Characters need to feel like characters
Picking a job and a player model is not enough for this gamemode.
Characters keep their appearance, species, gender, inventory, equipment, titles, reputation, injuries, relationships, and history. You can have multiple characters on one Steam account without all of them feeling like the same person in different clothes.
The faction side now has the structure the old class system was missing:
- Padawans and Apprentices request a master instead of being assigned silently
- One direct superior per character
- You can see your superior's superior, so there is an actual chain of command
- Ranks, promotion permissions, trials, records, specializations, and rosters
- Admin controls for fixing ranks and relationships when needed
- Custom Orders and player-run groups
Rank does not hard-cap somebody's Force or saber power. An apprentice should be able to surpass their master if they put the work in. Social rank and actual ability are not the same thing.
The forums will pull these characters directly from the game so you can post in RP sections as the character, with the correct faction and rank.