Thread: Bounty Hunter - Confirmed Facts

Taken from swtor.com

Originally Posted by Fembo

The BOUNTY HUNTER
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General

• Starting Planet: Hutta
• BH "heirs to a professional legacy".Holonet
• BH is always packing heavy firepower but always has a variety of tricks and gadgets ready to go.
• BH fights in close quarters when necessary.
• Equipped with the most advanced weaponry on the black market.
• Technology is the main weapon for the Bounty Hunter, using all the latest black market gadgets to catch his mark.Holonet
• An awesome idle emote of jetpack and checking arm datapad. Pax wlkthr. 1:02-1:07
• The Bounty Hunter is a Fearsome Tracker and Master of The Great Hunt. Holonet
• Male Bounty Hunter will be played by voice actor Steven Blum. Wikipedia Entry
• "Bounty Hunters have three role-playing options - efficient, merciless, and sympathetic - and just like Mass Effect, the soppier options are delivered with in-character cynicism."-Eurogamer
• There is a Bounty Terminal confirmed. "-I also saw a bounty terminal, which when I clicked on it gave me some text about a bounty I could do, and I could either take the bounty or pass on it. I passed."Gameplay Hands on by Brandon Miletta
• The bounty board is for quests killing NPC's, at least in this build of the game. DarthHater Podcast 39

Story

• Bounty Hunter's work for the bad guys, but they’re not necessarily bad guys themselves. -Daniel Erickson BH Dev Blog
• This is the class for someone who wants to run into combat guns blazing, but have gadgets to fall back on in emergencies.
• The Starting Bounty Hunters Story Arc is called 'The Great Hunt' - Developer Walkthrough
• In regards to the Bounty Hunter story "If you want to talk tone, you have a western... ...the Bounty Hunter is the bad guy with a gun who is going to roll into town and try to show the entire galaxy that he is the best that has ever lived."DarthHater DanErickson Int.

Weapons

• Pistols (Single and Dual Wield) Screenshot
• Darts
• Rocket
• Flamethrower
• *Two-Handed staff weapon (melee) DV Doc. 1. 1:53-2:00
• *Blaster RifleBWPic

Armor

• Official Bounty Hunter Armor Progression Teaser VideoMedia Section
• Cutting-edge protective heavy armor.Holonet

AbilitiesDarthHaterBHPost

• The bounty hunter utilizes a heat system. So rather than having to worry about energy or mana, the bounty hunter must maintain a low equipment temperature. Eurogamer
  
• Vent Heat - Bounty Hunter vents all heat built up from firing weapons, and reducing heat to 0 and allowing the Bounty Hunter to cause a second round of havoc without waiting for heat to disperse. 60 sec cooldownDarthhater
• It is not confirmed which abilities require heat and which don't, but it would appear to be most of your regular attacks. It is known once your heat gauge is full, you will be stuck with simple phaser fire or the long cooldown attacks like electro dart and rail shot. Eurogamer
• (Standard Firing Ability) - Bounty Hunter fires 4-5 shots at the target. 4-7heat. Gamespot HandsOn
  
• Wrist Rocket - AoE and knockdown Ability: the Bounty Hunter fires a rocket from his wrist mounted launcher and hits all targets in the explosion. 60 Heat Cooldown: 15s Darthhater
• Shoot - A default shot from the Bounty Hunter’s blaster.
• Missile Blast - A ranged AOE (Area of Effect) explosion that hits up to 3 targets within 5 meters of each other. Appears to cause no debuffs.
• Flamethrower - Close range channeled AoE cone ability, hits all targets in front of the Bounty Hunter. 25heat. 15sec cooldownCombat Video
• Electro-dart - A single target CC (Crowd Control) which causes the target to fall asleep for 8 seconds. Damage will awaken the target.
• Death From Above - The Bounty Hunter uses his jetpack to fly above the enemy and rain down blaster fire until your action pool runs dry or you stop.Combat Video
• Sticky Grenade - A versatile grenade that sticks to your target. Note: Has been seen in walkthrough to open locked doors) DarthHater
• Grapple - single target grappling hook that pulls the enemy to your feet, knocking him down; there is a rocket blast in the video, but I can't confirm if it's part of the same ability Developer Documentary #4(1:48 & 3:27)
• Jetpack Rush - single target jetpack charge that knocks down your enemy, seemingly with a shoulder rush and/or uppercut Developer Documentary #4(2:15)
• Cryo Blast - either single target or a Flamethrower-like AOE cone that freezes an enemy/group of enemies into ice; does not break on damage Developer Documentary #4(3:06)
• Cross Firing - cross your arms over each other, shooting pistols at a seemingly faster rate Developer Documentary #4(3:30)
• Concussion Rocket/ - backpack mounted rocket that knocks down Developer Documentary #4(4:17)
• Recharge and Reload - A gradual health and mana restorative akin to eating or drinking in World of Warcraft. accompanied with an animation of the bounty hunter tuning up his or her jetpack and flamethrowerGamespot Article
• Rail Shot - An extremely damaging attack that can only be used against stunned/sleeping/or burning enemies. Videogamer GDC Article

Companions

• Mayko - Part of your first "team", Mayko is "a little genius" from Nar'Shadaa, she provides intel and tech. Picture1 Picture2 As seen in 2009 PAX Demo
  

Specialization

• "Specializations" have been confirmed. The Bounty Hunter will need to select one of two "Advanced Classes" that will allow the player to customize their skills in two distinct ways. The names of each advanced class have not been revealed
• Each advanced class will then have three "skill set" trees to select their abilities/specializations from.
• Two of the Advanced class skill set trees will be advanced class specific, while the third one will be the same for all bounty hunters and will contain shared skills, which will advance the core skills of the Bounty Hunter in general.

Source: Game Systems - Advanced Classes

Outfitting

• Heavy Armor
• More Armor
• Pistols
• More Pistols

Gameplay Footage Links

• Bounty Hunter and IA questing together at E3 videoE3 footage
• Bounty Hunter introduction and starting zone gameplay at PAX 2009PAX Video

Additional

• All abilities are only up to level 8
• Thank you Hoviator for providing an awesome template.

*Not *all* information is explicitly confirmed by DV, just shown in pictures/videos/etc.

I will try to keep this updated, but please make additions or correct me below

Bounty Hunters are beginning to look very over powered; especially in PVP. It seems as though that they're going to demolish us Sith warriors. They have A LOT of CCS, which is starting to look unfair for melee classes a study can just CC us and kite!

Hopefully Bioware will make sure that this isn't a problem.

Well, you mentioned playing a Paladin in WoW, you should be used to that type of adversity Jedi Knights have force jump, which should help close any gaps, and Warriors will have force choke, which again, should help considerably to keep them busy while you are rushing them.

Not to mention throw lightsaber and force charge. It seems to me that all classes will have somewhat of a ranged / aoe arsenal to speak of. I wouldn't worry too much if at all, Jav, things are looking up for all classes