The only way I see this happening is they would probably need to make Bounty Hunters and Smugglers a shared class. Bounty Hunters could belong to the empire and the new faction, same for Smugglers with the republic. They will start on their original factions, and not need any change in questline before such an expanison, and once they hit a certain level they could choose to convert to the new faction or stay with their current faction. Furthermore, by giving the republic and empire two new mirror classes such as imp trooper and SiS agent they can patch up any discrepencies caused in class population. The new faction will also need two mirror classes. So there will be two classes that are essentially the same on both factions, with one being able to switch to the third faction. While they would need, I assume, two different stories for hunters and smugglers I see this as the only feasable way to make them available to this new faction. Just my two cents

You can convert WZ into Ranked comms before level 50 if you need to spend it on something. Id much rather just buy the Battlemaster gear while leveling up though, even tie it to a legacy perk I dont care, pvping in recruit gear isnt really fun. /Signed

I know there are Sith Beast Master mobs in the game already (Late SW story) so why not? Signed

I did the entire Corellia agent quest line last night at level 46 with just levl 40 pvp gear. I dont really recall what mob the nemesis is. However, I do know that I didnt really have any issues with any mob. LoS tanking any ranged and kiting any melee. I was lethality so my dots ticked their health down and I remained fairly unharmed. I used Vector and he only had level 43 greens. Not to sound rude, but I gotta agree with the above poster. Rethink your playstyle, you shouldnt really be having any issues with any class quest mobs.

If they remove the giant "don't stand here" sign, they should at least keep the targetting lasers and the sound cue.

Did that quest yesterday and had no problems

I didnt use a healing companion while leveling any of my numerous 50's. They are not really needed and a dps companion just lets you plow through everything. Downtime is irrelevent when the most amount of time that you are going to be resting is 10 seconds. That is nothing.

The reason why "advanced class" is different than a "class" in this MMO, and why advance class respecs should be an option, is the story. The two different AC's share the same story. I don't play my 50 Mercenary anymore because I find it pretty dull. The reason I am not going to re-roll a Powertech is because I have already played through the BH story. I would not be getting anything new out of it, and I would rather play one of my other characters. An AC respec would get me playing my bounty hunter agian. It is still the same "class" just a different side of it. I still dont know why people are so opposed to this. I dont think an AC respec should have any limits per year, but it does need to be a paid feature as you suggested.

My first 50 was a Chiss BH out of choice as I love the Chiss race. Then, when I found out it would be an unlock via legacy I deleted most of my low level republic characters and remade them Chiss because, well, I love that race.

I once got stuck in the holoterminal on my imperial agents ship, and /stuck was always on cooldown and there was no where to quick travel to. I didn't have the patience to wait an hour in the lfg queue to get out so I played an alt and slept while my emergency fleet pass cooldowned for 10 hours . That was a little off topic..

The aura is fierce, sparks burn. I get a little tingle in my pants whenver he says that while leaping into my foes. Vector is one of the most interesting companions bioware has created for this game. He is awesome. Edit: I shot Mia in the face, so I dont think she will become my companion at any point in the future.

Um, just use mid, snow, and grass....

Im rage as well level 46ish and I use Jaesa. Just keep her geared and you can roll through everything blindfolded. Use armor pen stance. The dot wont really do much since things die so quickly.

More XP needed to level? When entering a new planet, Im always 2-3 levels under the recommended level to start it. Only reason I can keep up is by doing pvp or space missions. I am not a completionist at all and I know I'm not the only one. Increasing the level required to level up will do more harm than good imo. If they do it, then they need to compensate by increasing the experience gains from warzones, space missions ect. ect.

I love this idea. I can see both the advanced classes behind the same names, as hand to hand combat doesn't seem like it would be restricted between the two factions. Echani Artist and Teräs Käsi Master or something like that. Echani martial arts is about making your body into a weapon, so make that a pure dps AC. The Teras Kasi can easily have a defensive stance to make them a dps/tank. Their shared talent tree could focus on active buffing and debuffing. Like hitting enemy vital points and inspiring allies. Republic Halcyon? Emperial Sympathizer? Just throwing out ideas.