[old PS player] So i'm thinking about returning

[Slobax1080]

So i have played PS since early closed beta and have pretty much been in love with the game since, it has gone thru some rough times, and i mean rough, but i've always had an eye on it. Over it's first year i was on and off playing, then i ended up selling my account for SWG...which had PS and CC on top of it. But i'm pretty confident i'm coming back with the release of aftershock and BFR's.

Since i'm starting fresh on Emerald server, my question is this. What Empire should i go? I've been every one since release, in my order from favorite to least favorite it's NC, VS, and then TR. What has changed, who is over powered, who is nerfed, etc etc. Any help i can get would be nice...i just don't want to go in and pick the gimped empire