Please tell me it gets better.

 

*spoiler alert*

 

 

 

 

 

 

Please assure me that it's worth sticking with it until the end.

Edited September 9, 2012 by Loopy

Please use spoiler tags rather than just posting *spoiler alert*, or consider posting in the spoliers forum.

 

As to your question, how can anyone else tell you what you will like? The only person who can know what you'll enjoy is you.

 

I find the Consular story as good as any, and in some respects enjoy it better than, say, Smuggler in terms of Chapter One payoff. But people like different things. You may feel differently.

Edited September 9, 2012 by Uluain

My apologies. It should be better now

Chapter 1 was definitely the weakest of the three. I think chapter 3 was the best. Consular wasn't my favorite story but it wasn't my least favorite either....

Chapters one and two are both kinda dry. Chapter one is repetitive and chapter two goes by incredibly fast. However, chapter three is by far the best chapter in the consular story. I hope this helped!

Yeah, chapter 1 is pretty weak and repetitive and chapter 2 is only marginally better. The end of the chapter 2 presents a nice twist which would keep things interesting, in my opinion.

 

Stick with it.

I am told that playing a LS consular is rewarding for people who invest themselves in the deeper Jedi lore. A DS consular, however, plays like a dumb joke because BioWare didn't/couldn't make you face concrete negative consequences for being ridiculously evil.

That's how I felt.....I kind of wanted to be DS consular but it appeared that it was a waste of time and I was clearly being pushed into being LS. So I ended up grey....

That's how I felt.....I kind of wanted to be DS consular but it appeared that it was a waste of time and I was clearly being pushed into being LS. So I ended up grey....

 

Oh, don't give up! I love my totally nonsensical, psychopath of a DS counselor.

 

Oh, don't give up! I love my totally nonsensical, psychopath of a DS counselor.

 

So she convinces her patients to end their misery?

Edited September 13, 2012 by Fyurii

I am told that playing a LS consular is rewarding for people who invest themselves in the deeper Jedi lore.

 

Yes.

 

If you want to play a DS Jedi that makes sense, play a Sith.

Please tell me it gets better.

 

*spoiler alert*

 

 

 

 

Ok so my entire Chapter 1 was basically this: "go to planet - fight jedi - shield jedi, go to planet - fight jedi - shield jedi, rinse and repeat, boss fight, end of chapter". The only redeeming aspect of this Chapter is the big reveal from the boss.

 

Being a big fan of Bioware's story telling, this really disappointed me. I asked a friend of mine who finished the Consular story and he assured me that Chapter 2 gets a LOT better.

 

Ok, so far: "Impress the alliance, go to planet - defeat imps and liberate the ENTIRE PLANET almost single-handedly, nope not impressed yet". This is where i'm up to now. I really hope that the cliche ends soon. A lot of people did mention that Consular story is one of the weaker ones in ToR. I'm hoping that it's not true but it's not looking good so far.

 

 

Please assure me that it's worth sticking with it until the end.

 

Aw. I liked the Tattooine Jedi. I forget the proper name of his job, but he was the guy that studied different cultures by living and working with them for years. Gave me a nice RP idea for my Shadow and Sentinel.

i have to admit chapter 1 was meh and chapter 2 just doesnt make sence.

 

 

i'm going to tell you something you most won't likely want to hear....

large task - go gather/impress allies ( or a technology) to help wage war - wage war....its kinda been done in dragon age 1 and its kinda how kotor 1 and two went....its kidna the same here

So...I'm leveling a LS Trooper and my Guild Leader on Empire Side is leveling a Dark Consular. We're nearing the end of Ch 1 on Alderaan.

 

After leveling 3 toons on Empire (and looking at the videos of the class story), I can say without reservation, that the Consular Story is such a terrible snooze fest that I exit all of his cut scenes. I can't hit "exit" quick enough. Worse yet, the DS Consular conversation choices are more cringe-worthy than anything the cartoonishly evil Inquisitor can select. I mean, the Inquisitor story after Ch 1 is a hot mess (multiple other threads on this point), but at least the conversations had me laughing pretty much non stop. Yes, you are Gargamel-crazy evil, and that's hilarious (see: "My Sith is a Jerk" on You Tube, Parts 1-8). But the DS Consular choices don't seem to make a whole lot of sense, and the Voice Actor doesn't even seem to try to make the DS choices sound credible. Just my opinion; some people really dig the story.

 

The upside is, everyone I've talked to who plays a Shadow really enjoys it at endgame. So, I suppose you can try pvp leveling and just wait until the last possible moment to finish class stories. I deleted my JC at lvl 14 to make room, and don't regret it. Enjoying the Trooper story so far.

