Hi,
I saw this on WoWhead and was reading the comments and I was wondering if I can actually bring over a toon I have on another account and get one of the mounts I have on it (its from a FOS that I dont have on this account). Thats what the comments sound like and this post but I wanted to be sure?
Doubtful since those things are bound to the bnet account level, they would not transfer anyway.
https://us.battle.net/support/en/help/article/83440
In case anyone was looking for a Blizzard link.
I really hope all the parents who are currently allowing a Minor to use a license on their Bnet see this.
They really need to get that Minor onto a Bnet of their own ASAP and transfer a character while they still can.
I read the article, but it’s really just an announcement. Why are they making this change?
It’s unlikely we’ll end up getting an exact reason for it, but at a guess? Because it caused a lot of issues even offering it, let alone when people did it. There are a lot of restrictions to it that people just didn’t want to read through.
What we tend to see here is related to OP’s post. People didn’t understand what went to the new account with the character and what stayed on the old account, so they’d get angry and want to reverse it. Kudos to Cinnagnome for coming and asking for clarification before purchasing anything.
Is it a trade secret? There’s some logic to your speculation, but it would be unfortunate for those who really would want to take advantage of the service with full understanding of the consequences.
That would be a question for the developers. CS is not involved in these sorts of decisions and you would be best to send the development a message via X / Twitter via their @WarcraftDevs account.
I doubt Blizzard is going to get into the details because there are likely multiple reasons. I can GUESS some of them.
Blizzard already ended the transfer of game licenses between Bnet accounts some time ago. Ending the transfer of chars is the next logical step.
The main impact is on families who set up a Minor on a second game license on their Bnet. It was allowed, but not advised. For a long time they could move the whole license off to a new Bnet when the child turned 18. That ended. Then they could move a character over to the child’s Bnet and new license assuming the last name was the same. That is now gone.
Not sure if Blizzard has a current “how to set up an account for a Minor step-by-step” guide or not. If they don’t they most certainly should. The EULA now states persons under 13 can’t play at all, not even on a parent’s account. At 13 or over they should have their Bnet in their own name with the parent set up as Parental Controls. When the child is old enough the parent can remove the parental controls and the child then takes care of the account themselves.
My guestimate is twofold. It will help deter account/leveling sales (I hope). There’s also a chance with warbands being so account-friendly, that transferring something from an entirely different battlenet has the potential to be messy.
I had not even thought of that yet. Good observation!
You’re actually required to have her on a separate account. Sharing your account with your wife is a direct violation of the rules and can lead to an account action such as a closure. Sharing an account with another adult has always been against the rules.
It’s not.
She needs her own account and the sooner the better.
That is and always has been a poor choice. As noted, sharing accounts between adults is not allowed. Only between a guardian and a child, and even then I might have recommended a different bnet account. So that the account can begin accruing their own rewards, can use bnet level stuff at the same time (Pet battles, Bnet chat, and soon Warband Banks), and make it easier to transfer to a child later.
Blizzard will no longer move game licenses between Battlenet accounts. Blizzard has never allowed Battlenet account sharing, even between family members. The exception was that one minor child may access the account of a parent or legal guardian, but not at the same time as the adult.
Only the person who is the registered account holder should ever be accessing a Battlenet account. Your option is to set up a new Battlenet account, new WoW licence, and use the paid transfer option to transfer her characters to the new Battlenet account. She will lose any battlenet bound achievements, pets, mounts, transmogs, heirlooms, toys, etc.
I am sorry, but you really can’t share with your wife. That was never permitted.
Only you are allowed to access an account registered in your name. We don’t recognize the transfer of accounts between individuals. Activities performed on your account are your liability.
You may not share your account or password with anyone, except if you are a parent or guardian, in which case you may permit one minor child to use your account. You may not use your account at the same time, and you are liable for activities conducted by the minor child.
You are responsible for maintaining the confidentiality and the use of your user name and password. You are responsible for all uses of your information, even if you don’t authorize them. Security of your account is your responsibility.
They have till the pre patch to move accoubts.
Not to be too specific, but they have until pre-patch to pay for character transfers. They stopped moving WoW accounts from one battle.net account to another a while back.
So even when they do move the wife’s characters, it will be one at a time and not a whole WoW account.
Alternatively, the wife starts over on her own account altogether.
A very important detail. There are no more license transfers at all. That has already ended. The most they can do now is move some characters using the paid service as long as last names match.
I think you may be mistaken. I don’t think it’s always been the case that a parent and child could not use a shared BNet account at the same time. When I set up my son’s WoW License, I did it with the assistance of a Blizzard rep on the phone (you could still call back then). Anyway, he recommended a separate WoW License on the same BNet account allowing us to play together and still share pets and mounts (some of which he earned himself). He also assisted with the transfer of a couple of his characters from my License over to his new License.
Policies change of course (as evidenced by the article you posted), but it wasn’t always that way. At least that’s how a Blizzard rep set up our Licenses all those years ago. I doubt he would specifically set it up that way if it were a violation of the Licensing Agreement.
I suppose it would have made sense a one point, before bnet chat and pet battles. All 8 licenses on the bnet account can technically be online at the same time. And depending on how old your dependant was.
Now with bnet chat, pet battles, and warbands it’s probably better to mske separate accounts. Only the first one on will have access.
I believe he was 7 or 8 when he started playing.
The chat became a little awkward since we would both see it and sometimes I would respond when the message was for him. For pet battles, only one of us could pet battle, the first to log on as you noted. That was fine. I don’t know what warbands is.