Restructuring Classes in SWTOR

Superman's blind commitment to this idiotic idea disturbs me greatly...

Or you just lock out the Tank tree when the first point is put into the healing tree and vice versa.

I think this is the logical conclusion of offering an AC swap mechanism. I am not a fan of AC swap under any pretenses. That said, were it to be offered I would prefer to eliminate the ACs (as allowing AC change entirely negates the permanence of the AC choice).

I don't think S_AZ is trolling your other thread so much as I think he is re-framing the discussion into a mechanic that he would be more supportive of.

I'd go along with eliminating AC's only if I get paid 500,000,000 creds per char of mine that becomes obsolete.

I would want the cartel coins I invested in them refunded too. Not just the cost of buying the extra character slot, but also all the Legacy unlocks.

Only becomes obsolete if YOU allow it to be. Otherwise, you now have one for PvE and one for PvP.

Can anyone explain to me what's wrong with being able to occasionally (at cost and within limits) switch between tank/healer/nuker on the same character without rerolling? We have active examples of other games allowing that so you can use them as examples to list consequences.

And, let's say i've hypothetically got over half a dozen knights and warriors at 55 and including multiple reps from both ACs - what would be "wrong" with me switching the AC on one of them? Laziness not a factor - i like to mix things up and AC is not the only defining aspect of that character for me.

I don't see how switching acs is remotely complex or problematic in terms of the mechanics or lore of this game. It doesn't require a fundamental structure reboot at all. Sure, everyone would have to change their off-hand and/or primary weapons and remap some keys and buy new skills but that's hardly revolutionary or unprecedented in this industry - again there are examples of other games where gear has to be changed and skills bought after spec changes so feel free to cite examples of consequences. Heck, switching between tank and dps specs here requires more gear changes than any dps=>dps ac swap would.

What about all the skills not gained via talents but via AC ? Several healing skills are trained not talented. Some stuns/mezz are locked to AC and trained not talented. Most CC's are locked to AC and trained not talented.

TBH it would be a balancing nightmare. Clearly not worth the resourses considering the same effect can be had if we got an AC reset.

That isn't the same as saying i want an AC reset. However if the price was high enough and with a fairly long cooldown, then i guess i would be ok with it.

Yes please. Let's take a massive rewrite of all the classes, create an absolute nightmare for PvP balance, and an incredible amount of time away from all development teams because somebody doesn't want to roll an alt.

Cause that makes so much sense.