Squad Leader Archive

I know, for one, that I'm a roleplayer at heart. Sure, every now and then I'm forced to ask for training OOC, but for the most part I like to stay in character. It seems to me that being a squad leader is the best place for a roleplayer to be. As a SL many players "look up" to you (or look to you for guidance) and it is in this position of power that SL's can really shine. By introducing a roleplaying element to the party, I believe, us SL's can begin to shift this game away from power-gaming (which is good...to a certain extent, in certian situations) and more toward roleplaying and character development. Maybe this is just wishful thinking on my part, but I sure think it'd be cool to see players really getting into character.....and I believe that us SL players should step up to the plate and start making a difference...

Just my two cents

Pace Aecot-Wanderhome

I, too, am a squad leader and a role-player. I've been forced to take dayjobs as a Ranger and Bounty Hunter just to keep myself effective until my primary professions of Squad Leader and Carbineer are fixed and balanced out with everything else. I think that people in my guild look up to me as a squad leader (then again, I am the ground forces commander for my guild, so that might have something to do with it :smileywink. Basically, I like what you've said here.

/fuzzy

Not really from what I've seen.

l33t power gamer all the way here =P

I have to agree. Being a Squad Leader seems to give you a special charismatic bonus or something in the game. People cheer me when I enter a Cantina, and they're not just friends. People I have never met before. Makes me feel really good at times!

Even though our skill tree isn't very appealing right now I am truly happy with my character profession. To be honest: I love the fact that there are only a few Squad Leaders! Everyone has a Bounty Hunter or a Commando these days, but how many people actually have a Squad Leader?

Be unique!

i dont know if all RPers are drawn to the SL profession like your sugguesting, but that is my case. only problem is i cant really RP in SWG cause i have not been able to find anyone else on the sunrunner galaxy that RPs as well. i would like to but it gets very annoying when your trying to RP in a group of 10 people that arent....

I think rp'ers tend to migrate to gimped classes in general. Look at all the carbineer/squad leaders there are...(like me).

It is difficult to feel like you're rp'ing when you take an uber class because A: everyone and their moms is a bounty hunter and you never feel unique and B: when you play a gimp the way you play makes or breaks your success. A CH/Pistoleer can just spam their best shots and follow their pets all the way to mastery, but using "Rally" and "Steady Aim"effectively takes a lot more skill.

Hehe, I'm not a roleplayer, but I'm still in the same boat as you guys... Carbineer/Squad Leader all the way... think of it this way, if you kill someone you can laugh incredibly hard at them for being killed by a gimp.

I'm a Squad Leader/Carbineer as well btw. Hehehe, this is getting almost scary!

Ahhh ..fantastic...some roleplayers.

I'm also a roleplayer, and try and stay in character (in public). Some of the things mentioned here really bring a smile to my face, 'cos i'm the same, Carbineer, Squad Leader, trying to get Ranger and Bountyhunter.

Hope some of you roleplayersare on the Eclipse server, cos as far as I'm concerned, I think everyone's gaming experience is made all the more richer for it.

Scian Zincmeek

I RP a little bit, but the main reason I got Squad Leader was because I wanted to be different instead of being Bounty Hunter which 40% of the galaxy is. Also I think most people have respect for people that are different because I always have respect when I see someone like a chef or image designer.

I don't RP per-say, but I know what you mean. I play a Master Smuggler and Squad Leader. I'm the guy that can lead a group in to battle and give them direction, purpose, and confidence... I'm also the same one that can feed their addictions and provide them with things that are less than... on the level. I enjoy playing both, though I will admit my SL skills look like 1/0/1/4 at the moment, simply becuase I want to see what they do with us before I go any further. I'm all about helping others in groups, I'm just not sure if I will enjoy the class with the changes they have talked about implimenting.

I'm a role player and a Squad Leader. I was a Carbineer to but carbines wasnt working for me as I am a Master Medic as well and needed to be close to people to heal and there for the mobs. So I switched over to pistoleer.

Somewhat frightening...another aspiring Carbineer/SL here. I'm definitely attracted to non-popular, "gimped" classes for the challenge and the novelty factor. I'm also going up in Engineering so I can be a DE.