Not sure if this is definitive but I'm taking a wild guess that we're close enough to the release date that there's not much going to change like races.
That said, I do think most races are too humanoid like so swapping one or two between factions won't be much of a lore fuck or problem.
 
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• Human - All Classes
• Zabrak - All Classes
• Twi'lek - All Classes
• Cyborgs - All Classes
• Mirialan - Trooper, Jedi Knight, Jedi Consular, Smuggler
• Miraluka - Jedi Knight, Jedi Consular
  
• Sith Pureblood - Sith Warrior, Sith Inquisitor
  
• Rattataki - Sith Warrior, Sith Inquisitor, Bounty Hunter, Imperial Agent
  
• Chiss - Bounty Hunter, Imperial Agent

Mirialan seems like a weird inclusion over some better known races, and didn't all the Miralukans get wiped out by Nihlus? I guess I'm a little behind on my lore.

Also where's my Ithorian Architect…

Cyborgs are pretty much humans but with some metal instead of skin.

No Nautolans :(

@Wuddel said:

No Nautolans :(

Also fuck games with restrictions like this that aren't DnD based. If I want to be a stunted little warrior freak, that should be allowed.

@TaliciaDragonsong said:

@NeverDave: I'm still playing Kotor 2 (damn loadscreens) but from what the wiki tells me mr bad guy just took down an entire planet, I'm sure there's colonies of them somewhere, probably on more jedi related worlds since they have such an intense connection with the force. Its a real shame there's no Mon Calamari, Rodians, Trandoshans or Nautolans, I know there's many races and not a lot of them can be (are allowed to by George) Jedi/Sith but it would do wonders for the non force user classes.

I think it has to do with the story and romances. I guess they didn't want MonCal on Human action. Pretty much all the races are human-like.

So I take those humanoid slug creatures who talk in deep gurgling gibberish aren't in this a playable race. I'm not getting TOR, but if I were to that's definitely the race I would of gone for.

Twileks couldn't be Troopers and Bounty Hunters in the beta I was in.

Way back when I first read all the playable species in the game, I was madly dissapointed. I understood why they \re including the ones they are and why they're excluding obvious other races but I wasn't happy about it.

That being said, after doing some research on the species, and watching whatever beta footage leaked onto the internet, I am now more than happy the launch species. They are all differant enough that it's cool. My Smuggler main is most certainly going to be Mirialan and when I play Empire I look forward to rolling a Chiss.

I am still mad disapointed that you can't create a Nautolan or a Togruta but I suspect that they will add them with an expansion or they may even be the species you unclock when you re-roll (the developers have hinted that you can unlock species when you create a new character.)

They're all just humans with different skin colors and horns and stuff glued on to them. 
It would be pretty cool if different races could speak in different languages... anyone know if this is happening?

@coakroach: Sadly not, the reason they've choosen all the species they have is because they all speak galactic.

EDIT: Which annoys me a bit because every Twi'lek in the game will speak galactic, and that's obviously not ther native tounge.

Twilek bounty hunter all the way.

race: Lando 
class: space pimp

They bitched out with all these boring humanoid races. The fact that a shitty game like STO offers more interesting race options than a Star Wars game is kind of embarrassing.
 
The argument about them being unable to speak Galactic basic is also pretty much false. 

@S0ndor: How's it false? It's what the developers have said...

@S0ndor: How's it false? It's what the developers have said...

I didn't know what most of these races were so I cut & pasted this collage of the races excluding humans.  More info here.

@S0ndor: Could Greedo speak English? It's been that long since I watched A New Hope...

And yeah, I see where you're coming from, it's gutting but I'm certain they'll add a load of favourites in expansions and stuff.

I read somewhere that different races, or maybe just classes for existing races, would be unlocked after reaching max level with another character. 
Is that true, or was it just a rumor? 
 
Anyway, I just want the beta thingy to start so that I can mess around with the Character Creator.

@S0ndor: Could Greedo speak English? It's been that long since I watched A New Hope...

And yeah, I see where you're coming from, it's gutting but I'm certain they'll add a load of favourites in expansions and stuff.

@MaFoLu: A developer let it slip, i think it's going to be in the game, they're just not talking about it yet.

@S0ndor: Ah ha! Maaaan I wish I could be a Rodian in the game.

Twileks couldn't be Troopers and Bounty Hunters in the beta I was in.

Nice to see the Mirialan, Barriss Offee is one of my favourite characters.

@SamStrife said:

@S0ndor: Could Greedo speak English? It's been that long since I watched A New Hope...

And yeah, I see where you're coming from, it's gutting but I'm certain they'll add a load of favourites in expansions and stuff.

He could in the Clone Wars, which may have simply been because they didn't want an episode full of subtitles. I seem to remember quite a lot of outrage about it though.

The species selection for this game is horseshit.  This is Star Wars, and yet all we can play is multi-colored humans?
 
Rattakki are LITERALLY just bald humans with pale skin.  That's it!
 
Oh, and the funniest thing?  They are based on Assaj Ventress, who isn't even a member of the species due to retcons from The Clone Wars cartoon.  
 
Good job Bioware.

@coakroach: Sadly not, the reason they've choosen all the species they have is because they all speak galactic.

EDIT: Which annoys me a bit because every Twi'lek in the game will speak galactic, and that's obviously not ther native tounge.

Lame.

@coakroach: Sadly not, the reason they've choosen all the species they have is because they all speak galactic.

EDIT: Which annoys me a bit because every Twi'lek in the game will speak galactic, and that's obviously not ther native tounge.

@Wuddel said:

No Nautolans :(

:<

The humanoid races were chosen to simplify itemization, they only need to create male/female arrmor and it applies to all races. They basically were lazy bums with no creativity, and uncreative programmers unwilling to create a decent modeling tool set.

@SamStrife said:

@coakroach: Sadly not, the reason they've choosen all the species they have is because they all speak galactic.

EDIT: Which annoys me a bit because every Twi'lek in the game will speak galactic, and that's obviously not ther native tounge.

That's not at all true.  Almost every species in Star Wars is capable of speaking basic, including Rodians, Hutts, and even one very stupid Expanded Universe Wookiee character.

I like the sith pure blood race and some of the lore behind them.. I'm sure there are a few races that have been held back for expansions and stuff down the road.. or that they couldn't get to work just right for the launch.

So you can be a humanoid or a cyborg humanoid or a blue humanoid or a humanoid with horns. No WOOKIEE. No BUY!

@Meowshi said:

@SamStrife said:

@coakroach: Sadly not, the reason they've choosen all the species they have is because they all speak galactic.

EDIT: Which annoys me a bit because every Twi'lek in the game will speak galactic, and that's obviously not ther native tounge.

That's not at all true.  Almost every species in Star Wars is capable of speaking basic, including Rodians, Hutts, and even one very stupid Expanded Universe Wookiee character.

While I am no expert on Star Wars languagues, I can tell you that every twi'lek does NOT speak basic in the game.

Will the races in the game have an advantage/disadvantage traits or their intention is purely cosmetic? If its purely cosmetic then it really makes no sense, I am hoping Bioware puts some stats into the races some general advantages and disadvantages so that there is a sense of deserved variety.