Newbie Guide

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Before you create a new character, you may first want to think about what profession you want to do. The species are given different bonuses to their skills.

Here is a quick summary of each species and their species-specific skill bonuses: Human - Leadership +10 (unknown skillset)

Bothan -

Camouflage +15 (ranger)

Cover +10 (rifleman)

Ithorian -

Advanced Assembly +10 (shipwright)

Chassis Assembly +10 (shipwright)

Creature Taming Bonus +10 (creature handler)

Defense vs. Dizzy +10 (all combat defense bonus)

Defense vs. Stun +10 (all combat defense bonus)

Melee Defense +10 (all combat defense bonus)

Power Systems +10 (shipwright)

Shields Assembly +10 (shipwright)

Mon Calamari -

Alertness +15 (unknown)

Structure Assembly +10 (architect)

Weapon Assembly +10 (weaponsmith)

Rodian -

Defense vs. Blind +15 (all combat defense bonus)

One-handed weapon accuracy +10 (brawler/fencer)

two-handed melee accuracy +10 (brawler/swordsman)

weapon assembly +10 (weaponsmith)

Sullustan -

booster assembly +10 (shipwright)

creature harvesting +10 (scout/ranger)

engine assembly +10 (shipwright)

trapping +10 (scout/ranger)

weapon systems +10 (shipwright)

Trandoshan -

creature harvesting +10 (scout/ranger)

melee defense +10 (all combat defense bonus)

unarmed accuracy +10 (brawler/teras kasi artist)

unarmed damage +15 (brawler/teras kasi artist)

unarmed speed +5 (brawler/teras kasi artist)

Twi'lek -

battle fatigue healing (dancing) +15 (entertainer/dancer)

battle fatigue healing (music) +5 (entertainer/musician)

wound healing (dancing) +15 (entertainer/dancer)

wound healing (music) +5 (entertainer/musician)

Wookiee -

creature taming bonus +10 (creature handler)

rescue +10 (ranger)

trapping +10 (scout/ranger)

warcry +10 (unique wookiee command)*

*this command allows wookiees to use the /warcry command which can intimidate a cone (frontal area) of multiple enemies at once.

Zabrak -

anti-shock +5 (unknown)

Defense vs. Dizzy +10 (all combat defense bonus)

Defense vs. Intimidate +10 (all combat defense bonus)

Defense vs. Stun +10 (all combat defense bonus)

Ok now you have a character, you have a little money and a few items. You will definitely want more credits (money), skills, and items (if you want to be effective in your professions).

Crafting professions:

Artisan

Armorsmith

Architect

Chef

Tailor

Weaponsmith

Shipwright

Droid Engineer

Bio Engineer

Business professions:

Artisan

Merchant

Combat professions:

Brawler

Marksman

Teras Kasi Artist

Fencer

Swordsman

Pikeman

Rifleman

Pistoleer

Carbineer

Commando

Bounty Hunter

Squad Leader

Combat Medic

Combat/tweaking profession:

Smuggler

Wilderness professions:

Scout

Ranger

Creature Handler

Healing professions:

Medic

Entertainer

Doctor

Dancer

Musician

(Combat Medic) - mostly for combat, but can heal

Political profession:

Politician

Pilot professions:

Neutral pilot (freelance)

Imperial pilot

Rebel Alliance pilot

Jedi:

Force Sensitive

Combat Prowess

Enhanced Reflexes

Crafting

Just about every item in the game is crafted by another player (the only exception are looted items, generated by the game itself). Almost always, you will get higher quality items when they are crafted by other players. So crafters are essential to the game. I have some experience in crafting, and it isn't for everyone. You have to be able to handle other player's requests for items--especially if you advertise your crafting skills. It helps to take pride in what you are making. I was able to extend my crafting, by adding in some combat professions for variety.Business (artisan/merchant)

If you are crafting, you should consider mastering merchant as well. This will let you expand and promote your crafting business. The discounts in the merchant profession are very enticing. (especially the reduced structure maintenance cost). I hold on to merchant 0003 skill in order to use a vendor in my house for storage.Combat

Ok most (if not all) of you will want to do some combat. This is your main source of excitement in the game (aside from pilot/jedi). If you do not have some basic combat skills, you will have a hard time surviving out there. There are hostile creatures and non-player characters even if you are peaceful. So consider taking up some combat skills unless if you plan to stay in the cities all of the time. I must admit, that swordsman is my favorite combat profession so far.Combat/tweaking - Smuggler

