The Old Republic - Republic or Empire?

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I don't think that the wait time is a killer. I've logged a few hours now and it's not a big deal. :)

I'm up to lvl 10 on Mind Trick. I'm really loving the Jedi storyline so far. It's just good stuff. I love the structure of the game and the quests. It's so cool to be working on the main quest and then just accidently find a bonus quest. Wait, now I can do what? :)

Reeeeaallllly jonsin for my lightsaber ..... :D
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EvilGenius wrote:Reeeeaallllly jonsin for my lightsaber ..... :D
What? You're level 10 and you don't have a lightsaber yet?
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I have 2 lightsabers! And my Sith Marauder character has 2 as well! That's 4 lightsabers (and I even sold an extra off last night...) :)

I think so far the quests have been really well done. If you structure it right, there should be very little grinding you have to do. That being said, with Quest I've had to grind twice so far (that's where I am right now...I cannot defeat the Class quest I have as I'm too low level, and the only quests I have left are all group or heroic...).

Two disappointments I have with the game however is that the classes across both factions are a bit too similar mechanically: a Sith Marauder isn't much different from a Jedi Knight, and it seems a Sith Inquisitor isn't much different from a Jedi Consular (except for how in-game effects graphics of course). Republic Soldier seems similar to Bounty hunters too (but with the latter you get to shoot little missiles at people, and get a jet pack...very cool and well done IMHO). The other is that the race choices are mostly duplicated across both sides: there isn't any non-"human" races. I can understand why they did this (probably so they didn't have to do multiple face animations), but considering all of the other NPC species in the game, I would have liked to see FREX Rodians as a Bounty Hunter choosable race (and it would fit better than cyborgs!)...

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Edit: never mind - found the character name thread.
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Awesome crafting guide:
http://www.swtor.com/community/showthread.php?t=530

And, the companion Reverse Engineering guide:
http://www.swtor.com/community/showthread.php?t=45866
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