What Do You Think The Classes Will Be?

Seeing as we know about Jedi & Sith already I Just wondered what other people thought the other classes might be?

I think one of the developers said that they would be heroic and similar to the roles of the characters in the films.

I'm just hoping that we get to see interesting classes such as Bounty Hunter, Spies, Smugglers etc.

my gess is they will got with the 6 class types or 4 from the SWKOTOR games

Soldier class
Smuggler class
Scout class

then there might be one jedi class, or the other 3 jedi ones

Knight
Sentinal
Councerler

and after a while i think you will be able to cross into a diffrent class after so meny levels.

a bit like the old Starwars online game

A rumour is going round that there will be 8 classes (though there is no real proof) and each faction will have their own classes. This is what I think they will be if so:

Republic:
Jedi
Soldier
Smuggler
Scout

Sith Empire:
Sith
Marauder
Guard
Spy

I think they pretty much speak for themselves...

There is a interview out there on Edge saying there will be 8 classes. As it goes for me i see it this way.

It depends on what model Bioware takes. If we will have the trinity (tank,healer,dps) the the classes will look like this IMHO:
Republic -Sith
Jedi -sith
Soldier- sith version of soldier
Scoundrel - assasin (sith version)
medic- sith version

If Bioware takes another rout... God only knows what characters will be there!

Common sense tells us that if they are making an unique non-linear story for each class... There won't be to many of them so 8 is a appropriate number. It also tells us that those classes IF they are going to be faction based will be balanced (mirrored) between factions.

I add in the end that in the very first movie Bioware said that they are not going to revolutionise anything- just add the fourth pillar and work on it. So i don't think we'll see a revolution in any way in gamplay or classes.

I agree with Aliendra, 8 does sound like a good number of classes to have, though I frown upon typical Tank, Melee DPS, Ranged DPS and Healer types, though it seems that it will have to come to that.

Jedi/Sith will be Melee DPS
Soldier/Marauder will be Tank
Scavenger/Scoundrel will be Ranged DPS
Spec Ops/Commando will be Healer

BioWare have confirmed the inclusion of crafting in swtor so maybe a mechanic type class/sub class. And in light of the success of Eve and other high-economy mmorpgs I'd be very supprised if there wasn't a playable trader class. And who wouldn't want to be a pilot?

I'm hoping the guys at BioWare are thinking outside the box. They're talking up their ground breaking-ness so fingers crossed!

Looking through the Star Wars: Saga Edition pen 'n' paper rpg, I get the funny feeling the classes there will be available; primarily because its got a big fat Lucasarts stamp on it, but also because the classes in the rpg are straight out of Kotor:

* Jedi / Sith

* Noble

* Scoundrel

* Scout

* Soldier


What interests me is how they plan to expand on those. In the RPG, these 5 are "starting classes" - for example a soldier can progress and become a Bounty Hunter, a scoundrel can progress and become a Crime Lord, etc.

Also, each of the core classes has sub-sets. For example, a "Jedi" is either a Jedi Guardian, a Jedi Sentinel or a Jedi Consular.

Rumours about that there are at least 8 classes, and looking at most mmorpgs, 8 is the stable starting point.

Let the drip-feed on information continue!