SWTOR: Ensure Your Account Security - Update Your Password

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General Discussion -> Ensure Your Account Security - Update Your Password

As we prepare to launch Star Wars™: The Old Republic™, we want to ensure that your account and personal information are as secure as possible. To that end, we will begin implementing new security features in the www.StarWarsTheOldRepublic.com website that are designed to further protect you. This process includes a refresh of our password security requirements. To make sure that all accounts comply with our new security measures, members of the [I]Star Wars[/I}: The Old Republic community who created accounts on StarWarsTheOldRepublic.com on or before October 21st, 2011 will be required to reset their password in order to meet with these new standards. Those members who created an account after October 21st, 2011 will not receive an email and do not need to update their passwords.

To reset your password, follow the process below:

Click the ‘My Account’ button on the top navigation bar. You may be prompted to re-enter your login details.
Click on the ‘Reset Password’ link in the Account Management list on the right-hand side.
Complete the following form with your old password and new password.
If you are not logged in to your StarWarsTheOldRepublic.com account:

Click the ‘Login’ button on the top navigation bar.
Click on the ‘Forgot your SWTOR.com password?’ link.
Enter the email address you used to create your StarWarsTheOldRepublic.com account.
An email will be sent to that address. Follow the instructions in the email to reset your password.
Over the next few weeks, we will be sending out emails to anyone who has not already reset their password to ensure they do so.

Your Star Wars: The Old Republic account credentials are linked to EA.com and Origin.com, so your new password will be applied across all three websites. If you have any difficulties in updating your password, please contact our Customer Service team who'll be happy to assist you.

Questions You May Have

Does this password upgrade mean that there have been any issues with security on StarWarsTheOldRepublic.com?

Absolutely not. Upgrading our security measures ensures that your account is more secure than it previously was. There have been no breaches or compromises of any data on StarWarsTheOldRepublic.com.

I thought my password was pretty secure. Why do I have to change it?

It's possible your password is already quite secure, but doesn't meet or exceed the new security requirements.

I haven't received an email yet. Should I go ahead and reset my password now?

Yes, please do. Whenever you reset your password, you'll be prompted to use the new security measures, so it can be changed from any time onwards.

Will I have to reset my password again in future?

While we do not anticipate you will need to reset your password again because of our security measures, it's always a good idea to change passwords on any secure site on a regular basis.

Do these changes affect any other part of my account? For example, do I need to opt-in for Game Testing again?

No, these changes do not affect your account in any other way. You do not need to opt-in for Game Testing again, or make any other changes.

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SWTOR Guild Phase 3: Deployment! Finalize Your Guild Now!

Gold post from : AlysonBridge

(Feel free to Join Squad if you want to join me in SWTOR)

Last month we expanded our Pre-Launch Guild Program with the implementation of Phase 2: Alignment, where guilds could designate other guilds as allies or adversaries. Now, as Star Wars™: The Old Republic™ moves ever-closer to launch, we are excited to announce that we have initiated the first part of Phase 3: Deployment!

Phase 3: Deployment will see any guild that meets the pre-designated criteria be transferred into the game for launch. Before we begin this process, though, we want to give all of you who are in guilds the opportunity to make sure your guild meets the following requirement for transfer:

Four members of the guild must have pre-ordered the game and redeemed their Pre-Order Code at the Code Redemption Center.(NOTE: We have removed the additional requirement for the guild leader to log in to the website and verify that their guild remains active and wants to be imported.)

SWTOR Official Server Types and PvP Rule Sets

Gold post from David Bass

There will be four different server types in Star Wars: The Old Republic. Here's how they work generally, and details on how we're dealing with roleplaying (RP) servers:

PvE (Player vs Environment) – Players will have to manually flag themselves if they wish to engage in PvP outside of designated Warzones and Open World PvP areas.

PvP (Player vs Player) – Players are automatically flagged for PvP outside of the designated 'safe' areas (such as Origin Worlds, Capital Worlds, and the Republic/Imperial Fleets; see below for more info).

RP-PvE – Players are encouraged to roleplay and act ‘in-character’ while playing on an RP-PvE server. Players must manually flag themselves if they wish to engage in PvP outside of designated Warzones and Open World PvP areas.

RP-PvP – Players are encouraged to roleplay and act ‘in-character’ while playing on an RP-PvP server. Players are automatically flagged for PvP outside of the designated 'safe' areas (such as Origin Worlds, Capital Worlds, and the Republic/Imperial Fleets; see below for more info).

The pre-launch Guild Headquarters currently allows you to select between three different server types for your guild: PvE, PvP, and RP, which will determine your server placement during Phase 3: Deployment. During Deployment, we will be placing all eligible guilds that select 'RP' onto RP-PvE servers by default. If a guild wishes to exist on an RP-PvP server, they will need to create their guild manually on a new server once they reach their Capital World (Dromund Kaas or Coruscant) and create their guild.

The decision to make RP-PvP servers an option for players was made recently, which is why the choice was not available in the Guild Headquarters to start with. We apologize for any inconvenience this causes, but we hope you are as excited as we are to be able to choose this option for your guild in the game at launch.

PvP server rulesets

We also wanted to expand on what the PvP server ruleset means in The Old Republic. The obvious overarching rule is that in general, if you see a player of the opposite faction, you may immediately engage them in combat.

The exception to this rule is sanctuaries, which are large areas where PvP may not take place, regardless of whether you are flagged or unflagged for PvP. Examples of this are the Origin Worlds (Tython, Ord Mantell, Hutta, and Korriban), the Capital Worlds for both sides (Dromund Kaas and Coruscant), and the Republic/Imperial Fleets.

Hopefully this post helps inform your decision as to which server type you'd like to play on at launch. If you haven’t already, create a guild on the Guild Headquarters so that you can get placed on a server before the game launches!


What will you or have you picked? I'm a PVE guy as I like to know I can steep away from the keyboard without getting ganked.. But I do love to PVP,