Class icons for 1.2!

Dulfy 16 Comments Mar 17, 2012

Something that is new in 1.2 is the introduction of class icons! These are icons on top of yourself and other player’s head that will tell you what class/advanced class they are. This was done for the ease of identification of player classes since in 1.2 many players will be wearing orange custom armors due the ability to completely remove mods from endgame gears!

The 4 basic classes from each faction have grey icons; the advanced classes have colored icons, a different color for each class. The color match on both factions.

Here is a list of all the class icons I compiled! Study them! (click on the image to enlarge)

Class	Republic	Empire
Sage/Sorcerer
Shadow/Assassin
Guardian/Juggernaut
Sentinel/Marauder
Scoundrel/Operative
Gunslinger/Sniper
Vanguard/Powertech
Commando/Mercenary

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Garit Heaton

is this something that can be turned on or is it permanent?
- dulfy
  
  Not sure, I will take a look tomorrow at the options and let you know!
  - Panagiotis Mantzaridis
    
    you can turn it off in nameplates preferences window.
    the option has a strange name loc:….preferences
- dulfy
  
  Just checked, you can it off under nameplates in preferences 🙂
  - Garitd
    
    Cool. Thanks for checking. Awesome blog you rule!
Stpikeray06

They really should make it one icon for both reb and imp tbh.
- dulfy
  
  ya but at least the color is the same
Coweringomega

Ug, don’t want to be a Vanguard now. Their icon looks like a female reproductive tract.
- Jarl
  
  ROFL that is what I was thinking right now
Zap

They really got the Sentinel and Guardian icons mixed up.
Sentinel = shieldGuardian = eyeThe other way around really would have made sense 🙂
- airborne83
  
  Hey Zap we can just add it to the ever growing list of obvious (or so we thought) things that they continue to just not understand.
- Scubahsteve
  
  Looks like they did switch it for Live. Guardian= shield. Sentinel=eye. Colors are still the same.
nef

Are these symbols hovering above your adversaries in pvp aswell? I mean, will healers be running around with big targets painted over their heads?
- dulfy
  
  yes, that is the whole point of class icons since many people will be using custom orange armor in 1.2. Class icons allow you to identify enemy’s class even if they are all dressed up in slave girl outfits 😛
DangerousCamels

In that screenshot I see someone with an exploding bullet floating over her head. Ignoring the identical classes on the other faction, this game has 8 classes and four of them use guns. 50% of the classes in this game use guns and none of them shoot exploding bullets. This is star wars, everyone shoots lasers.

meanwhile… http://www.wowhead.com/talent

Stick a sword, two daggers, a staff, a bear claw, etc over a player in wow and you immediately know what they are. Of course, you don’t need to represent classes with floating UI symbols in wow because all of the classes are visually distinct.

Class icons for 1.2!

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