Early adopters to the Star Wars MMO must wait until they’re billed at least once past their complimentary 30 days, and then every character on your account can be a proud Founder.
By March 18th, 9:01PM PST you must have been billed once or activated a game time code to be eligible. An in-game piece of mail will yield the Founder prize to those worthy.
”As a ‘thank you’ to everyone who helped make Star Wars™: The Old Republic™ one of the most successful MMO launches in history, we are rewarding early members of The Old Republic with a unique Founder’s Medal and “Founder” Title!” announced BioWare on the SWTOR website.
Here are the steps toward the Founder title:
• Purchase Star Wars: The Old Republic and redeem your official Game Product Registration Code at the Code Redemption Center.
• Complete one of the following transactions by March 19th, 2012 (12:01AM EST; Pacific: March 18th, 9:01PM PST; European: 4:01AM GMT, 5:01AM CET):
◦ Billed at least once for an active Star Wars: The Old Republic subscription
◦ Redeemed a Star Wars: The Old Republic Game Time Code
• Once you become eligible for the title and have surpassed your 30 days of game time included with your official Game Product Registration Code, you will be notified by email.
• Check your in-game mail for a message from “Star Wars: The Old Republic”. Your Founder’s Medal will be attached to this message.
• Place your Founder’s Medal in your Inventory and right-click the medal to unlock your “Founder” title.
(TIP: You can choose to show the Founder’s title or any other title you’ve earned in-game by opening your character sheet and selecting a title from the character name drop down. Once applied, the title will show next to your character name on your nameplate.)
• This title is permanently bound to your account and will carry over to any character you make in the future.
The studio note it could take up to 7 days for the title to be applied. Are you enjoying the fruits of BioWare’s MMO labour in Star Wars: The Old Republic? Their first major game update has arrived but it’s not trouble free.
