World of Warcraft (en) Forums -> Battle.net: I'm confused

Scottee

Blade's Edge

0. Battle.net. Im confused 16/10/2009 01:06:40 PDT

Ok, so I merged my wow account to a battle.net account, took a few seconds, no problem.

Now my partners seperate account (same email) has to be merged, but the FAQ tells me two different things.

Q u o t e:
My family plays World of Warcraft together. Should we create a single Battle.net account for all of our World of Warcraft accounts?

No. Sharing access to a World of Warcraft account, other than by a parent or guardian with a single minor, is a violation of World of Warcraft’s Terms of Use. You should create a separate Battle.net account for each family member’s World of Warcraft account. In addition, future Battle.net features will make it beneficial for players to have the Battle.net account they use associated with their own online identity. Creating separate accounts for you and your family ensures you will be able to take advantage of these features when they are introduced later on.

Two questions later

Q u o t e:
How do I log in if I’ve merged multiple World of Warcraft accounts?

After you log in to World of Warcraft using the Battle.net Account, you will be prompted to select which of the merged World of Warcraft accounts you wish to play. Players with multiple World of Warcraft accounts are still able to log in and play them simultaneously.

So, do I have to set up a seperate email and seperate battle.net account for hers, or merge hers into my battle net?

Scottee 80 dranei warrior, Lilscottee 80 dwarf hunter, Nasenbluten 80 dk, Madcoo 80 tauren druid.
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Scottee

Blade's Edge

1. Re: Battle.net. Im confused 16/10/2009 01:20:40 PDT

Nvm, think I understand now. one battle net for all your accounts, seperate accounts for seperate ppl.

Scottee 80 dranei warrior, Lilscottee 80 dwarf hunter, Nasenbluten 80 dk, Madcoo 80 tauren druid.
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Wryxian

Blizzard Poster

2. Re: Battle.net. Im confused 16/10/2009 01:23:40 PDT

As stated in your first quoted question, you should create a separate Battle.net account for your partner as it is not OK to share accounts. The second quoted question does not contradict that.

Hope that helps.

"I am more than a fish, I am more than a man!"

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Wryxian

Blizzard Poster

3. Re: Battle.net. Im confused 16/10/2009 01:24:14 PDT

Q u o t e:
Nvm, think I understand now. one battle net for all your accounts, seperate accounts for seperate ppl.

Yep. The second question says "I've" and does not refer to multiple people. ;-)

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Scottee

Blade's Edge

4. Re: Battle.net. Im confused 16/10/2009 01:49:02 PDT

Ive just woken up. :). All done now.

Scottee 80 dranei warrior, Lilscottee 80 dwarf hunter, Nasenbluten 80 dk, Madcoo 80 tauren druid.
May they RIP in Character Heaven.

Rowanleaf

< iGuild >

Silvermoon

5. Re: Battle.net. Im confused 16/10/2009 02:20:54 PDT

So are you saying that each person has to have their own individual email address? I have set up my battelnet account, so what do I do with my 12 yo son's account? He shares my email address. How do we manage two accounts with one email?

Nath

< Oghma >

Elune

6. Re: Battle.net. Im confused 16/10/2009 04:04:00 PDT

Are you still able to play on 2 accounts at a time after you merged them into one BNet account ?
Because i often interract between chars of different wow accounts.
Launching 2 to 3 wow to do it.

Exogenesis

< Cosmos >

Tarren Mill

7. Re: Battle.net. Im confused 16/10/2009 04:06:19 PDT

Q u o t e:
Are you still able to play on 2 accounts at a time after you merged them into one BNet account ?
Because i often interract between chars of different wow accounts.
Launching 2 to 3 wow to do it.

Yes, you can play two merged accounts at the same time.

Wryxian

Blizzard Poster

8. Re: Battle.net. Im confused 16/10/2009 04:08:00 PDT

Q u o t e:
So are you saying that each person has to have their own individual email address? I have set up my battelnet account, so what do I do with my 12 yo son's account? He shares my email address. How do we manage two accounts with one email?

You could get a new free email from a range of places such as Gmail. The accounts I have linked to Battle.net all go through to a Gmail account I rarely ever access.

Q u o t e:
Are you still able to play on 2 accounts at a time after you merged them into one BNet account ?Because i often interract between chars of different wow accounts. Launching 2 to 3 wow to do it.

Yes this is still possible to do and in fact I occasionally do it too without any issue.

"I am more than a fish, I am more than a man!"

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Kraezii

Saurfang

9. Re: Battle.net. Im confused 16/10/2009 04:20:45 PDT

Q u o t e:
You could get a new free email from a range of places such as Gmail. The accounts I have linked to Battle.net all go through to a Gmail account I rarely ever access. Yes this is still possible to do and in fact I occasionally do it too without any issue.

I'm curious as to why you'd want to play two accounts at the same time, especially as that is two subscription costs, for those that have them, it's never struck me as something I need?

