Board Thread:Online Discussion/@comment-7186989-20130513180616/@comment-50.138.237.64-20140403200008

Sorry for necroing, but just in case this actually helps anyone, you can play as an imperial, but you need to buy the digital imperial edition of the game which is $20 more expensive at the moment, for a grand total of 80 bucks. The imperial can be a part of any faction and gets unique crafting stuff