 

The upside is, everyone I've talked to who plays a Shadow really enjoys it at endgame. So, I suppose you can try pvp leveling and just wait until the last possible moment to finish class stories. I deleted my JC at lvl 14 to make room, and don't regret it. Enjoying the Trooper story so far.

 

That's basically what's keeping me playing my shadow. It an extremely fun class to play. I got to Quesh and i can already see that it's gonna be the same old same old. Oh well, at least the Sith Inquisitor story seems to be pretty interesting in Ch.1

I may be the exception to the rule here, but I really loved the consular storyline. I like how it ended.

So...I'm leveling a LS Trooper and my Guild Leader on Empire Side is leveling a Dark Consular. We're nearing the end of Ch 1 on Alderaan.

 

After leveling 3 toons on Empire (and looking at the videos of the class story), I can say without reservation, that the Consular Story is such a terrible snooze fest that I exit all of his cut scenes. I can't hit "exit" quick enough. Worse yet, the DS Consular conversation choices are more cringe-worthy than anything the cartoonishly evil Inquisitor can select. I mean, the Inquisitor story after Ch 1 is a hot mess (multiple other threads on this point), but at least the conversations had me laughing pretty much non stop. Yes, you are Gargamel-crazy evil, and that's hilarious (see: "My Sith is a Jerk" on You Tube, Parts 1-8). But the DS Consular choices don't seem to make a whole lot of sense, and the Voice Actor doesn't even seem to try to make the DS choices sound credible. Just my opinion; some people really dig the story.

 

The upside is, everyone I've talked to who plays a Shadow really enjoys it at endgame. So, I suppose you can try pvp leveling and just wait until the last possible moment to finish class stories. I deleted my JC at lvl 14 to make room, and don't regret it. Enjoying the Trooper story so far.

 

It's that bad as DS JC?

 

However I think most of the Inquisitor's dark side choices make sense while the story is not impressing, I didn't really kill many people but still went quite high and got the title of Nox.

That's basically what's keeping me playing my shadow. It an extremely fun class to play. I got to Quesh and i can already see that it's gonna be the same old same old. Oh well, at least the Sith Inquisitor story seems to be pretty interesting in Ch.1

 

I think chapter 2 is the best part of SI's story. At least you manipulate, avenge and settle deal with ghosts.

It's that bad as DS JC?

 

Again, opinion only. My favorite story hands down was the Imperial Agent, and that's the polar opposite of the JC. But from I've seen, yeah it's pretty terrible.

 

Last night my GL and I finished our class quests on Alderaan (the following is a minor spoiler at the end of JC quest CH 1, read at your own risk)...

 

 

 

 

Your mileage may vary. As I said before, some people dig the story. And you will own in PvP later. So don't sweat it too much

oh boo hoo grow a pair people and just play and stop whining if you dont like the consular story then play knight or something else I personally dont care about the story I have a consular for the dble bladed saber and stealth.

I have played the JC story, and most of the complaints about it are people who went DS. As LS, it's easily the best story by far out of the ones I've done (finished all except Agent, Trooper, and Knight). Ch 1 was a bit dry and you'll get more mileage if you are into a lot of the EU lore. It was something of a loregasm when viewing the Noetikons and seeing Bastila Shan - probably my favorite moment from any class story. The main flaw was the Nadia romance being horribly written and rushed by otherwise I loved the story. Edited November 23, 2012 by Jenzali

oh boo hoo grow a pair people and just play and stop whining if you dont like the consular story then play knight or something else I personally dont care about the story I have a consular for the dble bladed saber and stealth.

 

So you bumped a 2 month old thread just to say that,.

The consular story is my favorite on the rep side, personally. Don't expect to be the fighting class, so to speak. Remember that the Knight is the front line warrior of the Republic; the Consular is a diplomat, philosopher, and master of the Force. As such, I agree with the poster who said the story is very rewarding for light-siders, all the more so those who are interested in lore and concepts of the Force.

 

I suspect many play consular expecting just as "warrior" like a feel as the knight, but that isn't the case. The 2 stories run very well in parallel to one another. In a nutshell, while the knight is busy fighting the enemy without, the consular battles the enemy within.

I too, liked the Consular class story, and it's my favorite class to play combat-wise. So much so that I have 3 Consulars - an LS DPS Sage, a LS Healer Sage and a "Grey" Shadow that I had started going darkside with but then just couldn't bear it knowing that EVERYBODY is doing thier Shadows DS. So now he's struggling to turn back to the lightside, lol.

Also have a sorceror and an assassin who are both DS, but I'm pretty much a purist.

What IS with everyone turning the Empire LS and the Republic DS anyway??

Edited December 6, 2012 by QuiDonJorn
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