Guild Wars 2

I got this message on game launcher. On what basis does Anet suggests that I should change my password? Has there been queries with similar password to mine, or is this some routine where they suggest everyone to change their passwords in turn?

I got the suggestion too. Promptly went to check if anyone tried to hack in my account.

It’s possible that it could be a timed thing, like “You’ve had the same password for X amount of time. Consider changing it for security reasons”.

As I recall from the security notice posted last month, they’re building a list of passwords that are being used as attempts to break into accounts. These passwords are from phishing/keylogging/whatever things acquired for other games, and they’re just going through and trying them all on GW2. If you have one such password that may be while it’s asking you to change.

It doesn’t necessarily mean your account is in danger (for example, the password may not be linked to your specific login), but you probably should change it anywawy.