If you’re unaware, By November 11th, your account will need to be merged with an existing or new Battle.net account. The announcement went out, Well I think it was on Monday, but I don’t recall, so we’ll say Early this week. The forums are in an uproar about it. Some are saying they’re going to boycott Blizz for this some are asking whether it’ll be easier for people to hack their accounts. Some are feeding the trolls and spreading fear, and even fewer are trying to get the word out that Battle.net is not a bad thing.

I know that many blogs have written about this, but you may not read many blogs, you may only read one; this one. So, do yourself a favor and stay away from the Battle.net forum posts and go take a look at Blizzard’s FAQ page on the subject, then take the 2 minutes necessary to merge your own account if you haven’t already.

I merged my account moths ago when I signed up for the Blizzcon stream, and I’ve seen no ill effects at all. With the new features Bizzard is adding to the Battle.net service, for free, I see no reason not to jump on this ASAP.

Taken from the FAQ page:

What will change in World of Warcraft after the forced migration?

The core gameplay experience will remain unchanged as a result of the migration. However, you’ll be able to take part in all of the new Battle.net features, such as cross-realm, cross-faction, and cross-game chat.

That to me is enough of a reason to sign up. Cross-realm and cross-faction chat. I’ll be able to move my characters to a guild on any server I want and still be able to talk to my friends. Or heck. I’ll be able to talk to friends I never could before because they’re on another realm. I’ll no longer have to roll innumerable alts in multiple servers just to keep track of all of my friends.

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