ETA on Advanced Class change?

I have acknowledged many times that they CAN change anything they want to change. I have also said that just because something CAN be changed does not necessarily mean that it should be changed.

You are not saying that the devs can change their minds about the AC being different classes, you are saying that they are NOT different classes. What you are doing, however, is saying that the devs are wrong by your insistance that the AC are not different classes when the last word from the devs is that they ARE.

I have acknowledged many times that they CAN change anything they want to change. I have also said that just because something CAN be changed does not necessarily mean that it should be changed.

You are not saying that the devs can change their minds about the AC being different classes, you are saying that they are NOT different classes. What you are doing, however, is saying that the devs are wrong by your insistance that the AC are not different classes when the last word from the devs is that they ARE.

speaking of main hand weapons.

I don't know about you all, but I constantly transfer mods/hilts/barrels/etc across alts. I've done alt rolls on arcanian mainhands (because in com runs, most of us don't need gear for mains anymore, so its almost entirely offspec/alts/companions), won them on my sorc healer and send them off to a completely unrelated alt (most recent was jugg tank)

I almost never use the shell that originally drops. 95% of the time, I pull mods out and either transfer them through legacy gear, or into my preferred shell of choice.

so lets say, hypothetically (this won't happen, because I already have an assassin alt, and I like my sorc just the way she is) - I switch from sorc to assassin, and well... looks like all I have my single blade lightsaber except... wait! I go to collections and spawn a dual bladed lightsaber I have unlocked for my account, pull mods out of my single blade lightsaber and plug them into my new dual blade. (and if you are not like me and don't have it unlocked, on my server at least, GTN is flooded with tons and tons of common cartel market weapons that sell for 3-4000 credits., I just wanted particular look without having to buy it fresh over and over)

whadayano - main hand problem? SOLVED!

but what if I go from healer to tank? well then, in that case I go to this handy tool called GTN and either buy a hilt there, or better yet, grab some mats and have a guildy craft it for me. tada! (or just craft me a 66 hilt, something I CAn actually do due to having many alts and all crew skills maxed out)

honestly. gearing is NOT an issue. credits to regear? couple of days of dailies and you have MORE then enough to buy a completely fresh starter set. (especially not that basic coms buy 69 gear rather than 66)

People already complain about the cost of simply swapping out mods/armor/enhancements/and augments. Have 2 sets of gear is one things, since you can keep your main hand. however, when you must purchase a new weapon outright that you would not normally carry is a different issue than swapping within your AC.

If people don't mind the cost (probably on order of a few million credits) by all means ignore it. But people expect this to be a single cost of just swapping the AC, not the additional costs of swapping gear AND purchasing new gear outright. I typically do not carry an offhand generator on my sentinel. Swapping from a Sentinel to a Guardian tank would be prohibitively expensive (now DPS to DPS only costs me an off hand). Not saying its not possible but to go from a fully geared 55 Sentinel to a 55 Guardian tank would be EXTREMELY expensive and until fully geared would be unable to perform to the best of the class. Let alone needing to learn how to tank as a guardian when doing a watchman rotation for last few years.

People already complain about the cost of simply swapping out mods/armor/enhancements/and augments. Have 2 sets of gear is one things, since you can keep your main hand. however, when you must purchase a new weapon outright that you would not normally carry is a different issue than swapping within your AC.

If people don't mind the cost (probably on order of a few million credits) by all means ignore it. But people expect this to be a single cost of just swapping the AC, not the additional costs of swapping gear AND purchasing new gear outright. I typically do not carry an offhand generator on my sentinel. Swapping from a Sentinel to a Guardian tank would be prohibitively expensive (now DPS to DPS only costs me an off hand). Not saying its not possible but to go from a fully geared 55 Sentinel to a 55 Guardian tank would be EXTREMELY expensive and until fully geared would be unable to perform to the best of the class. Let alone needing to learn how to tank as a guardian when doing a watchman rotation for last few years.

I would question why a player who has had the patience and desire to already achieve a BiS set and so obviously enjoys their AC, would want to swap over to the other AC.

People already complain about the cost of simply swapping out mods/armor/enhancements/and augments. Have 2 sets of gear is one things, since you can keep your main hand. however, when you must purchase a new weapon outright that you would not normally carry is a different issue than swapping within your AC.

If people don't mind the cost (probably on order of a few million credits) by all means ignore it. But people expect this to be a single cost of just swapping the AC, not the additional costs of swapping gear AND purchasing new gear outright. I typically do not carry an offhand generator on my sentinel. Swapping from a Sentinel to a Guardian tank would be prohibitively expensive (now DPS to DPS only costs me an off hand). Not saying its not possible but to go from a fully geared 55 Sentinel to a 55 Guardian tank would be EXTREMELY expensive and until fully geared would be unable to perform to the best of the class. Let alone needing to learn how to tank as a guardian when doing a watchman rotation for last few years.

no. advice to reroll doesn't wash precisely because its the game. aka it should be enjoyed. and not everyone enjoys rerolling.

games should be fun, not work. its people who are against advanced class change that try to make it more srs business then it really is

My point was that people may not realized the true cost of swapping an AC as it is not simply a tree change. Additionally during that transition period your class is severely limited. If you limited to say level 15 sure no problems.

You're right, it is a game. A multiplayer game. Everyone worked to get where they are today, I don't expect a sniper who worked and played to max his character out to be able to switch to be like my operative at will, likewise I don't expect to be able to switch to a sniper. They are different classes and playstyles.

Games should be fun, but in MMOs there is this thing called grind. Which means work. One should have to work towards something if they want it, not just demand they get it due to their self-entitled opinion. Work can be fun, which exactly what re-rolling is. In every other MMO I've played, if I wanted to experience a different playstyle or class I would have to re-roll... which is what I and most others have done.