Battle.net conversion for multi accts.

Having a massive headache with the battlenet stuff. Ive opted to go with 5 bnets for 5 accounts but its made logging into the game a real pain. Before I just had the account names all the same except for a number on the end eg. multiboxacc1. So using keyclone I just type in multiboxacc then tab between the 5 windows to add the number then type password, hit enter, type authenticator code, hit enter Done.

Now Ive gone for 5 email addresses the same but with a different number in each. It adds about 2 mins to the log in procedure. Im pretty sure theres some way I can make it easier on myself using keyclone login options etc but Im just annoyed that I now have to fix something that wasnt broken.

I dont know why blizz cant allow us to use the same authenticator code 5 times on 1 bnet account. If someone is that desperate to hack my account that they will install keyloggers and a monitor for the authenticator code then Id rather they hack the account than have all this unnecessary security in place. After all im going to get the accounts back in a few days anyway (Quite often with a ton of gold and items that I didnt have before).

Im contemplating going to 1 battlenet account and just removing the authenticator because as I said Id rather have less security and smoother login features. I just wish they had told us about this before I added the authenticator in the first place.

Sorry for the rant!

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I dont know why blizz cant allow us to use the same authenticator code 5 times on 1 bnet account. If someone is that desperate to hack my account that they will install keyloggers and a monitor for the authenticator code then Id rather they hack the account than have all this unnecessary security in place. After all im going to get the accounts back in a few days anyway (Quite often with a ton of gold and items that I didnt have before).

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I have heard of people getting hacked, using an authenticator, when it was the old way so they shortened the time a code is good

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Originally Posted by alcattle

I have heard of people getting hacked, using an authenticator, when it was the old way so they shortened the time a code is good

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Its not the shortening of the time that bothers me its the fact that I have to use 5 different codes to log into my accounts if I have them all in 1 battlenet account.

EDIT: Just took the time to do the keyclone setup wizard and it appears im stupid and have been wasting a lot of time logging in my accounts. Id reccomend anyone that hasnt set up keyclone properly yet to go through the 30 second setup wizard and save yourself a lot of time :D

Wow that's crazy talk. Waiting an extra 2 mins to get all 5 accts logged in is of minor consequence.

If you got hacked, you would have to wait the whole day while they locked down your acct. You prove who you are. They then reactivate your accts. Then it could take up to 3-4 days to get all your gear back if it was sold off or destroyed. You may or may not get any items or gold from the hacker's colleagues. That's not a given at all. I would say that's a bigger inconvenience then 2 extra minutes for the security of an authenticator.

Trust me I have friends who have been hacked and it's no laughing matter. Especially when they have to sit all weekend waiting for their accts to be restored. I can't vouche for how they got hacked in the first place but regardless getting hacked sucks.

After converting to battle.net and merging 10 accounts, I have found that logging in is now a gigantically huge pain in the ass. Luckily, this allows me to play more Forza 3, and perhaps finish Dead Space.

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Originally Posted by Clone

Its not the shortening of the time that bothers me its the fact that I have to use 5 different codes to log into my accounts if I have them all in 1 battlenet account.

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No wonder I cannot login to all 5 accounts at once. This has been driving me crazy.

FYI you can have keyclone or octopus or whatever multiboxing software you use automatically select the different accounts from the dropdown without having seperate configs or anything special. All you have to do is pass a new config option via keyclone or octopus called "accountList". You then pass it the accounts to show in the dropdown and put an exclamation next to the one you want to be selected by default. I've only tested this with Octopus but I assume it works just fine in keyclone.

Example (ACCOUNT2 will be the default selected account):
ACCOUNT1|!ACCOUNT2|ACCOUNT3|ACCOUNT4|ACCOUNT5|

For now im happy with the setup of 5 accounts on 5 battlenets. With the press of 1 button from keyclone im at the stage where I just have to enter the password which is same on all accounts and the authenticator code which is the same on all accounts. Thats better than what I had before but I was too stubborn to research how to set it up properly.

