IMHO CH suffers a unique penalty if you leave the profession in that you cannot recoup any of the money you've put into your "tools of the trade"
no other class has this penalty PERIOD
change from a melee class - you can sell the old weapons,
go into a class that cant use the armor you have - you can sell it
Spend 1.5 - 30m credits on a pet ... your only option is to stuff the thing
back in live Training pets for other CH's was a business that helped to drive the economy
on resto that business doesn't exist
Back in live you could sell fully leveled pets
cant do that here
and as for BE'd pets realize the time to cook a pet was nerfed (nearly 48 hrs?) iirc
Personaly Ive felt this was a slap in the face of CH's since I joined this server but its only now coming up due to jedi, Im suprised it didnt come up before now
I think what's being suggested here is the least that could be done even if it is still a Nerf compared to live
CH's already lose all their pet ability (the grind to make them happen) if they incite and move their CH to a different character. No other class suffers that loss. Losing the pets too is a little much to ask of the class, to give them all up on top of the grind you now need to do to get all your pet abilities back. It's actually easier to try and incite on a different character so you don't lose it all. I guarantee you'd incite before you'd regrind getting all the pet abilities AND re-buying all your pets if you have nearly a billion credits worth like I do lol.
I am not advocating that the pet transfer happen, or that the ability transfer happens, or not. I'm just trying to complete the picture. Total loss is much more than just the pets. Added together it's about the same as grinding the xp needed to get jedi master in an extreme example like myself. I have over 40 pets and half of them are app mutations. I'm sure there are other players with more invested than me, maybe not lol.
It took me around 4 months to get where I am with pet abilities. I've been building my pet collection around a year.
I'd argue that regrinding a full set of max level pet abilities is more intense than rolling a BE and getting 20 mutations. I've done both. I incited on my CH. No way in hell am I giving up what I have for jedi. It's not even a remote possibility. I'll go force sensitive and be happy with that. I respecced my BE to a combat build. If I incite I incite. If I don't so be it. I'll hunt padawans ;-)
All that being said, expecting a game to change because of the choices you've made with your character will lead to disappointment. Doesn't hurt to ask, but set your expectations realistically.