Hey there everyone,
I just wanted to come in and provide some clarification specific to players reporting that they had access and lost it after linking their battle.net accounts.
(Note: Invalid license errors should no longer be happening with the end of early release. If you are seeing that error after global launch it is likely your license is on a different Battlenet account than the one you are currently trying to use. Check any other emails you control for a Battlenet account and check that account for your access to the game)
A Battlenet account is required to play the game. All progress is stored with our service and kept with Battlenet Account that was linked when the progress was earned.
This means if you played at all, you were already linked to a battle.net account on that profile. Access would be lost if the console profile was then linked to a different Battlenet Account. This includes any progress you would have made before making the new link.
Progress/licenses cannot be moved, merged, reset or duplicated across Battlenet accounts. This stays on the Battlenet account it was earned on.
If you have full access now and access to purchased cosmetics you can continue playing as is. Just keep in mind you cannot link to a different Battlenet account and move anything already earned to that new account.
Anything related to accounts (locating, confirming information, recovery etc) cannot be addressed on the forums, if you need account assistance with anything on your Battlenet account you would need to submit an account specific ticket using the support site.
If you encounter this or similar error suddenly in the future, Check our breaking news, social pages and these forums for any new/emerging issues and if none exist, create a new post for your specific issue.
We will leave this post pinned for a bit until we get past the bulk of launch issue reports.