In a recent news article on the official TOR site, Bioware started talking about some new playable races in the game such as the Sith Pureblood, Miraluka and Zabrak. Interestingly, it linked these races to specific classes in the game, with comments like:

The rage of… the Sith Pureblood lives on in the Sith Warriors who dominate the battlefield with their intimidating presence and aggressive tactics.

As one of the most wise and mystical species in the galaxy, the green-skinned Mirialans can become powerful Jedi Consulars.

A proud species from an inhospitable world, Zabraks are among the few with the determination and ferocity to become Sith Inquisitors.

All of which leads myself — and others over on the TOR forum — to think that Bioware is limiting some races to select classes, in much the same way that it’s all but already linked, say, the Chiss race to the Imperial Agent class in some earlier stories.

Personally, I think this is a good thing but, of course, there are detractors on the official forums. What a surprise, eh readers? It’s the nature of the beast, as they say in the classics.

For mine, this decision makes sense from a roleplay viewpoint (for example, Chiss are barely spread among the galaxy at all, so it makes sense to limit them to shadowy Imperial Agents), and also a practical viewpoint, so we never see TONS of any one race; they will be limited by default because not every player on a server will ever play the same class simultaneously.

Now, I can understand why this concept is making people QQ. Someone might love the Chiss race, for example, and want to be a Jedi Chiss… but honestly, it just doesn’t work and I’m excited that Bioware appears to have made such a ballsy decision to keep some races exclusive to some classes. And for anyone who wants to take me on about this, just answer one question:

If I’m wrong about select races being exclusive to select classes, are you guys opposed to my comments saying that the Sith Pureblood will be available to, let’s say, Jedi classes? No? Then why on earth would the select races for select classes rule apply to Sith Purebloods and not the rest? And in that lies the reality of the situation, I think. Select races will be limited to select classes.