Well Darth Hater really have outdone themselves this time!! With their latest articles they've given away an absolute TON of new information, including the Smuggler talent tree, all the info on the SI and the JC that they found and a whole new bit about how companions work!!

Seriously you must read these article it's amazing!!

Its 'alright' I guess

Nah, thats a damn fine read! I have lots of quibbles about it, but they are trivial stuff like "SWTOR uses a Warhammer-like Quest-helper system" which was, of course stolen from wow which stole it from mmos before it , but the article is informative as hell and well worth a read.

I especially love all the smuggler and inquistor info (not that I'm bias or anything )

Oh and from an experienced MMO'er viewpoint I'd just like to say:

DarthHater Article wrote:

Tiered Maps As you go up and down stairs searching for your quests you will see the mini-map and world map change to reflect what is on that level. This allows them to “stack” maps on top of each other and yet still allow players to navigate non-instanced floors without receiving information overload. This implies that we could be seeing much more depth and complexity from the dungeons and buildings in The Old Republic.

Thank the gods! at LAST!

And companions sound like Hunter pets in wow - I hope we don't have to "feed" them as well Although from the info about them it looks like you can really tailor how your character plays depending on whom you have with you - nice touch.

and this had me grinning like a loon:

DarthHater Article, Sith Inquisitor/Powers and abilities wrote:

Dark Meditation – This is the Sith Inquisitor’s out of combat (OOC) heal. It replenishes force bar as well as health. Dark Gift – This is a healing ability that can be used on the Inquisitor or an ally. This ability can be used in and out of combat.

Guess we do have healers also that ties in nicely with the fact I've said on my her wiki that Aleena knows
Drain Life. Awesome.

That whole article had me grinning to be honest! The Sith Inquisitor really does sound like a lot of fun I have to sy, especially as now it's an agression-based centre line fighter as well. I think the Jedi Consular article just completely made up my mind for my Republic character, and yes I will definitely be taking the role of healer for it.

The only thing that worried me was this comment:

Quote:

Jake Neri and Blaine Christine reassured us that players will encounter many different companion characters, allowing them to find the optimal compliment to their play style. They also pointed out that every class will have their own separate, unique companions; meaning that Kim Vaal and Xalek will only be available to Sith Inquisitors.

Now I hope I'm just overreacting but this seemed to me there might be a chance we'd get the same companions which I hope I'm wrong about. I know they said that each character will be unique but I hope that includes their name, species and appearance and not just skills etc, otherwise it would completely destroy the role-playing aspect for me and I don't know about anyone else but I want to add my companion to a whole list of E.P.O.C.H companions on SWTOR RP-Wiki!

Still the rest of the article did leave me in awe!!

Stunning amount of information on these few pages! Woah! I'm really looking forward to this thing now! Call Shuttle? Story-inflicting Companions? Awesome abilities? I'm loving it!

I still want a Jawa companion though.

A Jawa would be awesome! Personally I'd go for a combat droid/tank for my Bounty Hunter and I'm not too sure about my Agent (Creed) but I'm definitely set on having a hot chick for him.

Nice some type of subclass Gunslinger/Scoundrel

Yeah my smuggler is definately going down the Gunslinger route