I got a Smuggler to 16 (Gunslinger) the weekend I had beta and my gf got a Consular to 20 (Sage). The Gunslinger is more or less a hunter from WoW that requires you to hide behind cover. I guess the cover is to try and make them feel more like whatever a Smuggler is supposed to be while creating PvP balance in that you're not doing very good DPS unless behind cover. Frankly I don't do PvP so the cover is uninteresting and feels completely pointless. At least there's the deployable cover, because otherwise I don't think anyone would bother with the AC otherwise.
The Sage is like the best parts of all caster classes in WoW combined, from what my gf told me. I can't speak to them mechanically as much, because I didn't play it, but she had a good time.
The leveling curve assumes you're doing at least the flashpoints, if not group quests and PvP on top of that. My gf didn't do any of those and ended up being underleveled for the planet after Taris. This isn't going to be vanilla WoW where you just go over to an equivalent level zone and quest there, you need to group with people at some point if you don't want your later levels to suck. While it won't make the people who want grouping to be the only viable way to level, the game does discourage solo play for the entirety of 1-50.
Loading has gotten better between the last weekend build and the build prior. It's still a little slow for my tastes so if you can afford to put the game on an SSD, you'd be doing yourself a big favor. I don't think there's too many load screen though, so I disagree with the other person in the thread who said that.
My computer is good enough to run the game on high. I didn't do any ini tweaks or anything like that so I don't know how well it runs with AA. That said, SWTOR runs like a dog when there is a ton of people on screen, like in the first hour in the lowbie zones after the servers come up. No amount of lowering the settings seemed to fix that. Also, there seems to be a memory leak where you play with the graphical settings. I tried a multitude of settings and then went back to my high settings but at half the fps. A restart fixed that though.
I only did the first flashpoint and my gf did one on Taris, but both were enjoyable. They start early in teaching boss mechanics ("do not stand in the fire" can be found in the first flashpoint). Both were enjoyable and not too trash heavy.
Spaceships are neat but seem underutilized. Perhaps that's just a consequence of the sub 20 game.
I didn't bother with PvP.
Choosing your AC in game may be confusing for some as their explanations don't always correlate to what the AC does. The Consular AC training explains the Sage as a healer and whatever the other AC was called as DPS, when that's not really the case.
I can't think of much else to mention.
The Sage is like the best parts of all caster classes in WoW combined, from what my gf told me. I can't speak to them mechanically as much, because I didn't play it, but she had a good time.
The leveling curve assumes you're doing at least the flashpoints, if not group quests and PvP on top of that. My gf didn't do any of those and ended up being underleveled for the planet after Taris. This isn't going to be vanilla WoW where you just go over to an equivalent level zone and quest there, you need to group with people at some point if you don't want your later levels to suck. While it won't make the people who want grouping to be the only viable way to level, the game does discourage solo play for the entirety of 1-50.
Loading has gotten better between the last weekend build and the build prior. It's still a little slow for my tastes so if you can afford to put the game on an SSD, you'd be doing yourself a big favor. I don't think there's too many load screen though, so I disagree with the other person in the thread who said that.
My computer is good enough to run the game on high. I didn't do any ini tweaks or anything like that so I don't know how well it runs with AA. That said, SWTOR runs like a dog when there is a ton of people on screen, like in the first hour in the lowbie zones after the servers come up. No amount of lowering the settings seemed to fix that. Also, there seems to be a memory leak where you play with the graphical settings. I tried a multitude of settings and then went back to my high settings but at half the fps. A restart fixed that though.
I only did the first flashpoint and my gf did one on Taris, but both were enjoyable. They start early in teaching boss mechanics ("do not stand in the fire" can be found in the first flashpoint). Both were enjoyable and not too trash heavy.
Spaceships are neat but seem underutilized. Perhaps that's just a consequence of the sub 20 game.
I didn't bother with PvP.
Choosing your AC in game may be confusing for some as their explanations don't always correlate to what the AC does. The Consular AC training explains the Sage as a healer and whatever the other AC was called as DPS, when that's not really the case.
I can't think of much else to mention.
