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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!


I wonder what this means "...and the Republic/Imperial Fleets."

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We'll be giving everyone an update on Early Game Access quite soon.
Woohoo can't wait!


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The fleets are referring to the main social hubs. It's where you go to access all the flashpoints and raid. You'll be able to visit it as soon as you complete your home world class story.


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The fleets are referring to the main social hubs. It's where you go to access all the flashpoints and raid. You'll be able to visit it as soon as you complete your home world class story.


Oh cool so you board a ship to access these? I heard there is a space station too? Thanks.


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Zoron Ror wrote:
Oh cool so you board a ship to access these? I heard there is a space station too? Thanks.


I think its more a case that the space station that you visit is considered part of the fleet. Though I'm not 100% sure they seem to refer to it more as a fleet over the last few months where as previously they just said space station so I'm not sure if that is due to the area being reworked or just coincidence.


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Zoron Ror wrote:
Oh cool so you board a ship to access these? I heard there is a space station too? Thanks.


I think its more a case that the space station that you visit is considered part of the fleet. Though I'm not 100% sure they seem to refer to it more as a fleet over the last few months where as previously they just said space station so I'm not sure if that is due to the area being reworked or just coincidence.


Ah ok, thanks. In addition to the planets the game will be huge.


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Once your on the space station there is a quick travel droid in one of the shuttle bays that allows you to travel to other ships in the fleet. I didn't get that far in the beta weekend though, so I don't know what point there was in going to those ships. But i'm sure that comes later in the game.
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