Woc doesnt take the same amount of time on a PE as the other classes, this is so false its not even funny.
Woc should be cosmetic only. It absolutely killed this game when it was introduced and anyone who remembers that time and still bothers to post here should absolutely remember it.
Does it have a place in the game? yes absolutely, as lore/storyline/something to work towards if you want to as a nice addition over and above the XP cap.
Should it be a part of the game fundamentals... no most definitely not. NC1 was so much better than NC2 because you had pvp viability from about level 45 onwards. Sure we didnt know what we were doing with stuff back then but the community was alive because people formed relationships (be they love or hate) with one another and fought and died together plenty. Pvp was much more accessible and a whole lot more fun until you added MC5 chips and Woc as "gated" content and it led to huge changes in MC5 to allow a more level playing field (good changes) and also it led to the addition of WOC (bad changes).
TLDR
Cosmetic - yes. Everything else - no.