I'm not positive, and can't test it myself since I unlocked them quite some time ago, but I think that unlocking VEATs simply requires getting one of the traditional villain ATs to 20 (Brute, Corruptor, Stalker, Dominator, Mastermind).
Doing it with a hero AT and then switching to the other side would not work. But running a Praetoria originating villain AT would do it whether or not you went to the Isles or Paragon.
I remember there was a discussion here in this forum about this not too long ago. Unfortunately, I can't remember if we were able to finally verify this or not.
It depends on the AT, not the Alignment.
I levelled a brute to 20, left praetoria, and once I respec'd him, I re-unlocked the VEATS, like it does everytime you hit 20 on a villain.
Well, I know if you take a MM to Paragon instead of Rogue you can't unlock them, since I have. So it must be a AT + bad guy thing.
Currently Praetorians don't unlock EATs of either side. However, if you take a Praetorian to either Paragon City or the Rogue Isles and then respec the EATs should unlock.
From what I can deduce it's because the game considers a respec as releveling so it checks for your alignment again. At this point if you're a traditional villain or hero AT then you meet the requirements and the EATs for your respective side will unlock. Unfortunately it seems the unlock requirements are still hard coded into the ATs from the pre-GR era.
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...on a lvl 20+ toon, can I start an Arachnos Soldier? Or do I need to start and level a toon as a villain to do that?