BNET Accounts!

[Blaze]

Well, it finally happened.  WoW/Blizzard accounts are now merged into the new BNET account!  What does this mean?  When you steal someones WoW account, you get some free games with it!  Err.. or at least something like that.

[Sidoh]

Huh, that's pretty cool.  Does that mean you'll be able to chat with people on WoW while playing Starcraft, Diablo, etc?

[Blaze]

Huh, that's pretty cool.  Does that mean you'll be able to chat with people on WoW while playing Starcraft, Diablo, etc?

Maybe in the future, but probably not.  :)

[Hitmen]

Huh, that's pretty cool.  Does that mean you'll be able to chat with people on WoW while playing Starcraft, Diablo, etc?

Maybe in the future, but probably not.  :)

That would be awesome :(

[Sidoh]

Oh, so it's an almost completely useless change!  Haha... I guess seeing statistics for various games combined in one account is cool, but whatever... seems pretty pointless.

[warz]

No, they've merged everything in to one, if what Blaze is saying is correct. Blizzard has accounts where you're capable of adding all of your cdkeys to the account... allowing you to download copies of the games, etc. It's a pretty cool change, if you ask me. Of course, this sucks for the people that war on bnet or download possible trojan bots, etc. There's a lot more at risk if you were to lose an account, now. It's not just an account.. it's your games, too.

[Blaze]

No, they've merged everything in to one, if what Blaze is saying is correct. Blizzard has accounts where you're capable of adding all of your cdkeys to the account... allowing you to download copies of the games, etc. It's a pretty cool change, if you ask me. Of course, this sucks for the people that war on bnet or download possible trojan bots, etc. There's a lot more at risk if you were to lose an account, now. It's not just an account.. it's your games, too.

Blizzard has had the game-download ability for at least half a year now.  Also, Blizzard Authenticators make that a hard thing to do!  Also, they're releasing a cell-phone app that allows you to use the same function as a Authenticator.  Neat.

[warz]

No, they've merged everything in to one, if what Blaze is saying is correct. Blizzard has accounts where you're capable of adding all of your cdkeys to the account... allowing you to download copies of the games, etc. It's a pretty cool change, if you ask me. Of course, this sucks for the people that war on bnet or download possible trojan bots, etc. There's a lot more at risk if you were to lose an account, now. It's not just an account.. it's your games, too.

Blizzard has had the game-download ability for at least half a year now.  Also, Blizzard Authenticators make that a hard thing to do!  Also, they're releasing a cell-phone app that allows you to use the same function as a Authenticator.  Neat.

Well yea I know. How long they've had that though doesn't affect the fact that it's part of the accounts now, I'd assume. That's what you mentioned in your first post, anyways. I haven't looked for anything about this, though.

[Hitmen]

Some of the benefits of the Battle.net account include:

    * Fewer passwords to remember. One single login lets you access World of Warcraft, the online Blizzard store, and more -- including upcoming games such as StarCraft II and Diablo III.
    * Opt in to upcoming Blizzard Entertainment beta tests. Put yourself in the running to be invited to test upcoming games.
    * Easy access to your classic games. Store your CD keys for classic Blizzard Entertainment titles, and then download the games whenever you wish.
    * And more to come... We're planning to add more features in the future, including tools to help friends communicate between games and bring players closer together.

yay

[Sidoh]

sweet!

[Towelie]

No, they've merged everything in to one, if what Blaze is saying is correct. Blizzard has accounts where you're capable of adding all of your cdkeys to the account... allowing you to download copies of the games, etc. It's a pretty cool change, if you ask me. Of course, this sucks for the people that war on bnet or download possible trojan bots, etc. There's a lot more at risk if you were to lose an account, now. It's not just an account.. it's your games, too.

Steam came up with this a long time ago. Blizzard is behind the times :)

[Sidoh]

No, they've merged everything in to one, if what Blaze is saying is correct. Blizzard has accounts where you're capable of adding all of your cdkeys to the account... allowing you to download copies of the games, etc. It's a pretty cool change, if you ask me. Of course, this sucks for the people that war on bnet or download possible trojan bots, etc. There's a lot more at risk if you were to lose an account, now. It's not just an account.. it's your games, too.

Steam came up with this a long time ago. Blizzard is behind the times :)

Steam is terrible! :(

Besides, it's not a novel idea in Steam's case either.  ;[

[Towelie]

No, they've merged everything in to one, if what Blaze is saying is correct. Blizzard has accounts where you're capable of adding all of your cdkeys to the account... allowing you to download copies of the games, etc. It's a pretty cool change, if you ask me. Of course, this sucks for the people that war on bnet or download possible trojan bots, etc. There's a lot more at risk if you were to lose an account, now. It's not just an account.. it's your games, too.

Steam came up with this a long time ago. Blizzard is behind the times :)

Steam is terrible! :(

Besides, it's not a novel idea in Steam's case either.  ;[

Which furthers my point even more  8)

[Blaze]

Steam hasn't been terrible for a while now.

[Hitmen]

Steam hasn't been terrible for a while now.

It was pretty terrible when I used it but that was admittedly a long time ago. I can't say I like the idea all that much but if Blizzard does something like that and it has the usual Blizzard polish (and games I actually want to play) then I could probably get used to it.