Favorite Start off Class

[Tribblemaker]

Scoundrel, because the character is shorter. I know that sounds lame, but thats why I play as scoundrel. I don't like towering over my companions.

[d-mac]

Originally Posted by Steven00009

I like the Soldier/Consular combo. As a level 20 Jedi Consular i had Like 400 VP, and 300 FP.

Yeah, I liked that too. The only real problem was the slow feat progression, but the force powers were worth it. For me that mixture just seemed to fit. Think about it; a fighter AND a diplomat. Pretty kick-ass.

[Darth_Ruin]

I would say Scout because like the Sentinel, it appears to be a balance between the two other classes.
Although you are more combat orientated as a Soldier, and more sneaky/persuasive as a Scoundrel, the implants can strengthen the attributes of those classes so that you are a balance of the three.
Scout would be the best choice for someone who is new to the game, as the specialist Computer and Repair skills can help remove enemies which they wont be experienced in fighting.

Chris (Darth_Ruin)

[Light&Dark]

Scout,for it's free implant feats.You NEED those for (SPOILER) the end game +4 CON or +4 DEX implants.

[h k 4-7]

wow... ,strange im thinking that you are all usin quick character making , why dont you all experiment and do custom character, and choose you're own? the game is alot more fun this way, also i know a glitch which will give you 257 skill points per level.

[Rav]

Scout, because of the good saving throws, good skills, and USEFUL bonus feats (soldier's heavy armour proficiency, yeah right, that'll come in handy). But mostly the good saving throws.

[Baptchy]

It feels like you get more out of the game especially on Taris as a Scout. Your vitality progresses just about right and then later you can pick whatever Jedi class you want with lots of skill already gained.

You can customize your character so that it lacks little on security and persuade as well as any other cross-class skill.

You can follow the suggestions the game gives and be excellent with computer and demolition while repair remains a class skill which is very useful to get more out of the game in general.

Recovering mines will fetch a nice price or be what they are: excellent weapons.

As mentioned above, one of the NPC characters will require high repair skills on your part if you want to do more in the game.

[Caden]

Scout, because of the good saving throws, good skills, and USEFUL bonus feats (soldier's heavy armour proficiency, yeah right, that'll come in handy). But mostly the good saving throws.

I would say the Scoundrel has the best bonus features, Luck and Sneak Attack. Of course, this is countered by him hardly getting any feature points while leveling.

I rather like the scout. I think you probably do get more out of the game if you play one. He is good in skills, life, and features, and best in saving throws. He does, however, have the least offensive options. The scoundrel with sneak attack has the most offensive capability. Then, the soldier with all his features give him the second most offensive capability. I don't mean to say that the scout is incapable of offense, though. It's just where he lacks.

[Stevetrop]

I like starting off as a Scoundral

[Smiley:)]

Personally Scout. You get a nice ballance between skills, feats and vitality. And you automatically get to use implants. Then I become a jedi sentinel...

[Revans mask]

I like guardian better. Guardian class has a sh#t load of strength and attacks. On Taris/ kotor 1. My male guardian ripped the bad azz sith with robes apart.-Sith Base final boss battle.

Advice

Guardian Jedi, Zaldar and Canderous are a force to be reckon with= Dream Team


strong Guardian Jedi+ stong Bastila + strong Zaldar= The dream team


If your team is low on health. Use Revan, Bastila, Jouli, Cat Lady= use them

Possible pro team

Lv 15 Revan

Lv 15 Bastila

Lv 15 Zaldar

Lv 15 Canderous

Lv 14 Carth

= Equip them with strong abilitys

[GawainBS]

From a powerplay point of view, I'm inclined for Scout. You should note I play untill lvl 4 and stop leveling until I become a Jedi.
Combat is the name of the game in KotOR and Scoundrels are pretty fragile the first few levels and don't get a lot of feats.
Scouts get better vitality, they get 3 feats over the first 4 levels, which include two bonus feats for Implants Lvl 1 & 2. This line of feats is as good as mandatory.
Their bonus feats include Flurry, which offers the best "attack" featchain in the game, for me. Power Attack in inferior, while Critical Strike leaves you defenseless for a few levels and in fact only gives a chance for an extra attack (An Attack at double damage, or two attacks, that's the same), as opposed to Flurry, which simply gives it.
Furthermore, Scouts are the only ones with Repair as a class skill, which can come in handy later.
Soldiers just offer a few points more of vitality, very few skill points, and one extra feat, which is meaningless, since they don't have Flurry nor the Implants.

[Caden]

Their bonus feats include Flurry, which offers the best "attack" featchain in the game, for me. Power Attack in inferior, while Critical Strike leaves you defenseless for a few levels and in fact only gives a chance for an extra attack (An Attack at double damage, or two attacks, that's the same), as opposed to Flurry, which simply gives it.

I thought I would clear this up, as the common misconception is that Flurry is the best attack feature and the other two kind of suck.

