I'm not playing at launch, I will at some date in the future but I dont feel entitled to play a lightsaber user. In fact I think "Everybody will be playing jedi or sith... Im playing a diferent one" I know... it's kind of stupid to think like that.

Coming into this game I stated to everyone, "I'm not about to play a star wars game and not have a lightsaber!" but after playing beta I learned that the only class i like in this game was trooper/BH and not a fan of the Jedi or the Sith classes.

So no i don't feel the need anymore to cling to a lightsaber class.

I felt I had to go Force user until I saw some Commando gameplay.

So it's Commando and Shadow for me....

I actually like the non-force sensative classes more.  The sith warrior and inquisitor are fine, but they just don't seem evil enough for my tastes, killing some kid's dad and forcing him to join the sith (IA) is much more evil than anything I did as a Sith Inquisitor upto level 22.  On the other side, the consular and knight are too good.  Jedi aren't supposed to be heroes that defend the weak and blah blah blah...a Jedi's primary objective is to instill balance in the force.  As a trooper, your objective is pretty clear, you blow S*** up and shoot anything else that's left over :)

The Force classes are too one way or the other, while the others are right in the middle.

Unfortunately this is just a Star Wars MMO to many people. To a few though, this is the spiritual successor to the 2003 GOTY Knights of the Old Republic. In that game and Obsidians sequel you played a Jedi who had lost connection to the force and had to rediscover it along your journey whilst making decisions which would lead you towards the light side or dark side. When i get round to playing i will be treating this game like KOTOR 3, so its got to be a force wielder for me, there can be nothing else.

Originally posted by zakiyawow

To answer your question: nope. I tried Jedi knight, jedi sage, smuggler and trooper. I loved the Trooper game play. I know I will make one trooper tomorrow :)

Trooper was very fun.

To the OP, not at all... however I'll prolly be forced to eventually.  Since going Republic and not all that keen on the Smuggler, I'll prolly have to play the Counselor for my alt when I grow bored of my two troopers (one for each AC).

All 8. However I will alternate between sides and styles. IE might start with a jugg then move to something like a trooper then perhaps an agent then maybe a sage, etc...

I played SWG (pre CU) for three years and never had a Jedi (mainly because there was no Sith in the game), but I had a crafter and played my Pistoleer / Smuggler and my Tera Kasi lizard boy.

Originally posted by helthros

Greetings, I've been doing some research on what class I want to play at release and I can't help but feel like it would be wrong to play a Starwars game without a lightsaber or the force.

 

I've been starting to learn towards the dual pistol BH class (forget the name), but there's some knot in my stomach that makes me feel like playing without a lightsaber would end up feeling empty. Originally I thought Sith Marauder was a definite auto-lock, but watching the BH videos has left me wondering...

 

Anyone else experiencing this?

 I had my heart set on the Inquisitor, but in beta I had way more fun with the Imperial Agent. But eventually I'll have one of each class anyways.