Once again, R5 is traveling and unable to personally deliver his Comlink. As such, I'll once more transmit for R5 this week. As you may have heard, we are soon introducing a new character advancement mechanic into the game we are calling the "Expertise System". In a nutshell the Expertise System will allow players the ability to differentiate their characters from others of the same class by allowing specialization in certain aspects related to that class.

As a character gains levels, they will earn Expertise Points that may be spent in a number of different trees. Each class will have access to at least three different trees. Some examples of these are a Class Specific tree, a Weapon Specialization tree and a Galactic Warfare tree.