Updated to June 16

I took out some of my older reponses so as to have more room to put features/updates in and so its easier to follow so you don't have to go drudging through post after post of conversation to find the next piece.

After reading this, it seems like you need to choose the same/similar class as your friend in order to quest with them in the beginning? (Else it's a lot of solo until you can?)

Originally posted by SeanSPS

After reading this, it seems like you need to choose the same/similar class as your friend in order to quest with them in the beginning? (Else it's a lot of solo until you can?)

well if you want to do it right from the begining, then yes need to choose aclass that shares the same starter planet as your friend.  you can leave the starter planets somewhere between lvl 7-10 depending on how much of the content you do on them.  during the press and fansite immerision days, it seems that it has taken roughly 5-7 hours for people to get off the planets.  this could change from player to player espicially if you choose to space bar spam through the dialogue.

classes that share starter planets are: SW/SI share korriban, BH/IA share hutta, JK/JC share tython, and TR/SM share ord mantell

List updated to July 29th 2011

• Added some info to the list
• Cleaned up empty boxes to make it look and flow better
• changed one of my posts from an update post to an information post for needed space.

oops.. i posted this in wrong thread. nm.

I need...

My tanking Trooper (Vanguard) to use the big blaster cannons!

You guys know of any dev saying if that will be an option? Or are we going to be able to use only the rifle to tank?

I wish we had a final class/race combination list :(

Originally posted by Kuaidam

I need...

My tanking Trooper (Vanguard) to use the big blaster cannons!

You guys know of any dev saying if that will be an option? Or are we going to be able to use only the rifle to tank?

at this time it seems to be commando big gun, vanguard rifle.  part of this is that they want players to be able to recoginize what other players are easily.  weapons resctritions are a part of this.  not to say i really agree with it but it is what it is.  i can certainly see the arguement for the tank to have the big gun biggest it would make it the biggest "threat."  but i think they were thinking commando gets it because it was orginally just a dps AC so give it the weapon that will do the most damage.

Originally posted by Foomerang

I wish we had a final class/race combination list :(

     I'll second this.

Originally posted by gaou

Originally posted by Kuaidam

I need...

My tanking Trooper (Vanguard) to use the big blaster cannons!

You guys know of any dev saying if that will be an option? Or are we going to be able to use only the rifle to tank?

at this time it seems to be commando big gun, vanguard rifle.  part of this is that they want players to be able to recoginize what other players are easily.  weapons resctritions are a part of this.  not to say i really agree with it but it is what it is.  i can certainly see the arguement for the tank to have the big gun biggest it would make it the biggest "threat."  but i think they were thinking commando gets it because it was orginally just a dps AC so give it the weapon that will do the most damage.

Thanks Gaou. I guess it's my own fault to think that the tanking guy was the one with the big cannon.... Maybe too much Global Agenda.... = S

Two things they need to copy from WoW:

1. Rift obviously proves that if you have the Trinity you need x-serve lfg. Just get over and accept it is needed and if your game is built from the ground up correctly x-server LFG does not destroy your community. Bioware can take a major lesson from Rift on this.

2. The UI looks like dog shit. Sorry guys, but UI in SWToR is driving me nuts everytime I see it. It needs to be FAR FAR more customizable. You guys are arguing about same sex marriages or some crap. I care about how customizable is that UI. If not then this game needs a add on to allow me.

Those are just my two cents about what SWToR needs. Other minor things, but can become major. Dual spec is required and so is x-server war fronts.

Just a quick note to you guys.  While i appreciated discussions on features and what this game should or shoud not have and i don't think it should be discouraged I would like to leave this thread just for updates to the games actual features or anything i might have missed. I've also seen several threads which link back to this thread popping up and i'd prefer it done that way.  So as we don't get a 15 page long disuccsion on features or whatever and thus makes it harder for people who are looking for info (if it ever gets that big) to find what they are looking for.

Just for an extra note, please wait before suggesting missing features on the list or updates until i update the feature list to today. which at the time of this posting it is not updated so some info could potentionally be out of date.

Thanks in advance.

Updated as of August 27th

• Fixed some formatting
• Got rid of what i think is all of the grey boxes.
• updated information

Normally i do updates at certain intervolts but never sooner then one week to allow info to come out but I'm going to be doing a special update today because of all the pax info that is coming out (knew i should have waited one more day) regardless if Thedarknight has updated it or not i'm going to update it because some big things have come out, if he hasn't updated by the end of today which is about 6 hours from now my time, then i'm going to put mine in a color other then what is on the list so you can easily see it.

Just for a tease here are just a few of things (more likely to come:

World pvp explained

Cosmetic armor on par with raid gear (if modded that way)

and beta weekend starts september 2nd

Very good info, Have read about 1/3rd of it, very comprohensive thanks alot OP.

Reading more tomorrow :D

So the everage player can hit the lvl cap in about 200 hours?

If that's true most average players will hit the lvl cap in about 3 months or less. At which point the forums will get flooded with "I'm bored" "this game sucks" threads

Great compilation. Read through it all and all I can say is I wish there was more!

Originally posted by Forlak

Great compilation. Read through it all and all I can say is I wish there was more!

This is a lot of great info. I really appreciate all of the work put into this.

Basically this is a list of standard features of any mmorpg for the past 10 years. The only difference really this game brings to the table is the voice acting(which is in many other mmo) and alignment, along with the huttball. Everything else is non innovative.  I got bored fairly early in beta, but I an willing to play the game (since i am bored) with my guild until something better comes out: Ala GW2 or some sandbox game that actually delivers.

Thanks for info..nice.