yep, thats part of the choice of choosing an alternate career path. You gain these abilities, but you may loose pre-reqs for later abilities.<br/>the only way to get those pre-reqs is to ask TGT what the elite purchase cost is.<br/><br/>now, you dont *have* to choose that alternate path at rank 4, you can wait till rank 5 or 8 if those later ranks are lack-luster to your build.<br/>I was looking at stuff for my senechal, but because of that choice, it'd seriously screw up my later choices for lore requirements.