My finger is poised over the subscribe button and I'm just trying to get a pro/con list for rolling Republic. I'm mainly a PvP person, but do enjoy PvE content on a 'casual' basis. I'm mainly looking at either re-rolling a Trooper/BH or Inq/Consular.
I don't want to contribute to the already imbalanced factions of the game, but I'm having a hard time seeing reasons for rolling Republic:
Republic Pros:
-You get to experience more than just Huttball nearly all of the time.
-Trooper PvP gear at level cap might look better than BH gear (see below)
-Less annoying dailies...(from anewok)
-Dailies are more or less working...(from anewok)
Republic Cons:
-Lower populations on some servers may create grouping issues for PvE (??pure speculation on my part, tell me if I'm wrong??).
-More likely to experience PvP (see Gank Parties) on a PvP server as Republic (??also pure speculation, borrowed from xp with WoW??)
-Imp stories are mostly better written. Consular story is a snore-fest...like to the point that finding out what happened on Taris really was a high point.
-Inq looks better than Consular. They get cool looking, darker colored cloaks while Consulars get lighter colored cloaks (personal taste, I know).
-BH looks better than Trooper. For the most part that is...BH champion gear reminds me of Roberto from Futurama...
(not sure how to shrink that pic...sorry)
If I'm wrong on something or if there are Pros or Cons I haven't considered let me know and I'll add them here.