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Praor
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Hi ,srry if questions like this are repetive but I decided Im going to go buy this game today after a long boring year with WoW and Eq2,Im a grinder by heart (drop hunter) and have no desire to be jedi.any tips of class,race etc to choose from to get me off to get a good start plus a idea on server ,I live in Florida if that helps...anyways off to best buy and will check back here...Thxs !! 
Waiting on Guild Wars 2
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If you are a grinder and don't want to pursue a Jedi slot, then Bounty Hunter is currently the way to go.
This assumes you aren't that interested in crafting, which is a terrible grind often for little reward.
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"For one who seeks what he cannot obtain suffers torture; one who has what is not desirable is cheated; and one who does not seek what is worth seeking is diseased." - Augustine of Hippo
If you're a swag hunter, I'd suggest some Master Rifleman hybrid.
Ico
Oh, cruel fate, to be thusly boned. Ask not for whom the bone bones. It bones for thee.
Personally I feel if you aren't going to grind Jedi, you are wasting your time in SWG. If you don't grind Jedi, you will resent:
1) That they are an alpha class that will usually kill you in PvP.
2) Even on a battle ground with other non-jedi, you will be targeted first and die first.
3) No matter how long you play this game, they rate a second charactor slot and you don't. No small point as they can have a crafter or other non combat player and you have to fork over another 15 bucks a month to do the same.
4) Jedi are everywhere. They are the only end game content and as others who never want to be a jedi leave the game, they seem even more abundant.
5) If you follow others advice and become a bounty hunter, you will discover all the exploits Jedi use to prevent you from killing them, thats if you even find them on-line or they aren't on a planet where you can't touch them. A very good percentage of player bounty missions are not do-able.
6) that jedi killed the gallactic civil war and PvP in general, there is very little for you to participate in.
Don't let a love of Star Wars drive you to SWG, let the love of Star Wars drive you away from this world that will try to kill your love of Star Wars.
I think it has its pros and cons definently. I tried everything pretty much. My favorite was Master Bounty hunter, Master rifleman, and Enough pistol to get a root shot. I gave swg 2 years of my life and don't really regret it, lol.
You said you were a grinder, the good news is....You'll be level 80 in about a week, lol. Maybe the investigation line of BH might take a bit longer.
Good Luck and Happy hunter
hehe thanks
Its so true... I used to think Jedi were kinda cool, now I want to see them all dead... It would have been better, after playing SWG, if both Obi-wan and Anakin fell in the lava... Don't let this happen to you, avoid SWG!
Perhaps some day these feelings will go away and I will have A New Hope.....
Waiting on Guild Wars 2
I use to play SWG religously. That was 1 1/2 ago i still have an account and log to talk to friends. Sadley, out of 150 friend I had about 5 or so ar on alot. Awsome comuunity, crappy end game. To many Jedi. SoE just made it "un" fun,
true a lot of your old friends are gone, however I found more that are brand new. I agree...it def is not a long term mmorpg for players, b ut they are generating new people in eevryday. Our guild took 2 new ones in tonight.
People who have to create conspiracy and hate threads to further a cause lacks in intellectual comprehension of diversity.
I so often hear that that and that many old friends are gone in a MMOPRG. But thats the way of life in any multiplayer game. The trick is to always make new friends .... and if you wait long enough, especially in SWG, many old friends come back (often with new toons). I can see that especially well on my guild homepage, where people that were inactive for 6 or 12 month suddenly start posting and playing again.
Have fun
Erillion
In swg the ultimate loot hunter imho is master rifles, master pistols and Combat Medic 4004. You can solo anything that is melee by applying e-drain and combining with stopping shot. With a low sac rifle and sac pup you can get nasty dps alternating between quick draw and head shot. You can also have fun in pvp being a front-line rifleman.
This would be true if it wasn't for the fact that Bounty Hunters have unique access to all high-end loot in the game.