You are here: Choose your path. . .
Most of you were around for the NGE so have already chosen your profession, those that haven't will be greeted with a screen from which you choose your new profession. Forget hybrids - these nine choices represent the nine most iconic professions. Its arguable if these are the most iconic but they really do encompass many of the skills we were all familiar with in the Pre-NGE era.
How do you know what you want to play? Its pretty tough to judge a profession these days;swg credits the one thing that always remains the same is change. Balance is and always will be in flux, however, there is some conventional wisdom: (note, this is written from a pvp perspective):
Commando is a tank
Dark jedi will always be tough unless you stay out of range.
Light jedi? Not many people play them in pvp but are fun in pve.
If an officer doesn't kill you with his nuke damage, he's a glass canon.
A spy better kill you or cloak if he doesn't
Medics can heal all day but probably won't take you out.
Bounty Hunters aren't as tough as they used to be but are essential to a group.
Don't underestimate the smuggler - he's got unique specials that WILL kill you.
Out with the new, in with the old. . .
So while you're trying out Jedi and getting a feel for the game, your first task will be to reset the user interface to something more familiar. When the NGE hit we were all shocked by the "clunkiness" of the UI, especially targeting. At some point in my hiatus from SWG, between NGE and the 9 months following, they brought back the targeting and combat we knew - tab to a target and fire specials from the keyboard.
Auto-fire - auto-fire of default attack is not on by default. You must initiate autofire by hitting the default keymap (Z) or double clicking your target.
Fire specials from keyboard - this is one of the most important changes. When NGE first hit, you had to choose the special and then fire it with right mouse click. By enabling this feature, the special is fired when you hit the corresponding number key. If you have double toolbar enabled, your second toolbar corresponds to SHIFT+Number
Auto-Target - another terrible feature of NGE targeting was having to mouse over your target. Now you can enable auto-target by choosing default keymap (Y). It will change the reticule from an 'X' to a circle so you always know what targeting mode you're in. (insert target reticule screenshot). Now you can tab targets and fire. Tab targeting is still 'odd' in that there doesn't seem to be rhyme or reason to targeting. As you advance, you'll learn to create a macro that cycles targeting to the closest target.
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