What is the planetary leveling path in SWTOR?
A friend and I are starting new characters. We already know which planet each class starts on, but we were wondering what happens after that.
Do the higher-level planets continue to cater to the same pairs of classes? Is there a point where all four classes meet up, or the classes swap which planets they have quests on?
Which planets have story quests for which classes?
Consolidating from Powerlord's and Artein's excellent answers.
For Empire, the order appears to be:
- Korriban (Imperial) / Hutta
- Dromund Kaas (Imperial)
- Balmorra
- Nar Shaddaa
- Tatooine
- Alderaan
- Taris (Imperial)
- Quesh
- Hoth
- Belsavis
- Voss
- Corellia
- Ilum
- Makeb
- Rishi
- Yavin 4
For Republic it's
- Tython / Ord Mantell (Lvl 1-10)
- Coruscant (Lvl 10-16)
- Taris (Lvl 16-20)
- Nar Shaddaa (Lvl 20-24)
- Tatooine (Lvl 24-28)
- Alderaan (Lvl 28-32)
- Balmorra (Lvl 32-36)
- Quesh (Lvl 36-37)
- Hoth (Lvl 37-41)
- Belsavis (Lvl 41-44)
- Voss (Lvl 44-47)
- Corellia (Lvl 47-50)
- Ilum (Lvl 50)
- Makeb (Lvl 50-55)
- Rishi (Lvl 55-57)
- Yavin 4 (Lvl 57-60)
For Republic it's
- Tython / Ord Mantell
- Coruscant
- Taris
- Nar Shaddaa
- Tatooine
- Alderaan
- Balmorra
- Quesh
- Hoth
- Belsavis
- Voss
- Corellia
- Ilum
Something like this. But there are times that you're going back to some planets to do a quest or two.
After your starting planet, the planets appear to be in the same order for everyone in your faction.
For Empire, the order appears to be:
- Korriban (Imperial) / Hutta
- Dromund Kaas (Imperial)
- Balmorra
- Nar Shaddaa
- Tatooine
- Alderaan
- Taris (Imperial)
- Quesh
- Hoth
- Belsavis
- Voss
- Corellia
- Ilum
Note: I only know for sure through Alderaan because of where I am in the game. The others are speculation based on the level ranges on the star map.
For the Republic, the notable changes would be starting on Tython / Ord Mantel and moving on to Coruscant. Likely, Taris would also be changed out, but I don't know to what.