This is not open world PvP - these are examples of PvP lakes.

Let's see some support.

I was speaking of how to create a Mandalorian equivalent. I don't see how you got lost on that.

This idea is not late by any means, I don't hope for its implementation or even seek developer acknowledgement - I'm posting this as a "should have done" scenario with a "maybe they'll see the light" mentality. And the players that would populate this third faction would be those interested in fighting both republic and empire alike - this faction would serve as the X-factor in the balance equation that would allow the player population to sole the problem. And I know is hard for most people to accept star wars without all the Jedi but my favorite times in SWG were before the first Jedi ever even unlocked. Again, this isn't a "give us" thread, just a "what if they tried this" Feel free to throw in other ways to fix the obvious faction balance issue.

ITT are Imperial players who have no idea that most Republic players go an entire night of warzones playing 1-2 matches of Huttball. Faction inbalance. You're playing on the wrong side of it.

As many of you by now are well aware, the Imperial faction heavily outweighs the numbers of the Republic. The implications behind this for players who play Warzobes exclusively are minute and the only real issue is te amount of Huttball one spends their time in. However for someone go prefers open world PvP like myself - the incredible inbalance is much larger of a problem. I remember a thread in the beta forums in which Zoeller expressed an interest in a third faction with reference to DAOC. Therein lies the solution to faction inbalance - let players sort it out for themselves. A Mandalorian third faction with a alliance/enemy player system would solve all issues. Mandalorians are the perfect candidate given their position in lore and their general appeal to the populace. There are easy parallels for matching and mirroring other classes. Knight/Warrior - swords instead of sabers and flame throwers for ranged attacks. Bounty Hunter - pull it from Empire. Trooper - pull it from Republic. Inquisitor/Sage - sword and pistol. It may very well be too late or this could be something for an expansion, but this was needed to save the Imperial/Republic Subscriptions that will be dropped simply wcause their servers experience a faction inbalance that does not promote world pvp or even warzone queues. If there is a suggestion box please redirect the thread mods. Do excuse the typos and auto corrects. I'm writing this out in a cab on my way to the airport - on an iPhone.

I think trooper may be more to your liking.

DFR and most of the rest of Flurry joined HoG. If you want a good Repuic guild on HOG you can find Shards of Alderaan. They're a great group of guys with +6 months of beta experience. They run some great premade warzones. Should the factions remain unbalanced I've already got Republic characters on deck to roll with them. Although HoG seems to be the exception to the Imperial majority rule.

Because 90% of the Flurry population went Imperial - as did the rest of the SWTOR community. Everyone split to find Republic players.

The Legacy of Zyillo Fett has begun. /trollface Great seeing so many familiar faces on HoG!

Imperials will be flooding this server any minute now. I've got a 30 Bounty Hunter, but I'm sure I'll be rolling a Republic character by next week. This game so desperately needed a third faction to solve this balance crisis.