I couldn't decide what class to play so I rolled a Sorc, Merc and Op and played all three to level 30 before deciding. That means I played the first 30 levels on three characters with a fairly small amount of time between them. What I can say is this: - The (non-class) quests for all three characters were virtually identical. Only the conversations were slightly different here and there ("My Lord" instead of "Sir" etc.) - If there are any differences what so ever then they are so small that it doesn't make re-playing the game any less boring then re-rolling in any other MMO. - The class quests are virtually identical just with a slightly different story-background. Each of my characters had to travel to planet X and infiltrate base Y to perform mission Z. - All characters had to visit every single planet. There is no variation what so ever. If you've been to Tatooine once then you've been there a hundred times - nothing changes what so ever. So after noticing this I thought "well, that's disappointing, guess the only reason to re-play the quests is so I can make different choices when it comes to karma - perhaps this will change the following quests". Sadly it turned out that all these "decisions" are totally irrelevant in every way. None of your actions have ANY consequences what so ever. So if I choose to betray my quest giver on my first character then I did not betray him on my second play-through. Sadly this made NO difference at all. Two lines of voice acting are slightly different but that's it. The following quests are not changed in any way, shape or form. Any kind of "story diversity" (being good, being evil, selecting to betray this person or not) have no influence what so ever. This is not only true for non-class quests. Even the "key" events in your class quest have absolutely NO influence on the rest of the quest. You can be a total bastard and betray everyone or be the kindest person ever - the next quest will be exactly the same. So basically the only change between play-throughs are very very minor and in no way motivate you to continue listening to all the voice acting. You end up simply space-barring because it gets so *********** boring after the second play-through. For a "story based MMO" that's supposedly oh so innovative this is a huge HUGE let-down. The WOW storyline has 10 times more diversity because you can choose which regions to quest in and are not forced to head from one planet to the next without variation. Sure, there's no voice acting but what's the point if it's so *********** boring after a single play-through? I'd give this game a replay-value of 1 out of 10. Anyone who claims that the story is so diverse is either lying to you (BW employee in disguise) or never re-rolled a character before (or simply can't remember their previous play-through). Really, really low BW.

SWTOR is an MMO?

I'm by FAR no pro in PVP but personally I'm having a great time as level 30 sorc healer in PVP. It feels like I can really make a difference. Strangely I didn't have this feeling with Merc or Operative healer. It felt like I was being farmed badly with my Operative and Merc (both at around level 30). Maybe Sorc is just that overpowered... i dunno. But I don't understand why you'd expect this game to be any different then WOW - the target audience is the same (male, 15-25) just geared more towards casuals and low-skill players. That probably makes things even worse because anyone can talk big in SWTOR because there is no meaningful competitive PVP or statistics to see if people are actually as great as they claim to be. In WOW to talk big you need to at least have won a few arena games and have a decent rating or people will simply flame you on the forums (and no, I'm not claiming that a high rating means it's a good player but at least it's a person that can play their class semi-well depending on their rating).

@OP: nice guide but what about the Presence stat? If that gets added as well then I vote for sticky.

I'm sorry to say but this guide is pretty terrible. The only thing that's worse then NOT sharing information is sharing false information. I've been playing my Sorc for about 5 hours in total, read all the talent descriptions and already was able to find about 5 huge mistakes in this "guide". The only mechanic of the sorc that isn't totally obvious is the whole Resurgence proc and what to use it for. This wasn't even properly mentioned in this guide. That I should use my Life Grip to pull people out of danger and my shield to shield them and my heal to heal them should be obvious to anyone who has the mental capabilities to even find this thread. And reading the spell tooltip will tell you the rest. If you want to help people then make a guide as to how to setup mouse-over macros with a G19 or Naga and explain the Resurgence proc mechanic. Everything else is pretty much self-evident imo (at least it was to me). I hope no newbies read this guide or they'll fail hard.