ETA on Advanced Class change?

Those who look at it as class changing SEEM to have a very narrow vision of this, they are so bounded by the ways of other MMOs thinking that if one game doesnt allow it, no other game should. I have used other games as examples, yes ill admit it, but it doesnt change the fact that whatever base class you pick, then whichever AC you pick after level 10, you will ALWAYS be that base class, there is no possible way that can change, however AC changing can be possible without breaking that invisible rule of no class changing that most mmos follow.

so the devs have a "narrow" view? you still cannot dispute the devs classify them as different classes.

One could argue that...but would you concede that, even if an AC is not an individual class, even if it was not originally designed to be an original class, even if Bioware simply insinuated it was as an excuse to remove the AC change ability could it not be said, or perhaps argued, that the ACs are different enough to be considered "like or similar to" classes?

Understand, I am not posing that that means if that is the case AC change is off the table...after all, at one time Bioware allowed it. I am only saying that, for the sake of this discussion, could one say they are at least "similar" to classes.

I'd also like to argue the point of the fact that if I played DPS guardian. What is the purpose of me playing it? A sentinel does more dps and has better utilities. They should just remove dps guardians and make it all 3 tank trees. :/

Obviously since the devs have said this feature will most likely happen, that they dont see it as a whole class change anymore.

Good point, but as stated before, that is why they need restrictions on it so if they buff guardian dps, not every sentinel would disappear and vise versa.

In my opinion? No, I dont see AC's being a whole class on its own. There is absolutely nothing unique about it aside from how you will be utilized end game and of course play style is little different, skill trees are different, but those arent enough to declare it its own class, now had they come from a different background, have different story plots (not different stories) I could agree that it would be more like its own.

In my opinion? No, I dont see AC's being a whole class on its own. There is absolutely nothing unique about it aside from how you will be utilized end game and of course play style is little different, skill trees are different, but those arent enough to declare it its own class, now had they come from a different background, have different story plots (not different stories) I could agree that it would be more like its own.

Well, to be fair they have insinuated (perhaps not directly stated) that the ACs are classes or at least are "like" classes on many occasions to my knowledge. I suppose it could be argued that they may not see them as classes any longer, but remember that they did, at one time, allow AC change.

I also have to mention in fairness that originally, based on their own comments prior to launch (those comments posted and linked in this very thread) the ACs were originally designed as "role" choices, not individual classes.

So it is in fact a pretty confusing contention. It seems there is no way to know with any finality how they view the ACs, but one could infer at present, if you look at comments only, that they at least view current ACs as "similar" to classes enough that they were against AC change, at least until the latest comments concerning change.