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Can't decide which class to play
Chriscaa
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I have 1 activation left, and I can't decide which character to unlock. I have a lvl 37 Jedi Knight I think I'm on chapter 3 with him, and a level 1 Jedi Consular. I kinda feel like I hit the peak of the Jedi Knight story, but I'm worried the Jedi Consular story won't be any good (I heard it was kinda bad). I would really appreciate any insight you can give me on this. 
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I actually just created a Jedi Knight myself lol. Only reason I havent done a consular is because my main it sith inquisitor.
Why not just make another account? Then you can have 4 slots lol.
For republic, i enjoyed the trooper and smuggler the most. Not just because the story was any better per se, but the role of the characters was more interesting than the over serious jedi knight or consular. And the companions of the smuggler are great.
So go for smuggler.
Write bad things that are done to you in sand, but write the good things that happen to you on a piece of marble
Sith Inquisitor and Imperial Agent have the best stories by a long margin.
Smuggler deserves an honourable mention for the Jedi side.
You cheated yourself a bit by not finishing the Jedi Knight story. Most of the story is terrible, but the finale is great.
Smuggler seems pretty lame, I had a lvl 20 smuggler before I quit him. Also I liked the beginning of the Jedi Knight story but after chapter 3 it just seems like you go off to kill the emperor.
You must have strange taste. Most people hated the JK story and liked the Smuggler.
Personally I thought all the Jedi side stories were pretty lame, but Smuggler had more witty dialogue than the others.
For me the Smuggler story falls off once you get your ship and I don't understand why people don't like the Jedi Knight story. I liked going around to different worlds stopping giant super weapons.
I played a tank specced inquisitor. It was actually a lot of fun. I only had one or two a abilities where I had to stand still. The rest you can run around spamming instant moves sprinting pulling people in knocking them back.
I'll likely not ever go back (but who knows if some good update comes up someday) but I can only play 1 class in that game now:
Gunslinger.
It is one of my all time fav mmo classes by far.
You stay sassy!
I liked the Jedi Knight story. I won't say any more than that lest I spoil it.
I will mention that I had a blast playing my Sith Warrior as disrespectful student of Lard Bare-ass [sic]. It was funny to hear him rant in impotent rage because, of course, he cannot retaliate against you. My Sith was secretly a Republic operative which worked, rp-wise, for about 2/3rds of the quest line. But then, seems like the devs gave up on that story tree.
Having played both, I preferred the Jedi Knight. Consular was a bit...meh. It felt like very little time was devoted to the class quest as far as production value. Perhaps it was one of the last classes worked on before launch. Whereas the Knight seemed like it was one the very first classes worked on, having a lot of depth to the story and plenty of production value.
alright thanks for the info Drake
Have to agree, if the choice is just limited to Jedi Knight and Consular, then the Jedi Knight storyline is much better, but both storylines are imo, among the weakest in the game, not that their not fun, its just that i know from experience that the others were better, at least for me. My favourite is still the Imperial Agent.
There is one of the most irritating thing to me about SWTOR classes - torso twist.
Characters twist their torso in 180° range. It isn't as noticable when playing light saber users but when playing ie. Trooper class, it is just ridiculous.
I guess it is a silly reason considered by most but it truly ruins my whole game experience
As a sw fan, the hype of a sw game, and joy of playing a force user class can easily make a force user more enjoyable.
However, beyond that hype, people might have certain pre-conceptions of what they imagined a force user class to be, and how that epic story will unfold. The so called training and following a master, and discovery of new sw lore. In the sw lore from a jedi knight of something related to the class, there was no mystery. There was no wonder, but also very serious. So i thought at least if they wanted that serious tone to offer a sense of adventure that fit the class more, and not riding on the sw hype as much.
Or a sw/si on korriban going through a lot of archeology. And getting new knowledge meant a new ability instead of just finding it all at the npc that sells abilities. Its a small thing, but a major difference in a game with so much lore that also has a game that prides itself on story but then ignores that for one important aspect of lvling.
Write bad things that are done to you in sand, but write the good things that happen to you on a piece of marble
Jedi Consular story is TERRRRRRRRRRRIBLE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I have a lvl 50 shadow, operative, powertech, scoundrel, juggernaut, sorceror, and assassin.
Best story was Operative, it was a lot of fun. James Bond style stuff.
2nd best was Sith Warrior and Knight.
3rd Scoundrel
Worst was Consular and Bounty Hunter.
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So far, the Sith Inq isn't too bad.
Imp Agent is James Bondish and quite amusing.
Smuggler is too much Han Solo wannabe.
BH was ok.
Jedi is......ok.
Trooper is GI Joeish.
I'd say between knight and consular, the knight story is far better. However, I think most people don't like the jedi stories compared to the rest of the games stories because these two stories have been done over and over again in every single star wars game....Whereas how often do you get to play a star wars game from a smuggler, bounty hunter or imperial agent point of view or a view other than a jedi trying to save the galaxy?
Oh and it doesn't hurt that for whatever reason, the imperial side (story, characters, graphics, outfits, animations..etc) are all better done than the republic side. I mean just look at the fleets for both sides, imperial side looks way more polished than republic side...pub side just looks and feels bland and dull. This all disappoints me too because in every star wars game I've always been hardcore light side as I hate being a baddie...
So to sum up differences in knight and consular in my opinion (and mostly from guardian and sage points of view....haven't finished my shadow or marauder yet)...
Knight
The Jedi Knight has really good story.
I have played every class to at least 30th or more and have a few 50s. I have to say my favorite class in combat and in FPs and Ops is the Vanguard Trooper - Ranged Tank (lev 55 on him).
Best story line is the Imperial Agent but I also have enjoyed the Sith Warrior story line quite a bit.