The Smuggler’s story kicks off when his ship is stolen, so all his interactions with Republic officials, refugees and Separatists revolve around trying to get the ship back and taking revenge on the person who stole it. Though you’re running through the same areas, fighting the same sorts of enemies, the Smuggler’s experience of the civil war is very different from the Trooper’s. It’s a great way to keep the players focused on a single purpose for the first ten levels of play.Įach character also experiences the game from a unique perspective. Every single quest bears some relation to the larger story and even the smaller side chapters where you’re helping Twi’Lek pilgrims or Republic refugees fit the overall context of each world. On Ord Mantell, it’s the war between the Separatists and the Republic.
On Tython, it’s the appearance of a strange group of hostile aliens.
For one thing, all the content on the starting planets revolves around a single theme. Each of the stories, particularly the smuggler’s, begins with a hook that gets you right into the action, helping you understand not only who your character is, but also the larger context of the world around you.īioWare’s promised to bring meaningful storytelling to the MMO genre and, based on the starting planets at least, that promise has been fulfilled. The Jedi Knight and Jedi Consular each begin as Padawans on the ancient Jedi homeworld of Tython, while the Smuggler and Trooper classes each find themselves stuck in the midst of a civil war on Ord Mantell. Players on the Republic side choose from four classes, each of which is assigned to one of two starting planets. Today we’re bringing you a look at the starting experiences for the Republic faction. Well this week the blast doors have been blown open, the tractor beam has been powered down, and we’ve been exploring the galaxy in the new beta to uncover everything we can learn about the game.
So far, we’ve only been able to play BioWare’s upcoming MMO in restricted and supervised environments.
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