ETA on Advanced Class change?

So if the Devs changed the rules to allow AC swap you wouldn't have an issue with it?
That was an example, there were plenty more. Some of them make the gaining of xp easier.
The player still has to earn the XP to level. They are not gaining an extra character. They are swapping over an ability set (all be it a different ability set but really not that much different from the respec of changing specialisation and role)
So all the balancing and changes to abilities across the various classes has been cosmetic?
And, again, you are not skipping any levelling process because you are not gaining an additional character.
You constantly state how easy and quick it is to level up a character, if that is the case why should it be seen as an imperitive against allowing AC swapping? I could understand it more if it was a difficult process that actually exposed a player to the skills they need at end game but as it stands its there for those that like story, and watching the flashy animations as mobs drop dead left, right and centre.

[edit: That's me away for the weekend now. Should be back on the 27th for an anniversary post, I may even buy a cupcake with a candle to celebrate ]

Let me say this clear to back up Vhaegrant too.

Ratajack is against things that will surely help this game both in revenue and gameplay, so please listen to the wookie instead of the rat..

P.S also you dont "earn" an advannced class, you earn XP and skillpoints.

I would have a problem with it. I would have to make the choice as to whether or not I would coninue to play a game that caters to the "lazy, entitled have to have it now and for as little effort as possible crowd" to such an extent. What I would not do is to come to the forums whining and crying, playing the victim, expecting BW to change the game to suit me.

The player still has to EARN that XP. It may be easier to do so, but the XP still has to be EARNED.

Going from a stealthy melee ranged DPS to a ranged healer with no stealth is vastly different than going from a ranged DPS to a ranged healer or from a melee DPS to a melee tank, IMO.

If you level an assassin, and are handed a sorcerer(even if that sorcerer replaces the assassin), then you are skipping the process of leveling that sorcerer.

Even if I level a sorcerer as DPS, I still have access to the heal spells and at least gain a modicum of familiarity with them. If I level an assassin I have NO access to those heal spells and therefore cannot have any familiarity with them. The reverse is true as well. An assassin, even leveled as DPS, has access to the tanking skills, such as taunt, and will gain at least a modicum of familiarity with them, while the sorcerer cannot.

If the mobs drop deal left, right and center, then there should be no problem leveling. Why should BW spend the development dollars on a system to cater to the "lazy, entitled have to have it now and for as little effort as possible" crowd when there already exist a viable means for any player to play that new class (AC) that they want to play?

Lazy =/= Convenience

Convenience is the ability to make routine tasks easier, quality of life.

Lazy is avoiding tasks altogether.
XP is Earned, Advanced Class is not something you earned is something you choose (Convenience)


So your point is?


The amount of respecs in leveling has to do with the skill of the player, not with the advanced class they chose or swap in this case.
No and you are WRONG.

Like avoiding leveling that new class (AC) you want to play?

Leveling an alt is because you want to lvl an alt, not because gameplay restricts you in order to lvl up another alt.

SIMPLE LOGIC AND COMMON SENSE

Leveling an alt is often done because a player wants to play a different class, such as powertech if they leveled a mercenary. Those are the game mechanics as designed and intended.

Playing a Class for lvling an alt, is INTENDED
Playing a Class because the game fixed the advanced class NOT INTENDED.

Actually, it was and still is INTENDED that you level that new class (AC), as it has been that way since release and before.

While they may have talked about possibly allowing class (AC) changing during beta, the decision was made long before release that there would be no class (AC) changing. That makes it INTENDED that you must level that new class (AC).

Whether you choose to play a new story or a new class (AC), either one must be leveled. This is they way it was intended and the way it has been since launch and before.

Yep but thank god, gameplay changes during the life of the game.

So dev could come up and say Rata your wrong, Advanced class is coming and it also gives liberty to players to futher try DIFFERENT CLASSES and not make alts just for game mechanics and more importantly HAVING FUN PLAYING A DIFFERENT CLASS WITH ALL TREES AVAILABLE.