I've never played consular so I can't comment on that, although i've heard from some people it gets kind've boring. But I have a level 47 trooper on corellia and i thought the story was pretty good. Act 1 was definitely good (albeit I was itching for the finale around Alderaan.) Act 2 wasn't quite as good but still nice and the finale was great. Act 3 is my least favorite, probably because it's very slow to level and get through each planet at that point, but I can't say it's very bad. If I had the choice, I'd make a 2nd trooper only he'd be a commando and thoroughly dark side.

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You get most of the set on Taris for quest rewards, and the chest piece on Nar Shadaa. It's orange and very similar to Tavu's armor.

i learned about this spoiler a long time ago and i reaalllyyy wish i hadn't ruined it for myself....

i want a twi'lek trooper soooo bad. i have to wait till my inquisitor is level 50 though .

I only heard this once but i liked it a lot... "Me and demo charges go way back."

So i did the Esseles flashpoint with a friend after doing it before and going light side. We both basically said, "what the hell, lets just eject them into space. then we watched the whole scene with the sad music and Salen screaming at the end. And it made me feel bad. i was like: "Oh, man, that was pretty evil."

A friend once told me that commandos can use blaster rifles, but many of their moves require the assault cannons, so they basically have to have them.

MHMM

I agree, i considered making a thread similar to this actually. At first, I was nervous when i looked at his 28k health, but then i started realizing that he had very little damage on me. With Dorne healing me, i only ever got to half health, at the worst. Only took one try. I found Gearbox, Wraith, the Sergeant we had to fight before Tavus, the imperial version of Havoc and other bosses to be much harder to fight than Tavus.

Well, for males... Jaxo is a very interesting character.

Tanno Vik. All of your companions are good people except for him. he was an explosives expert in the republic military, but he was a loose cannon and eventually was discharged. You find him as a rebel on Balmorra. He likes blowing stuff up, killing the bad guys instead of sparing them, taking rewards for yourself, and he doesn't like being patriotic (he has a sort of mercenary mindset.) Now, he isn't some sith who'll take a village and massacre it for fun, but he'll do some nasty things for an extra profit.

Of course, i wouldn't want to join Dorne as she presents her (most likely very long and boring) case to Captain Kalor....

yeah i remember that quest... overall however i think that those who are joined really just want to stay joined.

Hmmm as for character and story i like Jorgan. Jorgan is mah buddy and he always has my back. Now, for actual game usefulness i use Dorne and her healing powers!