5 on 1 battle.net or 5 seperate?

[tundra622]

Hey i was just thinking ahead for wow's next beta. you can only have 1 beta opt in per battle.net would it be smarter to create 5 separate battle.net accounts so i have a higher chance to get in & have a chance to multibox it or stick them all together on my first account?
I know you can trade Heirlooms across now but I'm not sure ill ever use them because im planning to level up 5 of every class during RAF and think the chance at beta is a better option!
Interested in your opinions?

[Ughmahedhurtz]

It's also better to have 5 separate bnet accounts if you want to be able to login your entire team at the same time while using an authenticator.

[edit] Doh, disregard. Apparently this has changed since I last played. My bad.

[tundra622]

oh! i didn't think of that can you use the same authenticator for all 5 battle.net accounts?

[MiRai]

It's also better to have 5 separate bnet accounts if you want to be able to login your entire team at the same time while using an authenticator.
This is only for people that had it set up prior to Blizzard's change. A single authenticator can only be attached
to a single BNet account these days.

[Zub]

This is only for people that had it set up prior to Blizzard's change. A single authenticator can only be attached
to a single BNet account these days.
meaning you would need 5 authenticators if you were to create 5 new bnet accounts today, if i understand correctly.

[MiRai]

meaning you would need 5 authenticators if you were to create 5 new bnet accounts today, if i understand correctly.
Correct.


Can I apply my Battle.net Authenticator to more than one account?

Battle.net authenticators can now only be associated with one Battle.net account at a time. Please keep in mind that a single Authenticator will provide secure access to all of the World of Warcraft accounts associated with an individual Battle.net account.
So, technically, a single BNet would be the ideal route if you were going to use an authenticator (which is
obviously recommended).

[tundra622]

bah! i dont have another 4 iphones laying around... can i even get normal authenticators in Australia? ... well this sucks!
is there still the issue when people give gold among characters on their accounts they are getting banned or something? i remember there was an issue with it a while ago.
DX

[lamf123]

With the new way the authenticator works now if you have multiple accounts on one bnet now you will only have to actually use it maybe once a week. Am I correct? At least I am only having to use mine about once a week or so after the change.

[pinotnoir]

I have my 5 accounts under 1 Battlenet account. Makes life much easier for me.

[MiRai]

With the new way the authenticator works now if you have multiple accounts on one bnet now you will only have to actually use it maybe once a week. Am I correct? At least I am only having to use mine about once a week or so after the change.
Yep, if that. Although, Blizzard is thinking about making an option in your BNet account to make it ask each
and every time you log in.

[Knytestorme]

Yeah, I have 5 under 1 and, as pointed out above, you only have to worry about the auth now and then with the changes they have made.

1 thing to remember though is if you go to log in and all accounts ask for an auth key just type it into one an dlog in then log out and redo your password on all of them since you're going to have to anyway if you try to enter the same auth code into all 5 clients

[tundra622]

Thanks that's a really clever trick! i will use that.

[Ughmahedhurtz]

This is only for people that had it set up prior to Blizzard's change. A single authenticator can only be attached
to a single BNet account these days.

Ack. Thanks for the correction. Updated my original post. :p

[daviddoran]

1 battlenet, most heirloom gear is now b.net account bound so it gives you greater flexibility. Also you get instant mail between accounts under one battlenet, no more wait time. (though if all your toons are in a sufficiently leveled guild that makes that benefit moot)

[Littleburst]

I got my 5 accounts on 1 battle.net aswell.