Permanently delete account

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OP… Never delete your account it is one of the worst ideas you can do.

Who knows in a few years from now you may find WoW to be great again and want to come back… but you will have to start all over from scratch.

Take it from someone who couldn’t find their old account from Vanilla to WotLK and made a new one when they came back in Legion, it sucks where you had alot of old items no longer in the game like Atiesh on my Mage.

So head my warning because its not a good idea at all.

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It’s the “20th Anniversary” rumor, that WoW is expected to see it. That doesn’t necessarily mean WoW will keep going on, though. These are just rumors, but there’s a possibility that WoW would be discontinued of further expansions after that.

No Blues have told me this, or anything, and even if they did I wouldn’t be allowed to discuss it here.

My real point is expressing the irony that the OP wants to get rid of her account permanently; we’re closer now than we’ve ever been of seeing that happen anyway. I just wish I had like a “gift” or “thing” that says, “This is my WoW account; there are many like it but this one’s mine.” Because in all seriousness, our accounts won’t last for all time.

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I have had friends who played since the beginning who at some point quit playing and lost their original account. Years later, they came back and are mad at themselves for the loss of those accounts because of what it means to them now.

Perhaps you could write to blizzard and tell them why you have quit the game, and just delete the game off your PC. This way, if and when the time comes that they do get their act together, you won’t have lost all that you put into it.

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Was totally me when I came back! (RIP Atiesh :frowning:)

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Overkill, but you do you.

I’m all for taking a break or canceling subscription if stuff gets to you. Permanently deleting means everything you’ve done is gone. Blizz won’t care, but you definitely might down the road.

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So, there’s no actual solid support for this. It’s just one more thing someone somewhere pulled out of thin air.

(Of course our accounts won’t last forever – neither will we, nor the Earth, nor the universe.)

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Speak for yourself. I live eternaly in the void.

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I didn’t play until Cata, and I have collected a lot of stuff. I can’t imagine starting over after a very long break! And all that stuff you lost :open_mouth:

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Mainly Nax 40 set, Atiesh, and respective achievements/transmog for having them. I was more casual during BC/Wrath. (Oh and reps no longer obtainable like Zandalar Tribe and Shen’dralar)

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Ditto. For me, 2-4 months out has been the norm. The greatest break I took lasted over a year back in Wrath. I completely missed Ulduar. What helped pulled me through was making the experience my own. I got into gold farming and then it became that and Urban WPvP. I became the World’s First at getting City Attacker in a one-man guild, a claim that no actual Blizzard dev to this day has disputed or challenged.

My advice is just simply that: you doing you. Don’t assume that everyone else in your circumstances who play this game knows what’s right, much less what’s right for you. A lot of them are just following the mainstream anyway.

I also want to add that Chris Metzen made a “six-shooter” comment about new expansions during Cataclysm. That would be relevant or irrelevant depending on whether it was his place on the team that makes it so.

Funny enough, if the “six-shooter” comment was literal, then 10.0 would be the last bullet in the cylinder, and what’s consistent is that the 2-year pattern for expac cycles have held up. So 9.0 will launch in 2020, and then 10.0 will launch in 2022. So at the end of 10.0’s cycle, it will be 2024 and THUS would be the 20th year that October.

The only problem with this theory is that Chris Metzen is no longer with the actual dev team, but something tells me that to say that they have xpacs lined up “like a six-shooter” couldn’t have been said on accident, on a whim.

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Reading this thread is like listening to the whispers from the Void Lords. It makes no sense to me, but I’m starting to think it’s driving me insane. :anguished:

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I don’t get why people burn Bridges when they don’t have to. You can literally unsub… and still have a account if 10 years down the road if you want to return. I’m sure your trying to send a message to Blizzard, but 1 account won’t matter to them.

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Back in the early day, you would have been a fool for even thinking about losing your account. WoW was the best thing that happened to the genre and it was going places fast. Nowadays, it’s a completely different story. I would take requests like the OP as measures to “hasten the inevitable” now, because…

WoW is running out of places to go, fast. If anything, she has two more expacs to see at max level, and whatever happens after that is anyone’s guess.

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Love your name!

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The only reason I could think of for going so extreme is if you’re an addict and this game is destroying your life. If that’s the case then good luck in your quest for a cure, if not… lord will you ever regret this choice.

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I never thought I’d agree with you on something, but your absolutely right. Even if you intend to never play again, don’t delete your account.

Especially with all the account tied things now. Allied races, mounts, heirlooms, etc…

Btw

Pours some fel wine on the ground

Out of respect for your lost legendaries and items.

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I always say its a matter of time before anyone agrees with anyone else on something. Also to never take it personal and go one post at a time and leave unrelated baggage behind.

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I took your advice. The company today may not be the same company in a couple years.

I did still cancel my subscription. Blizz must be punished for the behaviour of their employees. (Or in this particular case, employee-singular.)

Yes, I’m just one person. And yes they won’t miss my $15. But as we have seen, if enough people cancel, Blizz will change.

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Also make sure you write your password and account down somewhere safe, I lost my original account because I couldn’t remember my username/password. My only other advice.