Star Wars: The Old Republic Discussion

Sorry, light side Sith makes zero sense to me. It's just not a thing in the lore. The only one who tried it up to that point was destroyed and mocked without mercy. And it really would not make sense for either the highborn warrior being raised and indoctrinated in the ways of the Empire and the Sith, nor the former slave inquisitor who's known only hardship and pain (and discrimination if he's an alien) at their hands, to be all goody-goody. You're free to play how you choose of course, but anytime people talk about light side Sith I cringe a little.

And yeah you can snark at Baras constantly but there's no way to shirk his rule or actively plot against him. You're his puppet regardless of your alignment and you never build a powerbase beyond maybe saving that one guy on Nar Shadaa.

I have found a way to play the warrior that's borderline acceptable and that's to make him a noble demon of sorts. Since he's always be a minion, there's no way he'll be a proper Sith. But by playing him as super dedicated to the Empire and actively hating and wanting to destroy the schemers that think they can do it better, it gives him a higher purpose than just being a gofer. He knows he'll never be a Darth. But if he dedicates his life to the system of the Empire and destroys any who threaten it, it will triumph and he along with it. He's done serving schemers and will be actively rooting them out. I got the idea after Shadow of Revan with the whole Empire's Wrath thing. Vitiate's shenanigans were the last straw.