Board Thread:The Quarters (Q & A)/@comment-31.183.19.108-20140127040725/@comment-24424757-20140127220111

I don't know for sure about the Special gear, but I can tell you that when I chose the Healer class, it kept all my old Warrior gear as-is. Warrior gear just stopped being available for purchase, and Healer gear became available, starting with the lowest level gear. It's not a big deal though, because you can keep wearing your high level Warrior gear while you build up your class gear. It's actually been quite handy to have a good sword and helm for the Trapper Santa quest!