I read the book Revan, and I can say the Emperor scares the shit out of me, I am not crossing that guy.JordanXlord said:The title says it all really,
What Faction appeals more to you?, the Sith Empire or the Galactic Republic?
For me its the Empire, why you ask? well because one i love there British accents and two is because the Villains are normally more interesting than the heroes
i am wondering what of the 2 factions your siding with and why.
And if your going to say "i'm not going to play this wow clone derpy derp" then why are you on this thread
Well as a person for hire, (Bounty Hunter, Smuggler, etc) You side with the Republic, they win you get some credits, they lose the Empire kills you. Side with the Empire, they win you live (and probably end up with credits) or they lose and you go back to your Bounty Hunting ways. Which seems like a better deal to you?Necromancer Jim said:What happened to neutrality.
I WANT MY ALLEGIANCE TO LIE WITH THE HIGHEST BIDDER, DAMMIT.
Do bounty hunters pick their allegiance in the game or are they assigned to one side?artanis_neravar said:Well as a person for hire, (Bounty Hunter, Smuggler, etc) You side with the Republic, they win you get some credits, they lose the Empire kills you. Side with the Empire, they win you live (and probably end up with credits) or they lose and you go back to your Bounty Hunting ways. Which seems like a better deal to you?Necromancer Jim said:What happened to neutrality.
I WANT MY ALLEGIANCE TO LIE WITH THE HIGHEST BIDDER, DAMMIT.
Bounty Hunters are Empire, Smugglers are Republic lolNecromancer Jim said:Do bounty hunters pick their allegiance in the game or are they assigned to one side?artanis_neravar said:Well as a person for hire, (Bounty Hunter, Smuggler, etc) You side with the Republic, they win you get some credits, they lose the Empire kills you. Side with the Empire, they win you live (and probably end up with credits) or they lose and you go back to your Bounty Hunting ways. Which seems like a better deal to you?Necromancer Jim said:What happened to neutrality.
I WANT MY ALLEGIANCE TO LIE WITH THE HIGHEST BIDDER, DAMMIT.
Because frankly, I want to side with the Empire.
Yes, yes! Bounty Hunters!artanis_neravar said:Bounty Hunters are Empire, Smugglers are Republic lolNecromancer Jim said:Do bounty hunters pick their allegiance in the game or are they assigned to one side?artanis_neravar said:Well as a person for hire, (Bounty Hunter, Smuggler, etc) You side with the Republic, they win you get some credits, they lose the Empire kills you. Side with the Empire, they win you live (and probably end up with credits) or they lose and you go back to your Bounty Hunting ways. Which seems like a better deal to you?Necromancer Jim said:What happened to neutrality.
I WANT MY ALLEGIANCE TO LIE WITH THE HIGHEST BIDDER, DAMMIT.
Because frankly, I want to side with the Empire.
You can be a dark sided republic class or a light sided imperial class. They have companions for both alignments. The bounty hunter (sith empire) for example gets a kind hearted mercenary who likes their light side decisions but charges the people you help through the nose for you so you don't walk around like a penniless sucker. The Jedi Knight (republic) on the other hand has a sith companion who joins your cause to overthrow the other other sith and rewards your evil actions.LetalisK said:Eh, I dunno. I don't know if I'm even going to get it yet as I'm on the fence(anyone feel like trying to convince me? ). As for which side, I agree with the OP that villains are more interesting than heroes....when done right. A lot of times they're one-dimensional and bland, simply a cardboard cutout stand in for the heroes to rage against or evil for no other reason than being evil. Though, this is Bioware, so I suppose I should give them the benefit of the doubt.
Edit: The one thing that will piss me off more than anything is if I play Sith and the amazing, wonderful, in-depth storyline the whole game is supposed to have turns into "Herpderp ill kill you cuz im ebil" Being evil for the sake of evil is boring.
Yeah of course you would say that.GreatTeacherCAW said:Sith, probably. Like you said - villains are always more interesting.
:O Congrats good sir, you have just convinced me to get it. They basically gave a light/dark side paths to both sides? So basically instead of just hero/villain, we have hero, anti-hero, anti-villain, villain?[/quote]LetalisK said:I on the other hand am actually a big fan of how Bioware made the Sith - especially the light side options. The idea of playing a Sith who is not really inherently evil is awesome, to me. And I really like their voice acting - the agent, especially. But I've just always preferred the aesthetics and motives of the Republic.
I actually like that they gave you a light side slave companion. She might react badly to things but if you're evil why would you care? Just zappy zap her. Affection is abritary anyhow. Btw, spoiler in a spoiler, don't read on if you haven't gotten too far with the Warrior storyline. You can sleep with a lord's wife and force Vette to stay. You lose affection, yeah, but who cares? It's hilarious!
You might as well have a t-shirt that says "I don't actually know anything about this game". Good job, guy.mau5trap said:I'm definantly going to be horde err I mean the Sith, thats exactly what I meant to say.
They've got stuff prepared for people who are 'grey', wasn't in the last beta build though.Rednog said:Yea, but the sad part is (at least from my impression from the beta) is that you're basically forced to go one way or the other in order to reap the best rewards, they kind of take away your choice in a case by case basis. Once you choose light or dark you pretty have to stick with it for the best stuff.Ryank1908 said:This may tip your mind a little. You can play a light side sith, or a dark side jedi (or any of the other classes.) It's a very interesting mechanic that means you always feel like your own moral choices are relevant, and you're not simply RP'ing as Sauron.Rednog said:To be honest, I'm on the fence and I really wish they had a neutral choice, ie make it jedi vs sith and have bounty hunter, mercenary, etc as a neutral faction.
My general problem with the starwars universe is that they like to paint things as very black and white, you're either the anal retentive lawful good jedi who follows the rules so strictly that it cripples you, or you're the demonic sith lord who beats old women to death with the corpses of their husbands and eats babies for a snack.
Sadly the choice on most pvp servers will be to go Sith.
Unless you're insanely masochistic and want to get camped and ganked to death.