level as a Scoundrel. I would imagine if you didn't like the class enough the first time and wanted to swap out you aren't going to survive the second time either.

My suggestion tries to address the needs of a gamer who has less playing time than seems to be considered the norm, and a lot less experience at what they can expect from late-end game play.

You want to play as a Bounty Hunter so you select the Powertech AC. Things go swimmingly in the early levels and you get to that point where you are getting close to a full rotation and you find you just don't like being a Tank/ Melee DPS. At this point you have probably invested a few months worth of gameplay and time in a guild. That's quite a lot of investment to just shelve it and start fresh, especially if you already have friends in end game content wanting you to catch up.
So you look for an option to keep your character and experience the other side of the coin, the Healer/ Ranged DPS of the Mercenary.
Within the scope of the story both are still Bounty Hunters, they just have a slightly different focus. As long as there is no ability to use the abilities from both classes at the same time there is no dramatic power shift. If there is a suitable lockout period (I only picked a time frame of one week as I liked the Fast Show and can't help but say 'This Week I are be mostly playing as a Powertech') it minimises any form of abuse for AC swapping as currently seems to exist in PvP with spec resetting on the fly.

The prime function of an AC change is to allow a player to dabble in the abilities and specs of the other AC on the way up through the levels (considering this I may have set my costs a little high but they are easily set depending on how much a player base would/ would not be willing to pay, I largely went on how much it currently costs to unlock a new species you haven't already levelled to 50).

Your suggestion would mean to select a Mercenary I would have to level one to 55 and to select a Powertech I would need to level one to 55. It is really just another way of saying level the other AC to max. I can understand the sentiment of players that take this line as nobody likes to see their efforts lessened or their skill set taken as easy to master. But at the end of the day you still have the advantage of multiple characters and all the bonuses that brings with it, more inventory space, more earning potential from repeating dailies, more support to your guild as you can run OPs multiple times (locked out on one character swap to the other), more craft skills available to you.

There is the small advantage that a DPS focused player could get one set of endgame gear and use it to play as Ranged DPS or Melee DPS. You'd still need a separate set of gear for Tanking, Healing (can cope with the same set of gear as a dpser but I would imagine end game would prefer more alacrity and power than DPS would want) and PVP. So time still needs to be spent