Getting Started in SWTOR

I want to start this blog out in week one by giving an overall look of the game. As the name suggests, "Star Wars the Old Republic", is based off of the Star Wars movies. It is a Massively Multiplayer Online Role Playing Game, MMORPG. This means that players create characters that they will develop during their game play in a virtual world. This virtual world is inhabited by hundreds of thousands of other characters, played by people all around the world. At the beginning of the game, players need to create an avatar. Before you can create an avatar, you must first choose your allegiance; The Galactic Republic or The Sith Empire. Though the Galactic Republic (Republic) is considered the light side, or good side, and the Sith Empire (Empire) is considered the dark side, or bad side, it doesn't matter that much what side you choose. As an individual you will be given choices at times to choose to make a light or dark side decision. Each decision is given a value that will help determine how good or evil your avatar is. Though each allegiance side has story lines based on good or evil, it is possible for an evil character to be developed in the Republic. Your character's race and light or dark side, will have an influence on your character's story.

Once you have chosen your allegiance you will select your characters class. I am going to develop a character on the Empire side, but will also use another character on the Republic side for this project. The reason for this is to be able to see the game from both the light side and dark side, as I am sure I will run into more players playing evil on the Empire side and more players playing good on the Republic side. The character classes in the Empire are similar to the Republic, but with minor differences. The classes to choose from on the Empire side are Sith Warrior, Sith Inquisitor, Bounty Hunter, and Imperial Agent.

Sith Warrior

Sith Inquisitor

Bounty Hunter

Imperial Agent

I will choose this character's class to be a Sith Warrior. From there you choose your character's race and gender. These choices will have an affect on your characters story, and the role you will play in this virtual world of Star Wars. The races on the Empire for a Sith Warrior are, Human, Sith, Cyborg, and Zabrak.

Human

Sith

Cyborg

Zabrak

I will select human. After you have selected your character's class and race, you can customize your avatar to give it a unique look. This is the start of your individuality in this new virtual world you will be entering.

After character creation, you are ready to enter the world and follow your character's story line. Not every story line will be exactly the same, as each player can make their own decision, affect how the virtual world will perceive the character and how the story might change.