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WoW Battle.net Conversion Coming

Posted Oct 12, 2009 by Kody

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What does this mean, exactly? You'll be required to have a Battle.net account soon for World of Warcraft. This is of course in preparation for Battle.net 2.0, which was talked about some at BlizzCon this year. Find out the details below, and be sure to head over to Battle.net for more details on signing up.

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A few months ago, we unveiled the Battle.net account, our new way for players to log in to World of Warcraft and future Blizzard games, sign up for upcoming beta tests, shop the online Blizzard Store, and more with just one username and password. This was just the first step in the rollout of the brand-new Battle.net; in the future, players will be able to use Battle.net to participate in cross-realm chat in World of Warcraft, create real-life friends lists, communicate across different games, and a whole lot more.

In preparation for the launch of these new features, on November 11, 2009, all current World of Warcraft players will be required to merge their World of Warcraft accounts with a Battle.net account in order to log in to the game. As our way to say “thanks” for taking a moment to go through the process, existing World of Warcraft accounts that upgrade to Battle.net (including those that have already switched over) will receive a brand-new penguin in-game pet -- check for him in your in-game mailbox later this week. Starting on November 11, all World of Warcraft players will need to log in to the game using a Battle.net username and password, and anyone who wishes to create a new World of Warcraft account will need to start with a Battle.net account.

Creating a Battle.net account is simple and free. To merge your existing account with a Battle.net account, visit http://us.battle.net . For more info, check out the Battle.net site or read the FAQ: http://us.battle.net/faq/index.html

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  • doxas said 
    Thu, Oct 15 2009 2:09 PM ()

    it's mandatory cause blizzard will manage all communication via battle.net. this not only means chat but also LFG. From what I gather blizzard will enable cross realm instancing (pve). This feature will be part of the entirely redesigned new LFG (and I appreciate ANY improvements in this!!)

    more importantly though: isn't this an indicator that we gonna see patch 3.3. (already on ptr) ahead of x-mas? maybe even in November already?

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  • Megamanx266 said 
    Tue, Oct 13 2009 1:50 AM ()

    This makes sense knowing that Blizzard is going to do this with both SC2 and Diablo 3... too bad there might now be so many players happy about this since there have been problems in the past for those who have a battle.net account (example: not being able to login while everyone else can T.T)

    Now if only they made the authenticators mandatory... that'd stop all the account hacking for sure!

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  • LordFelco said 
    Mon, Oct 12 2009 7:32 PM ()

    The solution to stopping your account being hacked?

    Anything you download from a questionable source (websites you rarely visit and aren't sure if they have viruses or not, torrent files, or Limewire), scan it with your anti-malware.

    I recommend Malwarebyte's Anti-Malware. Google it.

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  • LordFelco said 
    Mon, Oct 12 2009 7:30 PM ()

    Rluster, it makes no difference whatsoever.

    Just because you know the account name, doesn't mean you know the password.

    If the account owner in question is smart enough to never use the same e-mail/password combination in any OTHER website/game, then they will never get hacked just by someone knowing their e-mail.

    It is keyloggers that are the cause for the largest percentage of hacked accounts. And with keyloggers, previous knowledge of the account name is irrelevent, because you'll find it out anyways.

    Keyloggers used these days will save a screenshot of the infected computer's screen every few seconds, and transmit that to the owner of the spyware. So even if you don't type your account name ("Remember Account Name"), they can still find out.

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  • rluster_88 said 
    Mon, Oct 12 2009 6:49 PM ()

    ok - well ever since the battle.net accounts have been available, me and most of my guilds have done that (mainly for that battle bot lol) but that aside, why make it mandatory honestly?

    ever since, about half of every1 i know has had their account HACKED. and i figured the easiest reason, the username is your email.... um ya - its REALLY EASY to get an email of sum - becomes friends, ask to send em an email, or if they use any IM program, their SN is their email so there.

    so i figure this isn't good for the players, wat do u guys think?

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