Never odd or even

Sharivarn

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Turalyon

10. Re: Battle.net. Im confused 16/10/2009 04:23:40 PDT

A google search for multiboxing would provide a lot of answers but in short playing 2 or more characters at once is used by players to do instances, raids, PvP (BG and arena), level multiple characters at the same time and to level or use professions together. I'm sure there are some other reasons I have not mentioned.

Kraezii

Saurfang

11. Re: Battle.net. Im confused 16/10/2009 04:27:15 PDT

Q u o t e:
A google search for multiboxing would provide a lot of answers but in short playing 2 or more characters at once is used by players to do instances, raids, PvP (BG and arena), level multiple characters at the same time and to level or use professions together. I'm sure there are some other reasons I have not mentioned.

Thank you.

Never odd or even

Wryxian

Blizzard Poster

12. Re: Battle.net. Im confused 16/10/2009 04:28:28 PDT

Q u o t e:
I'm curious as to why you'd want to play two accounts at the same time, especially as that is two subscription costs, for those that have them, it's never struck me as something I need?

And fair enough to, if you don't feel you need (or want) it, then there's no reason to. The first reason I created a second account was to create bank alts for the guild I used to run, back before there was a guild bank to use. Since then I have also leveled two characters at once by playing two clients at the same time. Nowadays it's useful to sometimes log in one of my 80s to help out a lower level alt with a tough quest or to run them through Scarlet Monastery, for example.

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Kraezii

Saurfang

13. Re: Battle.net. Im confused 16/10/2009 04:37:20 PDT

Q u o t e:
And fair enough to, if you don't feel you need (or want) it, then there's no reason to. The first reason I created a second account was to create bank alts for the guild I used to run, back before there was a guild bank to use. Since then I have also leveled two characters at once by playing two clients at the same time. Nowadays it's useful to sometimes log in one of my 80s to help out a lower level alt with a tough quest or to run them through Scarlet Monastery, for example.

I remember those days :)

Thanks, like the previous answer to my question mentioned, I'll do a bit of research although wouldn't using some sort of software to control two machines or clients at the same time violate one of your rules, unless of course you supply an extra set of hands with each additional copy of WoW purchased therefore negating that need :D

Never odd or even

Xaeleam

< Disciples of Chaos >

Agamaggan

14. Re: Battle.net. Im confused 16/10/2009 04:39:24 PDT

Q u o t e:
And fair enough to, if you don't feel you need (or want) it, then there's no reason to. The first reason I created a second account was to create bank alts for the guild I used to run, back before there was a guild bank to use. Since then I have also leveled two characters at once by playing two clients at the same time. Nowadays it's useful to sometimes log in one of my 80s to help out a lower level alt with a tough quest or to run them through Scarlet Monastery, for example.

So is multi-Boxing allowed? :) iv always wondered if it was against blizz policy but never found anything about it

TY

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Wryxian

Blizzard Poster

15. Re: Battle.net. Im confused 16/10/2009 04:42:37 PDT

Q u o t e:
I remember those days :)

Thanks, like the previous answer to my question mentioned, I'll do a bit of research although wouldn't using some sort of software to control two machines or clients at the same time violate one of your rules, unless of course you supply an extra set of hands with each additional copy of WoW purchased therefore negating that need :D

Well, for a start, it's quite easy to just stick the low level character on /follow and control purely the higher level one. ;-)

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Sharivarn

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Turalyon

16. Re: Battle.net. Im confused 16/10/2009 04:46:54 PDT

Q u o t e:
I'll do a bit of research although wouldn't using some sort of software to control two machines or clients at the same time violate one of your rules

If the software is in control of the characters then it would be considered botting and an offence.

As long as the software is only an interface to allow a player to control both characters then it is fine.

The general rules is that for each physical key pressed by the player each character can only carry out a single action permitted by ingame methods (abilities or macros).

Fiskerdin

< HottieHamsters >

Ravencrest

17. Re: Battle.net. Im confused 16/10/2009 04:48:06 PDT

Q u o t e:
And fair enough to, if you don't feel you need (or want) it, then there's no reason to. The first reason I created a second account was to create bank alts for the guild I used to run, back before there was a guild bank to use. Since then I have also leveled two characters at once by playing two clients at the same time. Nowadays it's useful to sometimes log in one of my 80s to help out a lower level alt with a tough quest or to run them through Scarlet Monastery, for example.

You don't need a new account for a bank char :)

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Rowanleaf

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Silvermoon

18. Re: Battle.net. Im confused 16/10/2009 04:48:21 PDT

Q u o t e:
You could get a new free email from a range of places such as Gmail. The accounts I have linked to Battle.net all go through to a Gmail account I rarely ever access. Yes this is still possible to do and in fact I occasionally do it too without any issue.

Does this mean "yes, each person is expected to have their own email address."? That requirement has still never explicitly been stated.

Wormsborough

Argent Dawn

19. Re: Battle.net. Im confused 16/10/2009 04:49:42 PDT

Q u o t e:

Does this mean "yes, each person is expected to have their own email address."? That requirement has still never explicitly been stated.

Yes. Each person must have their own battle.net account, and you can't register multiple battle.net accounts on a single e-mail.

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