In the modern iteration of WoW (Dragonflight), when looking at Character Transfer options as a paid service, it’s possible to swap characters between linked Battle.net accounts (and has been for quite some time). This option is not something that exists for WoW Classic, but I believe it’s something that should be looked at and considered for implementation.
Using multiple accounts was formally something commonplace in the mid-high end of endgame during Classic, especially by the end of P5 going into P6. Self-porting or boosting, ranking pool alts, summoning networks, having more than 10 character slots or simply wishing to play the opposing faction on the same PvP server. At the time these were some of the more common reasons to have multiple accounts, which fell off in “need” (using the term loosely) as the game went on into TBC and Wrath. Almost all of these reasons are gone, yet I’m sure many players have dormant characters on secondary accounts they’d desire to transfer onto their main account, but can’t justify a second subscription fee to uphold independently.
TLDR: I feel Classic is at a point where opening cross-battle.net account transfers should be implemented and I’d love to hear some pros and cons, or even some Blue input.
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no you can not transfer your boosted characters to one single account to bypass the system of 1 boost per account sorry.
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You can only use 1 boost PER battle.net ID. Whether you have 1 account or 10 on the linked battle.net account, you can only buy a single boost (as boosts are linked to the expansion pass, which is 1 per ID), so, your point is moot.
It is not. I have definitely gotten one boost per account(2 total) for BC and Wrath.
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Separate boosts. One was a 58 boost (TBC) and the other a 70 boost (Wrath). I should have been more specific when I said one per account, I meant one per expansion per account. If you were to make a new account linked to your existing Bnet right now, you’d have no purchase options that enable you for a boost if both your TBC and Wrath boosts have been used.
No no no. I used one boost per sub account. For BC I boosted a rogue and shaman. For TBC I boosted a separate rogue and a mage. You 100% can buy another version for the boost if that particular account doesn’t have it.
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No you can buy one per account even if you have 8 on one Bnet
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Wrong. You can buy the Northrend Epic Upgrade once per WoW Account even if they are on the same Bnet account. I have done this multiple times myself.
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You buy it out of game launcher in the store.
The launcher buy option will say no. The store says yes.
TIL.
That seems like an oversight TBH. Odd.
From the Shop description:
Limit one Level 70 Character Boost per WoW® account. Boost only available on Wrath of the Lich King Classic™ realms. Boost cannot be applied to Death Knights and is only usable on the WoW® game account for which it was purchased or redeemed as a gift.
Definitely seems that per wow account is how it was intended by the verbiage.
Sooo it’s fine to pay for multiple accounts with boosts but not fine to just unlock the number of boosts per account? I can confirm that you can buy the boost on multiple accounts under the same battle.net. You just need to pay for an active subscription as well to use them…
Nailed it. That is why account mergers are not allowed and not going to be allowed (speculation). All about that $$.
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Bro people have been asking for this since Classic 2019.
They are never gonna do it since youll keep paying $15 per account. Theyd rather that $180 a year vs a one time $XX fee they collect.
Long run brother. Sorry mate.
No its not. Account has always meant “Subscription”
you get one boost per subscription regardless of what “account login” its under.
Straight up lie,i bought 3 seperate boosts on my one bnet account for 3 seperate sub accounts, please stop lying to people.
As I said, TIL (well, now its YIL). I wasn’t aware you could bypass the in-game shop option from the launcher as I hadn’t tried that (never needed to).
Each WoW Account (Wow1, Wow2, Wow3, etc.) has 1 subscription. These are the same thing.
Incorrect.
Wow1, wow2, and wow3 are each their own subscription. They may be tied under the same bnet account, but they all require their own sub.
Maybe yanno… dont type before you know what youre talking about? idk
That’s what I said… l2r.
Each WoW Account (Wow1, Wow2, Wow3, etc.) has 1 subscription.
Meaning 3 wow accounts, 3 subscriptions.
Therefore, in your comment of, “you get one boost per subscription regardless of what “account login” it’s under.”
These are the same thing.
Smh.