http://www.swtor.com/media/trailers/imperial-agent-character-progression

>>> YOUTUBE HD <<<

Gotta love those squishy shiv sound effects. And: HOODED CLOAKS 4 OPERATIVES!

Also that laser scope effect in the last seconds looks great.

Sweet.

Also info on the Revan novel with some free chapt0rz.

Dear Bioware,

Do you realise I have freaking exams coming January?

How the heck am I supposed to focus on that if you keep releasing more awesome?

The Bounty Hunter and Sith Warrior weren't enough, were they? Oh no, you had to make the Imperial Agent awesome as well....

Seriously, stop the awesome already. We know you can do it, you've proven your point!

Any more and I won't even be able to pretend I've got this mystical thing called a 'Real Life' going on.....

Please, I beg you, for the sake of my sanity: stop this madness!

Originally posted by gobla

Dear Bioware,

Do you realise I have freaking exams coming January?

How the heck am I supposed to focus on that if you keep releasing more awesome?

The Bounty Hunter and Sith Warrior weren't enough, were they? Oh no, you had to make the Imperial Agent awesome as well....

Seriously, stop the awesome already. We know you can do it, you've proven your point!

Any more and I won't even be able to pretend I've got this mystical thing called a 'Real Life' going on.....

Please, I beg you, for the sake of my sanity: stop this madness!

Hehe yeah man.

p.s. Surprised to see that the sniper gear is so very imperial. Purely in looks it's more of a mirror of the trooper; both have that distinct military outfit thing going on.

Cobra commander is an agent

loved the operative outfits

Originally posted by DarkPony

 

: HOODED CLOAKS 4 OPERATIVES!

Me likey..

finnnaaaallllyyy!!!

Cool vid.    The IA reminds me of a Trooper mixed in with bits of the bounty hunter.     go go gadget bombs!!!

Huh, I gotta say that the Imperial Agent looked the least interesting to me... Up until now that is. You can say that the Agent has crawled up my rank ladder of interest. :P I especially loved the last Sniper outfit. It looks like an imperial trooper, yet it shows that they're more elite than the regular soldiers.

Updated OP with Youtube HD linkage.

Story-wise the character is certainly going to be cool, and high on my list. But the movie didn't really look that interesting. Half of the targets were standing still or otherwise not convincing situations... Other combat videos of other classes looked cooler IMO.

And they wonder why people are having trouble picking a class.  They make them all seem so damn interesting. Right now it's looking like I'll be playing all classes but only certain AC's.

Top of the list and first to be played will be:

Trooper - Commando

Sith Inquistor - Sorcerer & Assassin

Smuggler - Gunslinger

Sith Warrior - Marauder

Imperial Agent - Sniper & Operative

Bounty Hunter - PowerTech (Getting Blizz is just a bonus)

By all that is holy(unholy) Bioware please stop i am still having trouble deciding on a main. And you go and roll out a trailer like that? So i guess its between sith warrior-bounty hunter and now IA-Operative. Thanks!!!!

So a jedi just sits there for like 5 second with a laser tagetter pointed right at his forhead and just lets it hit him?

I mean I can't see the future even and I woulda moved ...

Still think the IA got out shined by the Smuggler.

Those are all cutscenes and staged/choreographed videos. No gameplay videos at all. Visuals look good, but is shows nothing of how you actually play; so I don't understand all the screams.

Originally posted by Grahor

Those are all cutscenes and staged/choreographed videos. No gameplay videos at all. Visuals look good, but is shows nothing of how you actually play; so I don't understand all the screams.

I went back and watched again. And actually, there is open world gameplay video throughout. But yes, it is choreographed with camera views only the devs will have. So most of the angles minus a few will not be seen by the player in game. As far as the close up views of the skill affects and animations. But they were the animations and skills we will see, it will just be from a 3rd person view as in most MMOs. So no screaming from me, but still a very nice video and look at skills and armor of the IA.

Originally posted by Grahor

Those are all cutscenes and staged/choreographed videos. No gameplay videos at all. Visuals look good, but is shows nothing of how you actually play; so I don't understand all the screams.

Nah as far as I could tell it was actual gameplay and actual skills, effects and sounds. The only artificial aspects were music, editting and camera angles.

This is why sometimes the transitions from skill to skill looked a little static / wooden, like Elikal wrote. I am fine with that as I also see a lot of animation goodness in there, to give an example; The very last scene where the sniper has her gun packed, pivots around and casually walks off just looked incredibly smooth to me.

This video just confirms my choice for IA Sniper.

Loved the different armors.

The past sniper armor set was sick. And is that operative shanking guys and leaving the blade in while she shoots them in the face? Savage haha

Originally posted by Foomerang

The past sniper armor set was sick. And is that operative shanking guys and leaving the blade in while she shoots them in the face? Savage haha

Hehe, also reviving her companion right before setting off the big explosion right next to her was kinda cruel.