hi there
i’m posting here because i find no other place
i purchased W3 ROC and FT more than 14 years ago, yet never linked to my bnet account
after a few weeks of watching grubby i wanted to return to the game and i remembered that i owned it and was able to find the box with the original installation discs and their CD Keys
the thing is that i am not able to link those keys with my bnet account, i find no place to do it
i have downloaded w3 roc and ft from the support page (the one that provies you with an installer “as it is”), i entered the CD Keys and can play on them but can not join online games, i assume they changed the way online access works. Yet any of them shows up on my “games and subscriptions” tab in my account profile
also tried looking at classic games page (battle.net/games#classic-game-accounts) but can not see classic games…
tried what many posts said about “logging out, log in OFFLINE and install w3 reforged, log in online again and try playing” but i keep getting the error 6:10 which refers to connection lost, did some steps to try to fix it (the ones in blizzard support page) yet they would not work; not to mention that game does not recognize my keys from previous installed w3 roc and ft. Also “play offline” button is disabled, only ones available are options and exit game. Tried uninstalling and installing again but the issue persists.
tried entering the 26 digits keys on “redeem code” in both browser account page and bnet desktop app, but it would not recognize it
got in touch with support via ticket (phone call and live chat are disabled for some reason) but could not get a solution yet.
w3champions is not recognizing my game because it has not been launched from battle net app
any ideas how to get to play online if i am the owner of the game via old CD keys?