So my plan is (assuming the game is as good as i think it will be) is to play all 8 classes, but not all 16 Specialization. For each side i want at least 1 tank and 1 healer but unlike other games where my choice is pretty much which class is better. I know right now that i want to play a Darth Vader / Darth Malgus type of character., and that the Sith Warrior Juggernaut class
- Galactic Republic (Good)
- Trooper
- Vanguard — Tank, close range DPS, Energy shields/Defense, Blaster Rifle
- Commando — Range DPS/healing, Grenades, Heavy Blaster Cannon
- Smuggler
- Gunslinger — Range DPS, Dual Pistols, fast Attacks, cover
- Scoundrel — Range DPS/healing, stealth/cover, Blaster Shot gun
- Jedi Knight
- Jedi Consular
So looking at the Republic side i always imagined playing a Luke Skywalker type character with 2 light sabers so i’m pretty sure i’m going to play a Jedi Knight Sentinel. I always wanted a Han Solo type of character either, based on the description a Smuggler Scoundrel is the closet thing to that. The other 2 classes, i don’t really have an idea in my head how i would want to play them.
- Sith Empire (Evil)
- Bounty Hunter
- Powertech — Tank, Defense/Energy Shield, Flamethrower.
- Mercenary — Range DPS/healer, Dual Wield Guns, Missiles
- Sith Warrior
- Juggernaut — Tank/Melee DPS, Single Saber, Heavy Armor
- Marauder — Melee DPS, dual Wield Saber, Temporary Stealth
- Imperial Agent
- Sith Inquisitor
For the Sith i have always wanted a Darth Vader / Darth Malgus type of bad ask more machine than human tank so i am going to go Sith Warrior Juggernaut. I also have always wanted an emperor type of character. The Force Lightning, the mind games, the evil power. So i am going to go Sith Inquisitor Sorcerer. The other 2 no idea. I know a lot of people have Boba Fett fantasy, i’ve never had one.
The only 2 I know for sure I’m going to do are a Trooper | Commando | Combat Medic and an Imperial Agent | Sniper | Whatever the single-target focus is. I actually am not terribly keen on being a force user. That said. . . . lightning will draw me to a Sith Inquisitor | Sorcerer at some point, I’m sure.
I’m told by people I know in the beta that the classes on each faction are exact mirrors, just with the skills having different names and animations, but mana/power costs and damage/heal amounts are identical, so that means there actually only are 8 classes, just different skins on them. Since the class story comes from the class itself, not the Advanced Class, if you want to experience all 8 stories but still have differing gameplay on your character each time, picking the “opposite” advanced class will do that for you. Means if I ever do a BH, I’ll go with Powertech. If I do a Jedi Consular I’ll be a Shadow, and if I do a Smuggler I’ll be a Scoundrel. And that also means if I ever do the final 2, I’d go sterotypical and Marauder it up with a Sith Warrior (they’re all about attack, right?) meaning I’d have to go with Guardian on the JK side (all about the defense, yes?) Yeah, color me unoriginal.
Well, except I gotta admit, I don’t think many people going Commando with that BFG are actually going to spec as a healer. . . .
I figured there will be too many Jedi/Sith players and in an MMO I always like to be a useful class. I fell in love with the Bounty Hunter class at first play. I didn’t play all of the other classes, but so far thats my top pick.
I heard that jedi/sith where the same, but the none Force classes were different from each other. Like the Bounty Hunter and Smuggler had different abilities. And that kind of make sense since i don’t see any smugglers with jet packs.
Bounty Hunter mirrors the Trooper, not the Smuggler. The Smugg and the Agent are the other mirrors.
Skill names and animations are different, so you won’t see a trooper with a jetpack using a flamethrower, but that trooper will have a skill that is a cone attack like the flamethrower and does the same amount of damage at the same ammo/mana/power cost.
Or the sorcerer will use lightning while the sage will toss pebbles. Both will do the same damage for the same power/mana/force cost. Sorcerer will look way cooler, though, so everyone will play the sorcerer
Who says the republic is necessarily good? Played republic and didn’t really get that impression whilst reading between the lines..