I hope this is just a bug.
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I hope this is just a bug.
This is extremely annoying. I love my battle.net / authenticator setup. However this would make me remove my authenticator if the bug stays in place.
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The reason the servers are busy is the note on the log in page that came up after maintenance. I have not logged into Battle.net yet, and I still have not tried the dongle, might after open the box soon :(
It sucks, and I hope they fix it, but I'll take the security of the authentication over convenience any day.
Let's face it, if a keylogger gets your battlenet password they've got access to all your accounts with no extra work.
Is 1-2 minutes really worth risking all your chars.
I thought this was normal, ever since I received my Authenticator a month ago this is how it worked for me. It would NOT accept the code at the same time on all accounts. I always have to wait for the next code to appear.
Someone in #isboxer petitioned a GM, and the GM instructed him to post in Technical Support, Here's the link: http://forums.worldofwarcraft.com/th...33766552&sid=1
I'll try to keep it and Fur's thread up on the first pages. This is incredibly frustrating. And until they fix this. I would NOT merge to a battle.net account.
I don't think this is what anyone here is upset about, what we're upset about is the fact that it's worked 1 way forever (I've been on battle.net accounts using 1 authenticator code since I merged in March) , and now all of a sudden it doesn't work this way anymore, and there was no notice at all.
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The move to a proper one-time key is a Good Thing, but to make it more bearable for us, they really do need to improve the authenticator to generate a new code every time it's cycled!
I sent the paste below via the Contact Support function on blizzard.com We'll see if they get back to me. I haven't had good luck with them before, they proved to be pretty terrible last time I had to contact them about an account I couldn't get in game with.
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After maintenance yesterday, 10/13/09 I am no longer able to login 5 accounts with 1 authenticator code. Before maintenance I was using 1 authenticator code to login all 5 of my accounts at the same time. Now 1 logs in, 4 fail. I have to wait till I can generate 5 unique authenticator codes. There are threads posted about others having the same issue: http://forums.worldofwarcraft.com/th...33766552&sid=1 and also http://forums.worldofwarcraft.com/th...62448559&sid=1 Is this an intended change? Is there any way to revert the back to how it was working before?