Sorry to necro a post that has gone away from the topic I wanted to focus on, which is the actual “cost” of switching.
Perhaps this should go into the What turns you off playing Boundless? thread but anyway.
I don’t know how many times I’ve ported to sanctum to switch alts only to just run straight through the portal as soon as it loads. 
I know many people agree with me.
So, since we have access to the character select button while in world, and the “play with this character” button is there… can we please press it from in the world and then meditate to go to the sanctum and then appear in the sanctum as the other character?
I would be eternally grateful.
I wouldn’t mind even waiting another couple seconds.