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03-20-2009, 11:57 AM
Bigfish

Can't look at the faq where I'm at. Can someone post it?

Question: Does a log in on an individual computer remember the last account you logged in with? Not a big deal if I have to hit enter one more time, kind of a big deal if I have to mouseover and select the account ten times every time I log in.

Does it mention disciplinary measures? Suppose I lose it one day in a fit of depression, and I curse out someone in Starcraft 2. A ban gets issued. Does this affect my battle.net account as a whole, or the specific account that was actioned?
03-20-2009, 03:44 PM
zanthor

Blizzard has often banned based on billing information - if you decide to assclown you are likely risking all accounts on the battlenet account.
03-20-2009, 04:04 PM
Gurk

I am having trouble finding a clear answer to my questions. If anyone knows the answer, I would be grateful.

1) Can you merge accounts with different names?
2) If you do merge accounts with different names, will it allow you to transfer between them?

This http://us.blizzard.com/support/artic...rticleId=26163 seems to indicate NO to #2, but I am still not sure about #1.

p.s. 1 of my accounts has a different name due to me being paranoid and using a false name on my very first Blizzard account.
03-20-2009, 04:27 PM
Bigfish

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Originally Posted by 'zanthor',index.php?page=Thread&postID=187973#post 187973

Blizzard has often banned based on billing information - if you decide to assclown you are likely risking all accounts on the battlenet account.

Yeah, that's kind of why I don't like where this is going. Not that I ever intend to be banned or anything, just feels like a big red sign is getting attached to all my accounts, and in the case of a mistake being made (which happens) I'm looking at repurcussions on all of them. Maybe if I saw some convenience on my end, I'd be a bit happier, but right now, I can't even attach all my accounts.
03-20-2009, 04:40 PM
Poetry

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Originally Posted by 'Bloodcloud',index.php?page=Thread&postID=187879#p ost187879

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Originally Posted by 'Poetry',index.php?page=Thread&postID=187852#post1 87852

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Originally Posted by 'moosejaw',index.php?page=Thread&postID=187811#pos t187811

I am so happy they did this. I was going to post a suggestion for linking accounts so we can quickly mail between our multiboxed accounts and not suffer the 1 hour penalty. This may also mean we can mail account bound items between our boxed accounts also. So if you collect more stonekeeper shards on one account you can send the spoils to other accounts without having to pay $25 for a transfer.

This is a dream of mine for sure. A more basic thing I'd like to see is the ability to change accounts from the character select screen instead of having to logout all the way. Even just that would be sweet! Using the Battle.Net account to login to the WoW forums will let you easily flip between accounts to choose a character to post from. It's very nice. I'm a fan!

Hold your horses. I did not read about those suggestions you mentioned above in the battle.net faq.
In perspective of the single game account game nothing will (probably) change.
Just the authentication will change.

Account bound things will (probably)not be affected by this

Oh, don't get me wrong, I don't actually expect to see anything that would merge accounts in-game either (like allowing bind on account items to be traded between accounts you own, etc). But I'll still dream about it :)
03-21-2009, 03:18 AM
moosejaw

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Originally Posted by 'Bloodcloud',index.php?page=Thread&postID=187879#p ost187879

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Originally Posted by 'Poetry',index.php?page=Thread&postID=187852#post1 87852

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Originally Posted by 'moosejaw',index.php?page=Thread&postID=187811#pos t187811

I am so happy they did this. I was going to post a suggestion for linking accounts so we can quickly mail between our multiboxed accounts and not suffer the 1 hour penalty. This may also mean we can mail account bound items between our boxed accounts also. So if you collect more stonekeeper shards on one account you can send the spoils to other accounts without having to pay $25 for a transfer.

This is a dream of mine for sure. A more basic thing I'd like to see is the ability to change accounts from the character select screen instead of having to logout all the way. Even just that would be sweet! Using the Battle.Net account to login to the WoW forums will let you easily flip between accounts to choose a character to post from. It's very nice. I'm a fan!

Hold your horses. I did not read about those suggestions you mentioned above in the battle.net faq.
In perspective of the single game account game nothing will (probably) change.
Just the authentication will change.

Account bound things will (probably)not be affected by this

Think about it in the line of an XBox live id. Just another ID, where you can brag on forums with how many accounts you have and so on ....

I think even that it adds additional complexity to the login process.

you have to authenticate the battle net, then select the account, and then the character.

What do I get as a player from that ? I already have my accounts registered with one authenticator token (brilliant invention btw)

/rant over :)

You are correct. This is not implemented, yet. I am looking forward to what can/will happen. It will happen, just wait. Don't get all pissy about us looking forward.
03-22-2009, 05:42 PM
Hachoo

To those questioning how you login x5 after implementing this...

I've merged my 5 WoW accounts. So now, when I load my 5 WoW's with keyclone, I use my single battle.net login for all 5 accounts - after the first time you login all 5 you will be prompted to choose your "WoW" account. Once you do that the first time, it remembers it from then on. So now I just run keyclone like always, load 5 WoWs, type my password in once, and it remembers that each window goes to a different sub-account. So, no more steps then pre-battle.net.
06-22-2009, 03:56 AM
mmcookies

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Originally Posted by 'Hachoo',index.php?page=Thread&postID=188382#post1 88382

To those questioning how you login x5 after implementing this...

I've merged my 5 WoW accounts. So now, when I load my 5 WoW's with keyclone, I use my single battle.net login for all 5 accounts - after the first time you login all 5 you will be prompted to choose your "WoW" account. Once you do that the first time, it remembers it from then on. So now I just run keyclone like always, load 5 WoWs, type my password in once, and it remembers that each window goes to a different sub-account. So, no more steps then pre-battle.net.

This only works if you have 5 copies of WoW, right? If you're running them off of one WoW directory, the last exited client would overwrite the settings of the others?
06-22-2009, 08:55 PM
MiRai

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Originally Posted by 'mmcookies',index.php?page=Thread&postID=210655#po st210655

This only works if you have 5 copies of WoW, right? If you're running them off of one WoW directory, the last exited client would overwrite the settings of the others?

I'm using InnerSPace and it remembers which Battle.net login name I'm using per character thanks to the virtual config.wtf file option. I believe KeyClone has the same virtual file option. But yes, I do believe you'd need 5 WoW folders for the config.wtf to remember who logged on to which one.
06-30-2009, 03:29 PM
TeK23

Battle.net is wonderful "IF"

You add a blizzard authenicator!!

It's a MUST!

Otherwise if you get a key logger all of your accounts are screwed.

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