I would make it faction-specific. Half the Empire people are in for a shock when they join Republic and their happy pants Jedi Counselor has some last name that sounds like a Death Metal flunkie.

Yeah, Rift really WAS a vanilla WoW. I'm not a WoW hater, but at this point, it just seems horribly dated to me at this point. I much prefer SWTOR now.

So, as of now, the game runs pretty well. But I'm interested in finding out what should be the first on my list to upgrade so I can improve performance to top-level. Here's my config: Intel Core i5-2300, 2.80GHz ATI Radeon HD 5670 8G RAM So what should be the first on my list to upgrade? In other words, which of the above would get the most performance benefit from upgrading? And is there anything else I might need when I do upgrade it?

How is it? On its own, and compared to the other classes?

Corso reminds me of Carth from KOTOR.

Right. If the car you bought has a problem, you take it to the dealer shop and respectfully say "Hey guys, I think there's a problem with the radiator." So the dealer shop who gave you a warranty will take it in, and spend however long it takes them to fix the radiator. You don't walk into the shop and start crying on the floor about how your 7 year-old Honda hasn't had a radiator problem in years, and that means it's a better car, and why are you people doing this to me??!?!, Mommy I want my blanket!!!!!

You know what the funny thing about that car analogy is? You pretty much just described a Porsche.

I just don't get it - if you people don't like the game... why not just, y'know... play something else? Why lurk and clog up the forums with your whining about how you like WoW better? Go back to WoW, then.

I defend SWTOR because it's a great game - WoW had a lot of bugs when it was released, that Blizzard ironed out over the course of its first year. That's just how MMOs work. Rift still has a bunch of bugs. But I'm not "blind" - I posted a thread about a broken quest last night in the Customer Service forum. I just don't have a high tolerance for people that want to whine incessantly. If you don't like the game, then fine. Go play another one. That's what everyone else does.

Implementing brackets is a great idea - problem is, though, at this point with a small number of players, it would take waaaaay too long to get into a game. Either wait to PvP until you get lvl 50 yourself, or go in knowing your disadvantage and being okay with it.

Keep in mind, most of those aren't class-specific quest. Jedi Knights get asked to fix the sprinklers, too.

So how do you use them on others mid-combat?

I'm not a healer, and neither is my companion. So medpacs and obnoxious recharge times are the order of the day. But how to heal my companion in combat with one? And is there a way to set him to automatically TAKE one when he reaches a certain % of life?

Who's this "we"? I don't want answers.

And from what I've gathered from SWTOR lore, the Sith/Empire relationship is opposite that of Jedi/Republic. The Empire was basically created FROM the Sith, the non force-users, etc. The Sith are the architects and rulers of the people. But the Jedi seem to come FROM the Republic.

I didn't play much WoW, so I defer to you there, but that's why I put "bad guys" in quotations. Technically, there's always justification for both factions in an MMO, so there are no real bad guys... but there are always the sides with that stigma.

I guess I must have lucked out. Started Smuggler first, kept him, happy with my server. I'm on Lord Adraas.

It practically lets you in before you're done clicking.

Ah, okay. You're a Horde/Empire guy. As far as story depth, the game's been out public for 3 days, EGA for about two weeks. Most people haven't played through a full story yet, much less two... and especially not enough to compare multiple stories from different factions. Too early to judge that.

Okay, smart guy, what do you think it is?

It's the WoW mentality carrying over I think - be it Horde or Empire, people have this strange impression that playing the"bad guys" makes you more hardcore. And if I may make a recommendation, I'm having a lot of fun with the Smuggler.

Though, for the record, I'm playing a smuggler and really loving it. The story's hooked me, and I love the cover mechanic. Recommended if you're trying to pad the less frequented classes.

There's a site that tracks all that, but I can't remember the URL. But the basics are that the Sith is the larger faction, with Inquisitor #1 - and Sith Warrior right up there at #2 or #3. Least played classes are the Imperial Agent, and then at the very lowest, the smuggler.

What this guy said^. So he's level 50, lay off. I've got a demanding office job and I'm only level 13... but I'm not going to hate on the people who've had the time. Let people play the way they want to play. Stop being so hateful.

Props to the OP for being one of the few people here willing to overlook the small handful of quirks in light of the massive effort BioWare put in.