Ill be happy with this untill they start allowing item trading between chars in the same bettlenet account, then I will most likely be doing the 2.5 min wait to enter seperate codes for each char.

i had to slightly modify my HKN script to allow login. I have each config.wtf setup with the username and account to login to.
only downside is that i have to log them in 1 by one (authenticator) but this is no great issue.

script attached below if anyone wants to use it

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//-----------------------------------------------------------
// SUBROUTINE TO LAUNCH AND RENAME A COPY OF WOW.
//-----------------------------------------------------------
<Command LaunchAndRename>
    <SendPC %1%>
        <Run %2%>
        <RenameTargetWin %3%>
        <RemoveWinFrame>
        <SetWinRect %4% %5% %6% %7%>
 
//-----------------------------------------------------------
// DEFINE A MAIL LABEL FOR EACH WOW
//-----------------------------------------------------------
<Label w1 192.168.0.20 SendWinM WoW1>
<SetAffinity all>
<Label w2 192.168.0.25 SendWinM WoW2>
<Label w3 192.168.0.25 SendWinM WoW3>
<Label w4 192.168.0.25 SendWinM WoW4>
<Label w5 192.168.0.25 SendWinM WoW5>
//-----------------------------------------------------------
// HOTKEY TO LAUNCH AND RENAME ALL OF THE WOW WINDOWS.
//-----------------------------------------------------------
<Hotkey ScrollLockOn ctrl alt z>
<LaunchAndRename 192.168.0.20 "e:\wow-single\wow.exe" WoW1 0 0 1920 1200>
<LaunchAndRename 192.168.0.25 "c:\wow2\wow.exe" WoW2 14 101 1024 640>
<LaunchAndRename 192.168.0.25 "c:\wow3\wow.exe" WoW3 14 941 1024 640>
<LaunchAndRename 192.168.0.25 "c:\wow4\wow.exe" WoW4 1064 101 1024 640>
<LaunchAndRename 192.168.0.25 "c:\wow5\wow.exe" WoW5 1064 941 1024 640>
//-----------------------------------------------------------
// HOTKEY TO INDIVIDUALLY LAUNCH AND RENAME THE WOW WINDOWS.
//-----------------------------------------------------------
<Hotkey ScrollLockOn ctrl alt q>
<LaunchAndRename 192.168.0.20 "e:\wow-single\wow.exe" WoW1 0 0 1920 1200>
<Hotkey ScrollLockOn ctrl alt w>
<LaunchAndRename 192.168.0.25 "c:\wow2\wow.exe" WoW2 14 101 1024 640>
<Hotkey ScrollLockOn ctrl alt e>
<LaunchAndRename 192.168.0.25 "c:\wow3\wow.exe" WoW3 14 941 1024 640>
<Hotkey ScrollLockOn ctrl alt r>
<LaunchAndRename 192.168.0.25 "c:\wow4\wow.exe" WoW4 1064 101 1024 640>
<Hotkey ScrollLockOn ctrl alt t>
<LaunchAndRename 192.168.0.25 "c:\wow5\wow.exe" WoW5 1064 941 1024 640>
 
//-----------------------------------------------------------
// DEFINE HOTKEYS FOR ALL KEY COMBINATIONS THAT WILL GET
// SENT TO ALL FIVE WOWS. ADD MORE KEY COMBO'S IF YOU WANT.
//-----------------------------------------------------------
<Hotkey ScrollLockOn A-Z, 0-9, F1-F6, F9-F12, minus, plus, insert, backspace, delete, pgup, pgdn, home, end, enter, oem2, esc>
//<Hotkey ScrollLockOn AllMainKeys>         
<SendLabel w1, w2, w3, w4, w5>
                  <Key %Trigger%>
 
<Hotkey ScrollLockOn Shift AllMainKeys; Alt AllMainKeys; ctrl AllMainKeys>
          <SendLabel w1, w2, w3, w4, w5>
                  <Key %Trigger%>
 
//-----------------------------------------------------------
// DEFINE MOVEMENT KEYS THAT WILL GET SENT TO ALL FIVE WOW'S.
// ADD MORE KEYS IF YOU WANT.
//-----------------------------------------------------------
<MovementHotkey ScrollLockOn up, down, left, right, space, F7, F8, Numpad0 - Numpad9>
        <SendLabel w1, w2, w3, w4, w5>
                <Key %Trigger%>
//-----------------------------------------------------------
// BROADCAST MOUSE CLICKS. HOLD DOWN OEM8 (top left corner the ¬ key) WHEN YOU WANT TO BROADCAST.
//-----------------------------------------------------------
<UseKeyAsModifier Oem8>
<Hotkey ScrollLockOn Oem8 LButton, MButton, RButton, Button4, Button5>
        <SendLabel w1, w2, w3, w4, w5>
                <ClickMouse %TriggerMainKey%>

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