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Been taken care of, paranoia has been one of me mmo rules
I had found my account comprimised today, but I was fortunatly able to reclaim it without much fuss due to something I discovered.
the password reset/account recovery area had thrown me errors, when that happened i was afraid the hackers had changed my account email and stuff, along with me being baffled about how they got past my email authentication, the notices in my email were unread when i found themn (which is how I discovered my account being hacked)
I then tried my GW1 account and discovered that i couldnt log on there either, I then remembered how my two linked accounts seem to act Mirrored, in the past when i was setting up GW2 around launch I had noticed that my GW1 login info changed to match GW2, then I wondered if the reverse was possible.
I logged into my NCsoft master account and reset my GW1 password and, voila, my GW2 account changed to follow suit, I was able to get onto it again, and fortunatly most of my vault was still there, just two placeholder toons deleted and a lvl 35 elementalist that wasnt there before sitting in front of Cadecus Manor.
I dont know if it would work like that for everyone, but for people with linked accounts, I highly reccomend you be vigilant with your ncsoft master accounts, it can either be a lifesaver or another security hole if you dont lock them down, just make sure the ncsoft account is fortifed along with whatever emails your using for your gaming accounts.