ETA on Advanced Class change?

Too bad the devs make the rules for "your" game. Unless you play on a private server, that is.

Here is what I would be asking the pro AC change folks, only to prove that ACs do not feel like classes.

I would ask...
1) Do you believe a player should be able to change their base class (Trooper, Smuggler, BH, Inquisitor, Warrior, Knight, Agent, Consular)?
2) If you do not, why not? What is it about the base class that you believe makes it a permanent choice, if that is what you believe?

Calling something a class is not a rule. It is a title. A title that devs may grant an item or feature.

For instance, devs could call each spec a class, or say they view each spec as a class. That does not make it a class. That makes it how they view the spec.

Players determine what is defined as a class and a spec in a game IMO. Not the devs. It is all based on how it feels. And in this respect I believe the original design failed to provide a real "class" feeling to ACs. This is something they can fix IMO.

Calling an apple an orange does not make it an orange...even if I sell apples.

Already covered: the storyline. Same as gender and faction change. Probably way too technically complex go be worth the bother.

And too bad for you that "the devs" can make AC change a reality if they so choose, no matter how much you hate the idea.

And too bad for you that they have still NOT chosen to do so, no matter how much people beg them to allow it.

Again, this is where we disagree. The players may "feel" that what the devs have determined to be a class, even if the devs are not as clear about stating this as they should be. The player's "feelings" that the class is "not" a class do NOT trump the dev's definition of class, though. The players do NOT write the rules or set the mechanics of the game. That is done by the devs, even if the players wish the devs would change the game to suit their desires.

Like you, I would like to see the devs actually stick their head into this almost 400 page thread and make 2 statements.

1. I would like to see them make a definitive statement as to whether your AC is a "Class" or a 'spec".

2. i would like to see then indicate whether or not changing AC's is still on the "wall of crazy".

So, if it was a Powertech or Mercenary story instead would that define those choices as a class? In other words, if the storyline was directly tied to either one of those choices.

So, if it was a Powertech or Mercenary story instead would that define those choices as a class? In other words, if the storyline was directly tied to either one of those choices.

I think most of those desiring AC (class) change would require a completely different story, with different companions in order to admit they are different classes. Hopefully I am wrong on this, though.