ETA on Advanced Class change?

Hopefully, never. It isn't like WoW where changing your spec is just a change of pace, in SWTOR changing your A/C is the equivalent of changing classes outright. Going from assassin to lightning sorc for instance is the WoW equivalent of going from stealth rogue to lightning mage. I'm against A/C switching, especially since lvling is so easy in this game. If you aren't happy with your AC, make an alt. It's as simple as that

Except in WoW, stealth rogue and lightning mage do not share the same base class as Sorcerer and Assassin do. It's as simple as that.

I'm being sarcastic with my "It's as simple as that." When someone says "It's as simple as that," it is never as simple as that. They just want to forestall discussion on a debatable topic.

It has BEEN debated. Literally hundreds of times. Here are but a few:

As I said before you cannot expect to win an argument when you use the same argument that has lost every other time.

I didn't re-read the entire thread so the simple as that comment was just that, just a comment. And yea, it is just like the stealth rogue and lightning mage switch. They share the same base but that seperates at 10. It's like in WoW if rogue/mage/warrior/priest all split at 10. Just roll an alt, an AC is basically an entirely seperate class so AC switching would be far more harmful than beneficial for SWTOR

No, it's not.

Your turn.

In your opinion, regarding both of your assertions in that sentence.

It has been discussed and debated since beta years back. The community more or less agrees with my opinion that it would be more harmful than beneficial to this game since AC's are seperate CLASSES (Not specs). Everytime this topic is brought up, the vote is overwhelmingly AGAINST AC switching.

Actually, the Devs do consider the AC's to be its own class. They have said so. The reason it was done this way was to avoid the cost of separate story. That is not opinion.

It isn't just his opinion.

Now, that said: http://dulfy.net/2012/11/16/swtor-f2...mion-schubert/
Did say that it was "likely". Likely is not "going to happen". This interview was conducted over 9 months ago and BW had just lost Daniel Erickson. So, I wouldn't put a whole lot of stock into that until you start to see it from a Gold Name on these forums, or in the patch notes.

At this point there is very little you can do to alter the state of the game. Your argument has been lost by people who made the same case, better.

You lost the moral high ground a long time ago when you and Tidus resorted to condescension and name calling.

Exactly. With all the issues facing SWTOR's future, the lack of pvp content, the missing SSSP, etc... he wants to selfishly waste dev time on AC switching? It would take them forever to get AC switching coded right, would come with an abundance of bugs, and would take development time away from REAL content that matters

I think a AC Change ONLY in the same CLASS should be available.

SORC can change to SIN and SIN to SORC.
SNIPER can change to OPERATIVE and OPERATIVE to SNIPER.
MERC to POWERTECH or POWERTECH to MERC.

TOTALLY Disagree with going cross class for any changes. (SNIPER> JUGG or MERC > SORC)