05 Your starting planet depends on your faction and class.04 Gender has an obvious impact on your character's voice, and each race has a unique cosmetic emote: humans can cheer, cyborgs can scan people, and Twi'leks can dance.03 Warriors and Knights tank and do melee damage Inquisitors and Consulars do ranged damage, heal, and can specialise in stealth Troopers and Bounty Hunters provide fire support and tanking Smugglers and Imperial Agents heal, provide crowd control, and can specialise in long-range damage, or stealth and melee.

02 The Old Republic's character progression system provides a wide range of potential roles: three of the four classes can heal, three of the four can tank, and three of the four can deal damage, depending on the advanced class you choose at level 10.

You can't change your mind either, so go with whichever matches your long-term ambitions: do you want to be a respected Jedi Master, a feared Darth, or a legendary smuggler? You're just as likely to meet corrupt Republic politicians as you are to meet hardworking and downtrodden Imperials.

01 Your choice of faction isn't as simple as just goodies and baddies.

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