Professions

Stars Reach has plans for dozens of professions or roles for players to take on. Star Wars: Galaxies was referenced as a good place to start. Confirmed professions are listed below.

• Combat Professions
• Social Professions
• Scouting
• Crafting
• Merchanting
• Xenobiology
• Harvesting

Reddit /r/MMORPG AMA with Raph Koster

Question: Where does the RPG aspect of your MMORPG come into play? What roles can I choose between? Seems like just another multiplayer crafting game with no RPG aspect to it. Seems like everyone would basically be the same with no roles.

Answer: We haven't released a comprehensive list yet, and won't for a bit, but we are looking at combat professions, scouting, crafting, merchanting, xenobiology, harvesting, social profesisons, and so on. The list in Galaxies is a pretty good indicator. Tons of roles.

Question: What kind of class or classless system are you looking to make?

Answer: Much like SWG, with many of the same professions, but not with rigid "onion" trees.

"We are doing a very similar model to SWG for professions, but the ways in which you use them moment to moment is very different. You have a loadout of tools, and every profession is used via a tool. So you can only "be" five things at a time on a given adventure. You have to return to a camp or to town to change loadouts."