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		<title>Battle.net: Migration woes and design failure</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 14 Nov 2009 03:58:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sinjo</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Blizzard have decided that it&#8217;s time to force people to merge their World of Warcraft accounts into their battle.net accounts. In itself I believe this is a sane idea, and possibly one that is overdue (the option to do so &#8230; <a href="http://blog.sinjakli.co.uk/2009/11/14/battle-net-migration-woes-and-design-failure/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Blizzard have decided that it&#8217;s time to force people to merge their World of Warcraft accounts into their battle.net accounts. In itself I believe this is a sane idea, and possibly one that is overdue (the option to do so has been available for quite a while, they only just started forcing it onto users). In itself this has caused a few problems for people. I&#8217;ve had a few reports from friends of the site giving some sort of error whenever they attempt the merge, and I&#8217;ve been completely unable to access the site on a couple of occasions. Overall, it seems that after a bit of persistence people have managed to perform the merge and log into their WoW account.</p>
<p>My second gripe (and only other so far) is the ridiculous way that account security is handled. Something which is probably never an issue for most people just went straight to the top of my list. It turns out that if you forget the answer to the security question on your account there is no way to change it. That&#8217;s correct, even as an authenticated user you can&#8217;t change this setting. In itself I wouldn&#8217;t have cared about this. I&#8217;m not a moron, I can remember my password (although apparently not my secret answer, yes I do appreciate the irony in this). However, in their infinite wisdom they have decided to require this answer to change the email address associated with the account. This leaves me in a rather crappy situation. My account is associated to an email address that I&#8217;m trying to move away from and I&#8217;m being denied the option to do so.</p>
<p>What infuriated me at this point was the response I received to my support request. It contained the following: &#8220;The problem you were experiencing is now resolved and you should be able to use all the features of your account now.&#8221; For some terrible reason this got my hopes up, but it turns out it was some canned bullshit. The website has not been changed to allow this, and I&#8217;m still in the same predicament. I&#8217;ve sent a reply, but I don&#8217;t hold a great deal of hope for it getting a proper response. If it carries on like this I&#8217;ll give them a call and see if their phone support is any better.</p>
<p>I&#8217;ll write more when there&#8217;s some advance in the situation, but for now it&#8217;s a case of waiting.</p>
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