Salutations to ALL of you

[zanthor]

Seems to be that you most likely will get banned if you link accounts under battlenet. If you do internet searches you will find that notoriously "account-selling" websites tell you not to merge the accounts.

I have therefore purchased an extra couple accounts and levelling 2shamans, 1 druid, 1 hunter moos with RAF. I will keep the other accounts for Roleplaying needs. We have a very complex story going on and it is actually one of the uses I have for multiple accounts usage .

Regards

Why would an account-selling website advise against it? Because it changes the credentials that they have access to - so they can't hack the account later, strip it of items and resel them and/or the account...

As for why you have more than one account, I'm not sure whats more wierd... LARPers or the guy who plays an MMO multiboxing so he can RP with himself.

[Ualaa]

The safest route will be to have all of your accounts in your name.

If three of the accounts are in your name, and two are not, ideally (painfully, I know) you will want to make those two toons over again.

By purchasing a 4th and 5th accounts, and RAFing from the 4th to the 5th, you will have two toons which can level from 1st to 60th very quickly.

You can use your existing Paladin (not in your name), in instances to boost with. If the toon is half geared, you will boost very quickly.

Something like: Deadmines -> Stockades -> Scarlet Monastery -> ZF/Sunken Temple -> BRD -> Ramparts -> Underbog.

70 to 80 will be a lot less painful with only two toons doing collections.
Regearing two toons would be a process, but in the end you have toons which are indisputably yours.
Your other toons being comparatively very geared, will help out enormously in heroics and such.

Also, with five level 80's at your disposal, dailies can help to AH Purchase ups especially for your tank.
A few titansteel pieces, along with a decent weapon, some AH Naxx/Ulduar stuff, and you'll be on your way.
I'm actually gearing a pally tank like this now, but its my first team at 80.
I went Enchanting and Skinning, but am thinking of switching to Tailoring for the 2nd profession.
Enchanting because none of the others had it, and I'd like to be able to DE instance drops.
Tailoring for the extra cloth to sell, but the cloak enchant looks to be an ok bonus too.

Bottom line, you'll not want the chance to lose all 5 accounts, for using accounts which are not yours.

[zanthor]

I can tell you that the moment battle.net accounts came out I merged 6 accounts into one.... 5 were mine tried and true, and the 6th was a friend who quit the game and I have had it for over 3 years.

No questions.
No muss.
No fuss.

[voodoogriff]

I'm not sure whats more wierd... LARPers or the guy who plays an MMO multiboxing so he can RP with himself.

LARPers, hands down. I hadn't ever met one til I was hanging out with some friends and someone broke out the foam swords and proceeded to explain the rules. It is still a source of endless amusement.