When the game was in its early stages and absolute/awakening was the only playstyle available, weapon switching between them made sense, it added another layer and kept it all tied together. Successin currently locks you out of switching to awakening maintaining visual effect coherence, and avoiding that unexplainable weapon switch to awakening/sub. Awakening does not, since it still relies on absolute skills to fill in gaps. But with all the changes over the years awakening is a few skills short of being its own skill tree. 

So Id like to propose that selecting awakening locks you out of switching to main/sub, like succession does, and that skills that can be used with your awakening weapon from your basic tree, get mirrored to the awakening tab with visuals updated to match the style. For example on mystic you could mirror Twisted collision, rename it Twisted Dragon, and add the seadragon visual and martial spirit extradmg effect, and do the same with the rest of the main/sub skills that can be used with awakening.

This would also mean that awakening attacks would also be usable while mounted, and your awakening weapon would display when attacking or sheathed. Over time further effort could be made to make awakening stand out more from succession and viceversa, without really interfering with one or the other. In terms of visuals, a mounted sorceress wielding a scythe, or a valkyrie wielding the lance, will be amazing screenshot material.

The seperate skill trees, will also allow you to better balance without having to consider the impact changes to the main/sub skill tree would have on awakening.

I've always hated that and how it switched weapons every time I got on my horse and I'd have to switch again when I got off. Suggested they lock it a long time ago, but that was ignored.

Some classes have to longer cds for this to work , an some classes use a multitude of skills from preawaken with awaken. You would be changing classes identities since c swap would be removed and other mechanics.

Agree.

what you suggested + awakening rabams