Thread: Imperial Agent - Confirmed Facts

Taken from swtor.com

Originally Posted by Hoviator

The Imperial Agent
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General

• Starting Planet: Hutta HoloNet
• Imperial Agents work behind the scenes to get the work of the Empire done HoloNet
• The Imperial Agent is more of a tatical class than an all guns blazing one Jake Neri DH IA WT Screenshot
• IA uses gadgets Jake Neri
• IA can "call things in" Screenshot
• The class is for players who want a combat style that is “subtle, thoughtful, and clean.” DH IA WT
  
• The Imperial Agent is an expert at infiltration, seduction and assassination. She’s part of Imperial Intelligence. And she’s whoever she needs to be to get the job done. Dev Blog
• His best weapons are a sniper rifle, his gadgets and his ability to charm or lie his way through any situation. Dev Blog

Weapons

• Sniper Variant Blaster Rifle Concept Art
• Sniper Rifle Dev Blog
• Gadgets Dev Blog

Armor

• High Grade Armor Mesh HoloNet

Combat

• IA uses the Cover System DH IA WT
• No Information on the Combat System yet (Action Points, Energy, ?)

Abilities

• Sleep Dart* -AI: Puts the target to "sleep"; does not aggro; does not alert nearby enemies. DH IA WT
• Stun Dart* -AI: May be the same ability as "Sleep Dart" HoloNet DH IA WT
• Toxic Dart -AI: Does DoT to a target without it noticing for some time; does not aggro & alert nearby until noticed DH IA WT
• Laze Target -AI: Multiplier to core damage DH IA WT
• Explosive Probe Droid* -AI: Wont explode until you shoot the enemy. Jake Neri
• Shiv -AI: Not an item, its an ability; the vibroblade stays in the body and disappears with the body DH IA WT
• Portable Cover -AI: The Agent can create its own cover. HoloNet
• Stealth Belt -AI: Not an item, its an ability. DH IA WT
• Orbital Bombardment -AI: This is like an airstrike known from various other games. HoloNet
• "out of combat Self Heal"* Darth Hater
• Snipe -AI: The Ability seen in the Holonet Combat Vids - could be same as "Laze Target" ; High powered sniper shot (assumption: can only be used when target is stunned / this works like the Ability we have seen in the Smuggler Walkthrough) HoloNet
• Dart -AI: This Ability is seen on the Holonet ; Indication that Sleep Dart and Stun Dart are infact the same Ability ; may be the same Ability as Stun/Sleep Dart. [url=http://www.swtor.com/info/holonet/classes/imperial-agent]HoloNet[/url

Specialization

• There will be 2 specializations you will have to choose from. PCGames Magazine

Outfitting

• Trenchcoat
• Splinter Cell like
• Armor

Various Additional Information

• Abilities shown now are only up to level 8 (except for maybe the Orbital Bombardment) Jake Neri
• Story of the IA takes place on Balmorra Screenshot
• Whatever you do, dont trust <insert name with 6 letters here>. Dev Blog
• Very interesting Developer Blog "Top Secret: Dossier on the Imperial Agent!"

Sources Listing

• HoloNet
• Darth Hater
• DH IA WT = Darth Hater Imperial Agent Walkthrough
• Jake Neri = Darth Hater Interview with Jake Neri
• Screenshots
• Concept Art
• Developer Blog "Top Secret: Dossier on the Imperial Agent!"

History (newest on top)

• 10-01-01 Dev Blog added. History added.
• 09-11-24 Thread created.

* = Name may not be right
AI = Additional Information

I will try to keep this up to date but please post new details (or correct me)!

Thanks for putting up this information, I haven't bothered looking through the TOR forums. This is the class that I'm wanting to try out

We haven't really had that much info on this class yet. I hope Bioware have some sort of fan Friday dedicated to it soon. The only thing which springs to mind when you mention imperial agent is the "orbital bombardment" ability.

Also, the dart abilities they get seem very useful in PVP and PVE situations.

You're right, this is one of the few topics BioWare has seemed to neglect in terms of bringing us fresh information. The different abilities makes the class sound very intriguing at the least.