All right, a smuggler is a unique kind of profession. You can do some combat, but you have the ability to "slice" things. That is to tweak things to get a favorable result. Han Solo definitely tweaked out the Millenium Falcon, so you have the ability, as a master smuggler to get armor, weapons, and terminals to get their stats in your favor. You can make some decent money slicing items. You should consider hooking up with a crafter to setup a deal.Wilderness (scout/ranger/creature handler)

As mentioned, it is a dangerous galaxy. There are all kinds of critters out there. Scouts, Rangers, and Creature Handlers are the only ones who can harvest creature resources. Crafters need creature resources (especially chefs, medics, doctors, combat medics, bio-engineers, and tailors). They are often willing to pay handsomely for these resources. Also as a wilderness expert, you are pretty self sufficient and can give benefits to a group when you go out hunting.Healing

Everybody will take some damage. Almost all of us will die and need some healing. You can decide whether you want to be the one to heal others (as well as yourself) and prepare us to take on some challenges. Medics and above also can craft pharmaceutical items that keep players alive and well. The Combat Medic has a unique ability to be a deadly combatant, and he or she can choose to heal as well.Policital (politician)

In the game, we are given the opportunity to run our own cities. The politician is the one who can be the mayor of a new or existing city and change the city options and govern a player city. You must be able to ineract with many different people and do the politican thing. (try to please everybody, and make people feel good about what you are doing).

Now those of you who argue that allowing anybody to a Jedi isn't realistic...I hate to break it to you, but this is a game based upon movies--it is all made up.

STARTING LOCATION

Once you know what species (along with physical attributes), and a starting profession, then you can go through the tutorial (before you character joins the galaxy) or skip and choose a starting location. Your starting position may vary if you have Jump to Lightspeed enabled. If you do have it enabled, you will choose a starting pilot profession and a starting location for a particular squadron. The three pilot types have different squadrons for each type. You will begin in a starport city with a pilot trainer. Your pilot trainer will give you easy missions and a starter ship at no cost. The difficulty of your missions will progress as you complete the missions. If you intend to to pilot first, you will be traveling from the starport to your pilot trainer often. At first, you will be given a waypoint and an arrow path to your trainer. Right away you will learn how to move around in the city and use waypoints.

Waypoints are highlighted sections of the map (usally a blue glowing beacon that extends from the ground to the sky). You should see arrows on your screen pointing to the activated waypoint (you can turn this off). Be sure to check out your radar in the lower left screen. Your datapad has a waypoint tab which lists all of your saved waypoints. You can save as many waypoints in your datapad as you want. There is a filter that will only show waypoints in your current planet or sector.

To make a new waypoint, type /waypoint x y. X is your position east or west and Y is the position north or south. These numbers can be negative, zero or positive. Negative numbers must be preceded by a dash "-" or minus symbol. You used to be able to just type /way (or /waypoint) and a new waypoint would be created at your current location -- this is now bugged (as in it doesn't work).

Another tool to aid in navigation is the overhead map. (Ctrl-M). You can see your current location with a triangle. The map moves as you move around. If you are in a city and go inside a building, the view will change to just the interior of the building. The same happens when you go inside a cave or a large installation. It will show multiple levels at once, so try not to get confused. Keep exploring and you will figure them out. You can turn off the map at any time by pressing Ctrl-M again.

Pay attention to the different colors of dots on your radar and on the overhead map. Blue dots are other players that are neutral or enemy faction. Purple dots are other players on your faction side (rebel or imperial). A pink dot is your group leader. Green dots are other group members. Yellow dots are creatures or NPCs who you are able to attack, but they are not aggressive. Red dots are aggressive creatures or NPCs or overt players of the enemy faction (only if you are overt). You should be wary of red dots--especially when you begin as a new character.

HOW TO MAKE MONEY

Completing missions are your primary source of income. This is essential for new players. Look for mission terminals inside cities. There are regular mission terminals which have delivery or destroy missions. I suggest destroy missions for anybody who is doing a combat profession. Delivery missions just ask you to travel and talk to NPCs. A destroy mission will give you some much needed XP along with your credit rewards. If you have scout skill, you should only do destroy missions on creatures. You can harvest creature resources from the corpses by clicking on them and holding down the mouse and choosing harvest resources and choose the options available. (hide, meat or bones).