Well, here is my 3 class impressions so far:
Sith Warrior- Ended up level 19. The story was OK... most of my options was to allow them to live or kill them. Kind of boring.... Abilities, well...also kind of boring. This class needs some serious help. I was a Juggernaut with all my talent points in DPS tree. My dps was crap and I also couldn't tank worth crap either. (spec'd points didn't really matter as I only had what...6 or 7 points to spend?) The forums were lit up with similar info about Sith Warrior and Jedi Knight low dps and bad tanking. My companion dished out more damage than I did.....
Bounty Hunter- Played to level 14. WOW. This was a BLAST to play. The story was also outstanding (I started skipping through stories so I wouldn't spoil it all). While I thought the SW was a fun class, I had no idea what I was missing until I played the Bounty Hunter. I love the conversation options also. The abilities that this class has made it much more fun than the SW. I was able to tear through mobs much more quickly than the SW and with less damage taken. This might have something to do with the companion, Mako, as she's a healer. I ended up going Mercenary (dps/heal) and put my points in the dps tree. I was able to solo some of the group quests (heroic). I could not even think about doing that on my sith warrior. I would like to test the powertech tree next testing weekend (the dps one).
Imperial Agent- played to level 7. Story was the best. I really liked whoever voiced this character also. I felt way overpowered. I could one shot most mobs when I was in cover. I never got to the companion part. Was a fun class to play.
Other observations- Inquisitors are very very powerful at low levels. Not sure if that will change as you level up or if they will get toned down some....but they are bad mofo's. Also very good healers!
Black Talon Flashpoint- I tried this flashpoint about 5 times on my sith warrior. It was a group with 2 sith warriors and 2 sith inquisitors. We let the captain live so we had to fight that nasty group in the hanger. We never got past them. They ate our face and HARD too. We had no heals..... I tried again with my Bounty Hunter. We had two bounty hunters, one sith warrior, and one agent. The agent did some healing this time. All I can say is how absolutely EPIC that flashpoint is. Talk about immersion. I did not feel like I was doing a raid or dungeon crawl in WoW at all. Well done Bioware!
I did get my ship with my Sith Warrior. The ship is great! I really enjoyed the look and "feel" of the sith ship. Made me feel like a dark lord of the sith. Sith warrior ship droid talks too much though...very annoying.
So, I need to do a bit more testing to determine what my final class will be. As Bioware has said, the class is not balanced great until level 50. That shows with the sith warrior for sure....they must ramp up later on. Well, about to catch a flight...so I'll catch up with you all later this week! Look forward to this weekends testing as well!
Syban- I had my bounty hunter on that same server.