The Empire seems to have better writing

Jedi Consular, my main class, has the worst story in SWTOR. The first too worlds are just fetch some holocrons, then the next four worlds are again repetitive, look for some crazy Jedi. No surprises, no interesting choices, nothing! Then chaper two brings at least some variations, but still not very intersting, I only liked the 3rd chapter because with all the folks on board, my ship felt alive and I could feel like a general in war on Correlia, diciding how to move troops, that had a good Obi-Wan in clone wars vibe, but was from a story point of view still weak... and funny, I am to this day not sure if I am now in the Jedi Counsil or not, I didn't killed Syo Bakarn, and there was talk about it, but I think the game never said clearly what my possiotion is now with the Jedi. Anyway, never looked back on that, and mostly just played PvP after that.

It has to do with the nature of each side...

the light/ dark - good/ evil thing.

Since day 1 the game have been in the favore of the Empirial side in almost everything from animation desgin to armor design etc...

I dont really like to be the evil guy and i dont with the empire and sith BUT because of the lame armor design and Lame animation of the Jedi knight(the oly class i would play besides the trooper) i found the empirial side (every class really) just apealing...

i really wish they redo the animations for the Jedi knight, it still bugs me that a Jedi knight dont have the title Master...

The Republic clearly got the short stick here. I don't think it's just that it's harder to write for the light side.
Compare an Agent and a Smuggler: Agent's signature ability, Snipe, looks great, he/she gets in cover, aims, and shoots. The Smuggler just sits there awkwardly for a second.
The spec everyone in PvP complains about is the Smash spec. No one calls it Sweep spec, it's Smash - catchier and makes more sense.

Writing has been discussed already.
What if feels like, overall, is that the Empire's side was made first and its Republic mirrors added later, some of them outright in a rush. Deliberate, thought-out, proactive class lines; detailed and original planet stories.
Most of the Republic's stories are reactive. "The Empire is doing what? We must go there and stop them!"

It's always more fun to be the one who puts things in motion than the one who stops them.
Not necessarily evil things. Anything. Establishing something good can be just as fun.
But in this world, the Empire is a force of change and the Republic a force of preservation and stagnation.



There's also another issue - I've always found it pretty hard to play a Light Side character for the Republic and actually feel like one. It's just the amount of mostly unnecessary violence you have to dish out. You get to kill thousands of people, most of whom don't deserve to die... and somehow, you just don't seem to care.

If your adventures happened in a flesh and bone world, your light side Jedi would be walking around with blood dripping from his garments. When you chop people up, their vascular system kinda tends to lose confinement. That lame quest on Coruscant where you help a little girl find her brother or something? If she didn't run away on sight, she would at least be physically scared, not "hello mister".

The Sith get to wear a lot of dark red and black, just perfect for hiding these stains. And even so, playing through Sith storylines, I've encountered a lot more opportunities to spare people's lives than in the Jedi story. Spare some Republic troops here, Organa guards there, let a named character go... your Jedi meanwhile rarely gives it a second though.

As a Sith, I can choose to play as a bloodthirsty killer or as a merciful and honorable warrior. As a Jedi, my character feels like a psychopath either way.

No.

It has to do with something entirely different :

Evil Is Cool

Good Is Boring

Once you see it, it becomes far too obvious.

No.

It has to do with something entirely different :

Evil Is Cool

Good Is Boring

Once you see it, it becomes far too obvious.

After playing through SI I found it very odd that there was little to no diplomacy involved, and I kind of expected a lot more manipulation of people to establish a power base and win allies. Instead it was just chasing after artifacts and the like the make myself more powerful in that respect.

Because the Empire pays better and doesn't hamper bounty hunters with anywhere near as much red tape as the Republic. The EU spells it out pretty clearly.