You may be saying I don't want to PVP. Everyone in PVP is mean and cruel and unethical. I was T-Bagged, they called me names....
STOP

SWG Evolve Community is generally very positive compared to most servers in regards to PVP, even if you don't want to PVP you still should pick a side either Rebel or Imperial otherwise you will be greatly reducing your potential in Star Wars Galaxies. You can avoid in engaging in PVP by avoiding areas that lock you into Special Forces, also you can remain either On Leave or Combatant.

While a Mercenary you lend temporary support to the faction.
While On Leave opposing faction NPC leave you alone.
While Combatant opposing faction NPC will attack you.
While Special Forces faction NPC will attack you and also other players that are Special Forces will be able to attack you.

Visit a recruiter. Three options, 2 presented in the picture below (Imperial Recruiter is near the Cantina and Rebel Recruiter is near the YT-1300 in Eisley), third option is Mandolorian which can be found just outside the starport on New Mandolore.

Both recruiters are easily available in Mos Eisley on Tatooine.

When you first visit a recruiter you have two choices.

Mercenary will allow you to take a temporary assignment to aid the faction.
Joining the Fight will allow you to take up arms for the faction and Rank, this is the preferred choice.

Once you have Joined you are automatically placed as a Combatant.

To step down to On Leave you will need to speak again with the recruiter and select "I would like to make a change to my military status." at which point you will either choose to go On Leave, change to Special Forces, or Leave the Faction. Remember Combatant you will only get attacked by NPC not Players. You can switch between Combatant and Special Forces with the /pvp command, it will take very little time to switch using this method.

Next we are going to visit the Commendation Officer standing next to the Recruiter.

Chat with the Commendation Officer to see the item we are going to be working to obtain.

We want the Summon: Buff Droid, this is going to replace the Doctor Buffs Expertise in our build and also the Squad Leader long term buffs. It is unique to SWG Evolve.

To get Restuss Commendation we need to travel to a PVP Zone called Restuss on planet Rori. You also gain an amount of Restuss Commendation by killing/assist killing opposing faction Players. For Mandolorian Faction you can gain Restuss Commendation from doing quests starting on Old Mandolore (as of writing this guide you can gain 8k Restuss Commendation for Mandolorian Faction).

Yes we are going to engage in some PVP action (possibly), but we really really want this item. We will avoid PVP in this tutorial but it may still happen from time to time.

Travel to Restuss on planet Rori.

You arrive at the Starport where do you need to go?

First ask yourself what is the likelihood of engaging in PVP at this time, the Server Hosts Friday Night PVP, is it Friday maybe you don't want to PVP, but you want Commendation, well go engage in another activity until the battles are quieter.

Or Join in, you have skills that can assist in PVP, a Rifle keeps you at range and the debuff from Ambush, Blaster Burst, and Paint Target can help in a PVP battle, not to mention you have Master Squad Leader you get 2 powerful group boosts High Yield providing 15% Damage Increase to the group, Toughen which gives the group 20% Damage Reduction, 20% Dodge, and 20% Glancing Blow, then there is Rally Point (Offense)/(Defense) which either increases player Strikethrough chance or additional 5% Damage Reduction.
But I don't want to die, I loose all my buffs when I die. YOU DO NOT LOSE BUFFS WHEN YOU DIE IN SWG EVOLVE. Die, Clone, Return to the Battle. Each assisted kill you make provides 5 Restuss Commendation within a few meters of the kill.

If you do get involved unintentionally in a PVP battle inform the player engaging with you that you don't want to battle, it doesn't hurt and likely they will understand and back off.
If you are out of range use /tell PLAYERNAME MESSAGE to inform the player at a distance how you feel.

Once more where do you need to go?
Restuss on Planet Rori.

Here is two guides one for Rebel and one for Imperial on how to obtain Restuss Commendation.

[EMBED content="thread-1933"]https://www.swgevolve.com/index.php?threads/1933/[/EMBED]

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Once we have the Summon: Buff Droid we should stay in the faction we chose. There is yet another very powerful buff item but it will take some time to obtain.
At max rank, General you can obtain from the Faction Recruiter the General Standard (Flag Buffs) unique to SWG Evolve. Unlike the Captain rank Battle Standard (Flag Buff) which only provides Flag Buffs for Master Professions currently trained, the General Standard provides all the Flag Buffs for all Master Professions including Jedi.

(PLACE IMAGE OF GENERAL STANDARD ACQUISITION FROM REBEL RECRUITER)

Some tips on getting GCW and gaining Rank.

(PLACE GCW GUIDE HERE)

Reaching General Rank is going to take some time, what should you do in the mean time.
Transition into something you would like to play,

(PLACE GUIDE TO PLAYER BUILDS)

You may be asking yourself after deciding on another build, I see players with 3-4 layers of Buffs, how do I get those buff, I only have 2-3 layers of Buffs.

Follow me to Part 6 of Ayusaru's Solo to Glory Guide

(PLACE PART 6 GUIDE HERE)