[WoW] Account sharing, when is it ok?
Does anyone know for what kinds of scenarios account sharing is allowed?
If I'm not mistaken, it is allowed to share accounts within your immediate family, right?
For example, can I have my girlfriend (basically wife) play one of my shamans as healer?
Personally I think these rules are pretty dumb.. just greedy policies on Blizzard's part. More money for them, at the expense of the customers, in a situation where they basically have a monopoly on the genre.
Insanity: doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results. -- Albert Einstein
EINSTEIN SUX WHENS RNG!
The policies are that it is okay to share accounts with members of the same household.
(by that I would say it was people in the same physical household - i received a temporary ban when I was working away from home and disconnected an account my children were on at the time.. The ip addresses were different and I guess they did see they were physically far apart). EXplaining the situation resulted in reinstatement and confirmation that members of the same household can play the account.
I know there is a lot of hate for blizzard, people calling them greedy etc but I think blizzard are actually very generous - They allow us to create multiple characters across mulitple servers, and provide hours of entertainment for not a lot of money. I couldn't rent 3 DVD's for the price I pay for hours upon hours of entertainment a month (although as a multiboxer I increase the costs without being able to play more than I did before, but I do multiply the possibilities and enjoyment)
It is a business after all, and a business is about making money, but they have a vested interest in keeping their customers happy. (otherwise we would all move to some other game))
In answer to your original question, if you live with your girlfriend then it would be acceptable to let her play your account.
I believe my playing of accounts that resulted in the ban would also be considered within the terms of policy, but I think I fell foul of automatic tracking of ip connections to an account used.
Team: Feral Druid, 3 Ele Shaman, 1 Resto Shaman
Gimp Team: 4 paladins(13) and a DK(80)
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you can only share with a minor child, spouses can not share even though the law sees us as one person. If you are going to box make sure all accounts are in YOUR name. Search the forums here there are several people who have had some or all accounts banned for using a GF/Wife/Sibling/friend's account. Do not risk your accounts and buy fresh ones when you box.
http://www.worldofwarcraft.com/legal/termsofuse.html
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This is not correct. The only time that account sharing is ok is if the person is a minor. Also, you can only have 1 minor per account. So if you have 2 minors then you would need 2 accounts.Originally Posted by 'shaeman',index.php?page=Thread&postID=80013#post8 0013
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Team 1: 1 pally and 4 shamTeam lvl 70
Team 2: 1 DK and 1 Priest lvl 80
Thanks.
Edit: I still claim that this is just pure GREED on Blizzard's part. Monopoly leads to a shitty situation for customers, and don't give me that AoC crap.
Insanity: doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results. -- Albert Einstein
EINSTEIN SUX WHENS RNG!
thanks for clarifying that - I've currently got 3 accounts (will go to 5 at some point) and two kids, so I'm within the terms and conditions of their policy (even if it is impossilbe for them to determine how many kids I've got and which ones I'm letting play
Team: Feral Druid, 3 Ele Shaman, 1 Resto Shaman
Gimp Team: 4 paladins(13) and a DK(80)
Kierlay,kierlee,kieree,kierla and Karatesh
The best way to change policy is to vote with your feet and stop paying them money.Thanks.
Edit: I still claim that this is just pure GREED on Blizzard's part. Monopoly leads to a shitty situation for customers, and don't give me that AoC crap.
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Paladin x 1 - Level 70
Paladin x 4 - Level 26
Shaman x 4 - Level 70
Warlock x 1 - Level 62
Warlock x 4 - Level 10
Hunter x 1 Level 15
Hunter x 4 Level 10
I wouldn't call this greed. They are covering their ass... i.e. if your gf gets pissed and leaves you they don't want the hassle of changing account information (which stems from their account selling policy). It makes sense that every adult should have their own account. Period. Plus, those are the rules, so if you don't want to abide by them then there are plenty of other entertainment options.
Children are different since they are under your care... you are making their decisions for them. When they become of age they would need to purchase their own account too.
As long as they are all in YOUR name your fine. The name on the account is what they use, but as has been pointed out before, many different IPs on an account can cause issues also.thanks for clarifying that - I've currently got 3 accounts (will go to 5 at some point) and two kids, so I'm within the terms and conditions of their policy (even if it is impossilbe for them to determine how many kids I've got and which ones I'm letting play
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Interesting. It makes sense that only one person can OWN the account, and if I could let my wife PLAY the account, that would be nice, if I ever talk her into playing... I know that with a single account, there'd be no way to tell who was ACTUALLY sitting in front of the computer, but with multiboxing, if suddenly one of my characters gets controlled independantly, would that look suspicous and get me a ban? Or if I had a friend over, and he wanted to take control of one of my chars?
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