Star Wars: The Old Republic Guide to the Classes and Races

BioWare, a subsidiary of EA will be releasing their latest massively multiplayer online roleplaying game (MMORPG), Star Wars: The Old Republic (SWTOR) early in 2011. Leveling up, skill optimization, questing, interacting with NPC as well as solo and group play which are prevalent elements of a MMORPG would be available in SWTOR as well. In addition, Star Wars the Old Republic would be featuring new elements including space combat and crew skills.

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For fans of Star Wars, obviously the most discussed topic is the storyline and the available races and classes. SWTOR gives Star Wars fans a chance to play and determine the fate of their favorite character.

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In terms of the available species, or in the more common gaming term 'races', BioWare will be making a total of eight races available based on real characters in the Star Wars film by LucasArts. The available races are: Chiss, Human, Miraluka, Mirialan, Rattaki, Sith Pureblook, Twi'lek and Zabrak. Given that not all classes would be available to each race, it's best to do a check on the available classes for each race and what the class offers before making a character choice.

Here's an overview of the class and race combinations. For more details about each class, details from topic-specific fan sites such as the SWTOR Smuggler, SWTOR Trooper, SWTOR Sith Warrior and SWTOR Imperial Agent websites would prove to come in handy.

For players wanting to play a Jedi Consular, the available races are Human and Mirialan. For the Jedi Knight, you'd need to have a Human, Miraluka or Zabrak character. Humans along with the Twi'lek class would be able to play the Smuggler class. The Trooper, the fourth Republic class, would be available to the Human, Mirialan and Zabrak races.

Above is an overview for the Galactic Republic. For the Sith Empire, you'd need to have a Human or Rattaki character to play a Bounty Hunter. For the Imperial agent class, make sure to roll out a Chiss or Human. Humans would also be able to play the other two Sith Empire classes, the Sith Inquisitor and Sith Warrior. As a Zabrak, you'd also be able to play as a Sith Inquisitor. Besides Human, the only other character that can play as a Sith Warrior is a Sith Pureblood. Notice that Humans is the only race that could play all the eight classes.

This article provides an overview of the classes and races, for more in-depth details about the Galactic Republic and Sith Empire, in other words, the factions, getting a SWTOR strategy guide or similar reference would be recommended.

Star Wars: The Old Republic Guide to the Classes and Races

The article author is a long time fan of Star Wars Galaxies. He's currently following the release of SWTOR closely and waiting in anticipation to test out the SWTOR Jedi Consular and SWTOR Jedi Knight classes. He has also shared articles about Star Wars the Old Republic such as this one at various SWTOR dedicated websites.

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