I've been considering the power tier level of SWTOR's force sensitive classes before and also thought the Consular might be the strongest but now I'm curious: how would you rank the four classes in terms of connection/power in the Force?
Hmm, it’s been a while since I’ve thought about it and some of my opinions have changed a little, but I maintain that the Jedi Consular is by far the strongest.
Shielding each person takes enough strength away from them that they stagger afterwards, so clearly it’s a LOT, yet they’re able to keep fighting and functioning like normal. I know it’s just game mechanics, no one would want to play a consular if they had to do most of the first chapter with increasingly heavy debuffs nerfing their power, but I like to take that and run with it. So yes, each shielding ritual exhausts them and they get more and more tired as the chapter goes on, but they’re able to compensate as their connection to the Force grows to more or less match it. Having to function in a constant state of pain and exhaustion likely forces them to sink further into the Force just to use it, so when you’re finally released from the ritual, that intense level of focus and connection remains. If their connection was strong while they were struggling under the demands of the ritual, think how strong they are without the exhaustion and pain distracting them.
They also have the most obvious shows of strength in the game, like lifting a steel girder the size of a city bus and tearing though 3-4 foot thick blast doors.
The next strongest would be the Sith Inquisitor, although my ideas on them have changed a lot as my understanding of how the Force works has also changed. Honestly it probably works in a similar way to the Consular. Each additional ghost puts their mind and body under immense stress, yet they still manage to fight perfectly well, so their connection to the Force is deepening to compensate. I do think they were more powerful when they had all the ghosts, but once they leave they’re still no slouch. Still, there are much fewer ghosts than there are shielded Jedi, so I still think the Inquisitor is weaker.
Next would be the Sith Warrior, maybe. I honestly think of the Warrior and Knight as swordsmen/swordswomen first and foremost, so I haven’t considered how they would rank. If I remember right, the Warrior is held up on Korriban as a prodigy, and Baras uses them time and again as his bruiser enforcer. I think I recall more examples of them using the Force, and you could also argue that becoming the Emperor’s Wrath might come with a power boost. So I’ll say they’re stronger than the Knight when it comes to brute strength in the Force.
The last would be the Jedi Knight. They’re shown time and again as being immensely skilled with a lightsaber, I think it’s even mentioned at the beginning of the prologue right after you land on Tython. However you don’t see as many examples of them using the Force for big things, and nothing happens in the story that might increase their strength. If anything, I think more of their Force use goes into their swordsmanship, like making themselves faster and hit harder.
If we’re talking swordsmanship, it would be Knight, then Inquisitor (Assassin), then Warrior, then Consular (Shadow).
And since I’m having fun here are the other classes from strongest to weakest
