On DiabloQuest, we have done the same thing. We have taken the original 16 classes and modified them and changed them to fit the Diablo theme. For example we changed Beastlord to Amazon and Shadow Knight to Barbarian. Doing this we also were forced to change the skills as well. It is a long, sometimes tedious process, but if your willing to sink the work into it, it can go a long way.
As for changing the class once a character hits a certain level, we did it differently, we went the Diablo III route, and award "Paragon" levels at that point.
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