What is the Appeal of the Empire?

I think there's plenty of grey in the republic, saving the lives of a few or help the war effort to stop the (evil) empire? Kill the bad guy so he can never commit such atrocities again or capture him and give him a trial?

What does the sith have? Kill him or capture him and have him tortured, yeeeah I'd say that's a choice of dark or dark, yet the game pretends one of them is a good choice.

You stole my line!

Cuz Sith are more fun and look more awesome?

If the force is a part of life, it is obviously not peace, as there is next to no peace in all of existence, and even less in life; even the best of relationships are rarely entirely peaceful. Additionally, emotion drives all of us; if your logic were severed from your emotions, you could never make a decision. The "dark side of the force" relies upon this emotion, these passions, in order to wield the force. The "dark side" is thus more in tune with humanity; being more in tune with humanity, it can be considered the true manifestation of the force as far as humans are concerned -the light side is not the natural manifestation within humans. You could argue that the unnatural light side is superior, and you might be right, but it isn't likely to convince the vast masses of humanity; most people do not easily believe that we should sacrifice everything to meet some ideal that might not even be ideal.


On another note, though I'm playing Republic, it is only so that I may play with family members who were determined to do so. It is easy to play a good guy within the imperial faction, and you are not so hemmed in by the strictures of the Republic. There is a genuine ability to do good as an Empire player, but there is nothing making it so that you must; true character is not displayed merely in acting good when it should be expected of you, but in doing so when it gains you nothing, or even loses you much.**


*There is a benefit to this; it is hard to totally screw up the country no matter how idiotic the plans of those in charge are, and it makes changes of power relatively smooth.

**As a smuggler, I am much less hemmed in than I would be by the other selections within the Republic. When my smuggler does something good, it is because that character 'wants' to do something good; as a Sith, this would be magnified.

I'm (mostly) good irl, it's nice to play an evil character.

The same reason that villains are usually far more entertaining in movies than good guys.

I also find the voice acting/writing/quest lines to be much better Empire side. I played all of the other side quests up to at least 10, and found every one of them to be pretty snoozeworty. On the Empire side, almost all of them are good, and some of them are fantastic.

Betrayal, intrigue, power struggles...it just makes for more interesting game play for me.

I also find the republic to be more full of crap and self delusional. To me, a lot of the things that go on republic side aren't any better that what the empire does, but it's couched in this self rightious attitude that really bugs me. At least Sith are up front about their evil. As funny as it sounds, I find the Empire to be much more honest lol.

/shrug. It's more fun to play Hannibal Lechter, than Joan of Arc.

I enjoy the Empire more simply because of the uniforms.

I think one reason is the Republic is not very well developed at all. Except for Jedi, the Empire has the most recognizable character types.

Empire:

Sith Sorcerer = The Emperor
Bounty Hunter = Boba Fett
Double Bladed SIth guy = Darth Maul
Sith Juggernaut = Darth Vader

Republic:
Jedi = Luke SKywalker/ Obi Wan
Smuggler = Han Solo

Also, almost every MMO to ever be released forces you to be a good guy, playing an evil character is a refreshing change for most people.

Empire superiority has nothing to do with 'being edgey badguys' or wanting to play Darth Maul or Darth Vader, or Boba Fett.

There's one very important reason to play empire, and it is the source of all imperial power.

FASHION SENSE.

Imps are snappy dressers. Black uniforms and soft caps, shiny boots. Classy as hell.

Maybe when those lazy Jedi goons decide to put on some real clothes instead of just loafing around coruscant in their pajamas, we'll see a little balance in the Force.

i lol'd in rl.