| Personally I like starting from scratch and building my character up. Yeah working with a vibrosword in the beginning kind of sucks, but its all part of developing the character. I’d like to see the game start out the way the previous KOTOR games did. Some planet that is mostly inconsequential. Your character starts out as a base class (smuggler/scoundrel, soldier, scout, tech, pilot maybe…etc) but you are a force adept who has crossed paths with revan and the exile at some point in time. The first party character you encounter you answer various questions that will set up the alignment of revan and the exile just like you did with atton in the beginning of KOTOR II. As you work your way through the first planet, maybe working against/with the exchange, you will have various alignment choices that will ultimately take you in one of two different directions. If you make light side alignment choices then you will go to coruscant or dantooine. If you make dark side alignment choices then you will go to korriban or yavin IV. Once you get to which ever planet you choose then the spirit of a jedi will appear to you as your teacher. I’m thinking one like master kavar or master vrook if your alignment is light side, maybe exar kun or marka ragnos if you choose the dark path. Just like the handmaiden and ajunta pall you can interact directly with which ever spirit to increase your ability with a lightsaber. If you choose the light side, I think it would be cool if you had to go through the trials before becoming a knight and then some sort of test to become a master. Whether you follow the light path or the dark path, I think you should get an apprentice as well. Once you have established yourself with which ever alignment you choose then you meet up with revan and the exile and go from there. Regardless of how bioware designs the game, I think there should be more side missions. I really like the idea of an end boss at each planet, or maybe some sort of major mission for each planet. Plus I think there should be more than one crystal cave.
As for the main character and party characters, I really like the idea of more options for customizing including species. Since it is a new game then the party characters should be new as well. I think revan and/or the exile should eventually become party members just not initially. If your alignment is light side, then the party members of KOTOR II should eventually become the members of the jedi council. Since the dark side doesn’t really have a council I don’t know what you could do with them, but I’m certain bioware will come up with something.
In regards to planets, more would certainly make the game interesting. Korriban and dantooine are really the only two that should be part of the game. Only because both planets hold a history and key elements to both light and dark side paths. If you go to wikipedia you can find a long list of star wars planets available for use, why not use them. Now tatooine is a planet worthy of debate and discussion. Since the planet is used in every movie (including a brief mention in the empire strikes back) and used in KOTOR I. I can’t help but think there is something more significant in regards to the force on tatooine. Buts that’s just my opinion.  |