Do you guys have Early Access to KotET? You needed to be subbed on October 25 and November 27 to have Early Access.

You do know that the patch servers are down / messed up right now, right? You shouldn't be patching at all: http://www.swtor.com/community/showthread.php?p=8624826#edit8624826

Known Issue. You can't do anything until they fix it with the next patch: http://www.swtor.com/community/showthread.php?p=8591260#edit8591260

I'm assuming that F2P / Preferred players should email support@SWTOR.com if they used a buggy token and lost it? Or should they post on the new EA Answers support forum?

A few of us made a thread listing all of the new problems introduced in Game Update 4.0 on the SWTOR subreddit:

Depends on the number of characters you have. It takes doing the Weekly about 3-4 times on each side to complete them all. Some of the dailies are very short (less than 5 minutes) and some are an hour long. Each Weekly requires you do 6 Dailies + 1 interlude mission. The achievements require that you do them in a certain order and some require you to do extra "Bonus" missions during the dailies: http://dulfy.net/2013/05/11/swtor-well-connected-makeb-achievement-guide/ http://dulfy.net/2013/05/12/swtor-making-the-connection-makeb-achievement-guide/

http://dulfy.net/2014/07/25/swtor-galactic-strongholds-tours-and-unlock-pricings/ Basically, Guild Strongholds are more expensive versions of personal Strongholds with one huge difference. In a Guild Stronghold, any guild member can donate decorations and anyone with a Gold Key can use those decorations to decorate the Guild Stronghold.

Check other retailers to see if they have a better deal on Cartel Coin Cards. They usually do. For example, Amazon.com has the card for $40 right now and that one comes with a free in-game pet. http://www.amazon.com/Star-Wars-The-Old-Republic/dp/B00HWYDJH8 Not sure if paying through CC would be better for unlocking GSH rooms or buying Hypercrates with CC and selling them would be a better deal.

Nothing wrong on your end. There is a game issue with any planet that was added after 2.0 not having the shadows applied correctly. The shadow of the planet is covering the planet itself.

Normally, it requires 8 or 16 people for an Operation. Those that are overgeared can do it with less: some people have been able to solo certain Operation bosses. There is a list of Operations here: http://www.reddit.com/r/swtor/wiki/returning_player#wiki_pve. Suggest you take a look at the rest of that page too.

NSA happened. Now various European governments and the EU itself has clamped down on the ability of "personal" data and electronical stuff that Europeans bought to be hosted on a server that is not in the EU. As Eric said, its not a technical issue at all: the technology is there. It is a legality issue.

Yes, it is still possible. With the exception of the top tier, there are different ways to get each tier of gear. These are for level 55 gear only: Tier 0: Artifact level 53 gear (besides mainhand): Crafting schematics and the Oricon storyline. The mainhand weapon is achieved the same way other Tier 1 gear is acheived. Tier 1: Black Market / Arkanian (besides mainhand): Level 50 HM Flashpoints, Terror from Beyond and Scum and Villainy Operations Story Mode, and solo missions. The mainhand weapon is achieved the same way Tier 2 gear is achieved. Tier 2: Verpine / Underworld (besides mainhand): All level 50 Flashpoints, WEEKLY missions for Daily zones, Terror from Beyond and Scum and Villainy Operations Hard Mode and Dread Fortress and Dread Palace Operations Story Mode. Mainhand weapon is only available from the Operations. Tier 2.5: Kell Dragon / Shadowed: Nightmare Mode Terror from Beyond and Scum and Villainy Operations only. Tier 3: Oricon/Dread Forged (besides mainhand): Level 55 HM Flashpoints, any level 55 Operation, and 1 Level 50 HM Operation per week. Mainhand weapon is only from Dread Fortress and Dread Palace Operations Hard Mode. Tier 3.5: Dread Master / Dread Touched: Nightmare Mode Dread Fortress and Dread Palace Operations.

"Raids" can mean one of 2 things: The most common use is as a synonym for "Operations." "Raids" is the MMO generic term for what SWTOR calls "Operations." You can read more about them here: http://www.swtor.com/holonet/operations A group of players that storm and "raid" the other faction's base (where their medical droids, taxis, mission givers, and quick travel points are) on a planet. Usually, they do this to draw attention to themselves and participate in Open World PvP.

Both. Almost anything you do in the game helps you conquer planets if you are in a Guild with a Guild Ship: http://dulfy.net/2014/08/07/swtor-planetary-conquests-guide/