Flurry only adds 1 swing to your attack. If you have 2 blades and use force Master speed, you will swing at your enemy 4 times when you attack. If you use Flurry also, you will swing 5 times. If you do really high damage, that extra swing from Flurry might deal 25 damage. With Sneak Attack III, it might deal 35 damage.

Power Attack adds 10 damage to each swing. If you swing 4 times, that is plus 40 damage everytime you attack. Unlike Flurry, the bonus damage from Power Attack is not effected by how much damage your lightsaber does.

Master Critical Strike gives a 40% chance to deal double damage everytime you swing. Critical Strike has the potential to deal the most damage, but just like Flurry, it is dependant on how much damage your lightsaber does. Two single blades have a higher chance to crit than double-blades.

You may reconsider if Flurry makes a class better for playing. Flurry requires that your lightsaber does 40 damage in order to just be on par with Power Attack.

[GawainBS]

Originally Posted by Caden

I thought I would clear this up, as the common misconception is that Flurry is the best attack feature and the other two kind of suck.

Flurry only adds 1 swing to your attack. If you have 2 blades and use force Master speed, you will swing at your enemy 4 times when you attack. If you use Flurry also, you will swing 5 times. If you do really high damage, that extra swing from Flurry might deal 25 damage. With Sneak Attack III, it might deal 35 damage.

Power Attack adds 10 damage to each swing. If you swing 4 times, that is plus 40 damage everytime you attack. Unlike Flurry, the bonus damage from Power Attack is not effected by how much damage your lightsaber does.

Master Critical Strike gives a 40% chance to deal double damage everytime you swing. Critical Strike has the potential to deal the most damage, but just like Flurry, it is dependant on how much damage your lightsaber does. Two single blades have a higher chance to crit than double-blades.

You may reconsider if Flurry makes a class better for playing. Flurry requires that your lightsaber does 40 damage in order to just be on par with Power Attack.

Like doing 40 damage is that hard. Master Flurry only takes a -1 penalty, while PA takes a -3 penalty. A -2 difference isn't much, but it could add up.
Critical Strike, like I said before, relies too much on luck and takes quite a toll on your defense. It could be more worth it if there are crystals that increase the critical multiplier of your lightsabre, but I think those only exist in KotORII. In regular d20, with iterative attacks, something like Critical Strike would be great.
As an added bonus, I for one think that the flurry-animation is by far the coolest.

[Caden]

Originally Posted by GawainBS

Like doing 40 damage is that hard.

It's harder than the 25 damage you might get from Flurry when you attack.

Originally Posted by GawainBS

A -2 difference isn't much, but it could add up.

Not really. When you have a really high strength, a -2 chance to hit is negligible. You don't even notice it. If you have low strength, the -2 might be noticed. However, also on a low strength character, the bonus swing Flurry gives will deal even less than +25 bonus damage. Meaning, even on a low strength character, the +40 damage Power Attack does is worth a -2 chance to hit.

Originally Posted by GawainBS

Critical Strike, like I said before, relies too much on luck

Luck? You have a 40% chance to crit with it. Those are extremely good odds. Luck is not required. It's not a 40% chance that you will do one extra swing the way Flurry only adds one extra swing. I know that's how you thought it worked. It really is a 40% chance that each of your 4 swings does double damage. Statistically, at least 1 of your 4 swings should crit everytime you use Critical Strike. If at least 1 crits, then you are already dealing the same damage that the extra swing from Flurry gives. Everytime you use Critical Stike, you should do bare minimum the same damage that using Flurry does. Maximum damage is insane in comparison. The enemy is also stunned, allowing you to deal even more damage with Sneak Attack. You will kill enemies and especially bosses a lot quicker with Critical Strike than the other 2 feature attacks.

Originally Posted by GawainBS

and takes quite a toll on your defense.

Not really. Critical Strike adds a 6 second stun. That's a pretty long duration. You can keep more than one enemy stunned solely by using Critical Strike. They can't attack you when they are stunned so the toll on your defense shouldn't even go noticed. If you have more than 2-3 enemies, then you always have allies or force powers to distract them. As long as you are creative, you shouldn't even notice the toll on your defense. Not to mention, your enemies die quicker so you take less hits that way as well.

Originally Posted by GawainBS

It could be more worth it if there are crystals that increase the critical multiplier of your lightsabre

I believe the Nextor crystal adds a 5% chance to crit, but the math proves that adding a crystal with raw damage gives better results.

Originally Posted by GawainBS

In regular d20, with iterative attacks, something like Critical Strike would be great.

40% chance for each of your 4 swings to crit are extremely good odds. Even if only 2 of your 4 swings crit, you are doing a lot more damage than you would with the 1 bonus swing you get from Flurry.

Originally Posted by GawainBS

As an added bonus, I for one think that the flurry-animation is by far the coolest.

I like variation and use all 3 for different Jedi builds. Though, I use Power Attack or Critical Strike if I plan to deal damage with my lightsaber.