Account sharing

[Hykino-draenor]

So my son of 11 wants to play wow now i have 2 accounts on my battlenet
1 with BFA and 1 with legion its my old 1.

Can my son and i play 2gether on the same battlenet ad the same time he on the legion account and me on the bfa account?

[Chronormi-outland]

No since it’s the same acoount. Besides I’m willing to bet there’s something in ToS against account sharing.

You can get your son his own account since all expansions up to legion are in the base game right now you just need sub/game time to play. You’ll need to buy BFA for him to access anything BFA related.

[Sandsh-draenor]

As far as i understand, it is kinda allowed, but not really for the use case you describe.

From https://eu.battle.net/support/en/article/30182 :

You may not share your account or password with anyone, except if you are a parent or guardian, in which case you may permit one minor child to use your account. You may not use your account at the same time, and you are liable for activities conducted by the minor child.

You are responsible for maintaining the confidentiality and the use of your user name and password. You are responsible for all uses of your information, even if you don’t authorize them. Security of your account is your responsibility.

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First off,

Legion itself is free now (included in the base game), so your son could also make his own Battle.NET account with wow account for free, and it would have the same standing. In either case you’d have to pay for gametime and (at some point) for the BFA expansion, so there is no financial benefit.

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Advantages of re-using your old wow account (same Battle.NET account):

• Perhaps you still have partially leveled characters on your old wow account, he could now play these.
• You get to share your mounts and other collectibles. Mounts, Pets, Toys, Achievements are bound to the Battle.NET account. It also means that any such collectible either of you loots in the future, is usable for both.
• Expanding on the same thing further, if you’re trying to collect something, like a mount, and he’s not currently playing wow, then you could use the second account’s characters to have more attempts at the mount in the same lock-out.

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Advantages of using a separate account:

• You can add each other to your friends list, using BattleTag or RealID, and easily track or invite eachother that way. You cannot do this if you share a Battle.NET account (only character-level friends can be used then, which is a pain once both have alts).
• He may like wow and continue playing it for a long time (when no longer a minor; or maybe when you yourself no longer play), or he might eventually play other Blizzard games that tie into the Battle.NET account (with or without you). None of these issues arise if you have separate accounts from the Get-go.
• No need to share passwords/authenticators. I say this from a practical perspective, the security implications are likely not important. No need to notify the other person when you update the password for example. No chance of accidentally booting the other person out of wow, when one of you misclicks on the other account during login.
• Not really a major thing, but certain features like Pet Battle Dungeons and Blingtron rewards and such lock out on a Battle.NET-account-level. So if he loots a Blingtron today, you can’t and vice-versa. If he does the pet dungeon quest this week, you can’t.

[Hykino-draenor]

Hmm ok thanx , only reason i wanted him to use it is becouse he could u my mounts quess i give him his own account and just buy him some mounts of his own

[Nylendis-argent-dawn]

@Hykino-draenor

Hmm ok thanx , only reason i wanted him to use it is becouse he could u my mounts quess i give him his own account and just buy him some mounts of his own

Or even help him to do the achievements/quests/dungeons/whatever that reward the mounts he wants. Let him have the sense of achievement that comes from working for it rather than having it given to him.

[Cedrad-the-maelstrom (Cedrad)]

Technicly you can run game on seperete wow accounts from the same battlenet account. I have a second account I used to invite my alts to my alt guilds. But sharing one bnet account can lead to problems in the long run. As others mentioned everything up to Legion is free, all you need is a sub or game time. So you don’t have to buy anything extra that you would if you would let your son play on your bnet account.

[Trashhgame-outland]

Dude just let him play on the same acc, he won’t have to re-grind essences. Or you can make wow2 with same surname, transfer one of your chars there and he will be able to get all the essences ( even if it’s an alt )

[Gráinne-earthen-ring]

@Trashhgame-outland

he won’t have to re-grind essences

Not an issue since Kykino is not upgrading the second account.

@Hykino-draenor

he on the legion account and me on the bfa account