This is kind of what I was getting at. Is the default consistent, is it meant to be an actual default for them? Is it random or just the default for that class regardless of who it is? Also, there is always a canon character. The Canon Bhaalspawn was a Human Fighter, he's super generic. So there is a canon build, irrespective of how anyone plays the game there is always an official correct playthrough. Baldur's Gate heroes had an auto level option, back in the day, you didn't have to, but if you did they built to a specific design. I'm wondering if this game has these versions of the characters. Regardless of how I play through, I would like to see what they're intended to be at the end.
I suspect the default level up choices for, for example Shadowheart, are exactly the same they would be if you made Tav a clone of Shadowheart.
That's my concern, and my expectation, that it isn't shadowheart's default, it's the cleric default. It's not even the Trickster Cleric. At the same time, I don't think the default is a default. I'm certain that I've had Gale alternate between defaulting as Evocation and Abjuration. Gales the only one I don't care what his default is, I want him to be an Abjuration Wizard, it's very tanky.
But how can there be a "correct'" playthrough? Is the "correct" playthrough of KotOR 1 a male Revan, and if you make your Revan female, are you doing it "wrong?'"
Yes, the canon Revan was male and redeemed, he didn't go back to evil. Though that gets a little weird in The Old Republic MMO. There is a canon Shepard. There is a canon Warden, a canon Hawke, a canon Inquisitor. Just because you can play anything you like doesn't mean there isn't a canon version for the books and the sequel playthroughs that don't include the previous game. Honestly, BioWare's Dragon Age tapestry was a revelation because they gave you a way to define the history of your game instead of forcing you to accept the canon story for future playthroughs.
