Single or Multiple Battle.net accounts?

[magnu55]

thanks for the replies so far.

I read a post in this forum that if all accounts are on one B.net, I could transfer characters between all my game accounts? Can someone confirm this? Is it free or do I have to pay for it? If it is true, that would really sway me towards having them on one B.net. This allows so much freedom in forming a group of 5.

Is there a link from Blizz documenting all these "integrated features" between multiple accounts on a single B.net?

much appreciated.

[jinkobi]

thanks for the replies so far.

I read a post in this forum that if all accounts are on one B.net, I could transfer characters between all my game accounts? Can someone confirm this? Is it free or do I have to pay for it? If it is true, that would really sway me towards having them on one B.net. This allows so much freedom in forming a group of 5.

Is there a link from Blizz documenting all these "integrated features" between multiple accounts on a single B.net?

much appreciated.

I can confirm it!

I have all 5 of my accounts on 1 battlenet account and 1 authenticator.

When I decided to multibox I already had an 80 paladin and an 80 rogue. I used the refer a friend and dual boxed 2 druids to 80 TWICE! Talk about quested out but that's another story Moved my 80 rogue to account #2 so I could buy cold weather flying at 68 on both accounts.

Anyway after I got both sets of druids to 80 I only had 2 accounts at the time. Went to Frye's and picked up 3 more WOW's up to WOTLK came home and added them to my main account. Went straight to the character transfer page and transfered them to their new accounts. They transfered almost instantly also which was a surprise and a plus.

[magnu55]

I can confirm it!
Went straight to the character transfer page and transfered them to their new accounts. They transfered almost instantly also which was a surprise and a plus.

Are the character transfers free or is there a fee per transfer?

If you add an account to a battlenet email, you cannot transfer characters to or from the account for 30 days.

Do you mean that (after 30 days) character transfers are also allowed between a WoW game account in one Battle.net email and a WoW game account in another Battle.net email? I had the impression this was not possible?

[jinkobi]

Are the character transfers free or is there a fee per transfer?

Yeah man it was 25 bucks + tax per transfer. I spent 75$ on transfers but it was totally worth it to have cold weather flying while dual boxing them up.

[Ualaa]

Do you mean that (after 30 days) character transfers are also allowed between a WoW game account in one Battle.net email and a WoW game account in another Battle.net email? I had the impression this was not possible?

If both battle.net accounts are in your name, you can transfer between them after the 30 days; since the B.Net account system, I've done three transfers between my accounts, each from one B.Net account to another.

The cost for a transfer is the same either way.

[nodoze]

If both battle.net accounts are in your name, you can transfer between them after the 30 days; since the B.Net account system, I've done three transfers between my accounts, each from one B.Net account to another.

The cost for a transfer is the same either way.

I also can confirm that currently there are only subtle differences as I have both options. My first 2 accounts that I moved to B-Net are on the same B-Net account. My subsequent accounts have all been 1-to-1 (1 wow account to 1 B-Net account).

Having tried both, I personally prefer the 1-to-1 approach for the following reasons:

I can rename each B-Net login to fit the roles I am having that account do at a given time. For example, I own my own domain & I like to be able to rename my accounts:
- Tank@YourDomain.com
- Healer@yd.com
- DPS1@yd.com
- D2@yd.com
- D3@yd.com

Or for my 60 twinks (accounts with no expansions):
- 61@yd.com
- 62@yd.com
...
-6N@yd.com

Or for my 70 twinks(accounts with only the BC expansion):
- 71@yd.com
- 72@md.com
...
-7N@md.com

I also don't like logging into WoW via B*net and then having to pick from my old account names as they are kinda cryptic and I don't know how to rename them (could only choose what was available back then rather than make your own).

I don't view having to log into each B*net account to change options a problem as I rarely do that (mainly to change the email address).

The current potential main down-side I can see is that if I later choose to use the authenticator and there is a cost per B*Net account. I have never been hacked like my buddy has and I think he had to pay per B*net account to add the authenticator.

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The above may change if substantial benefits come from keeping them under 1 B*net account like future BOB vs BOA (Bound-on-B*Net-Account vs Bound-on-Account).