02-08-2004, 12:36 AM
Since I have been playing ladder, I have scores of non-ladder accounts ready to expire. About five score to be more specific. Realizing that I cannot put off the chore much longer, I sat down to cycle through all the characters. What is different from three months ago is that I can play six to eight characters, then I get uncerimoniously dumped off battle.net and cannot connect to the same realm again for quite some time. Does not matter that I have another character sitting happily in a game to hold it open.
I infer from testing on two machines that the the lockout is per realm and per IP address.
While I must applaud Blizzard on the tough new stance against cheaters who use mules to store their items that would otherwise evaporate within five minutes, I am not a happy camper.
I also noticed that if I select a character but don't try to join a game, the red expiration warning message still goes away. Does any know whether one can really (I mean really, really) refresh the character without actually playing in a game?
Even selecting a sequence of characters in quick sussession seems to cause a lockout, but at least it is somewhat quicker than trying to join games.
I infer from testing on two machines that the the lockout is per realm and per IP address.
While I must applaud Blizzard on the tough new stance against cheaters who use mules to store their items that would otherwise evaporate within five minutes, I am not a happy camper.
I also noticed that if I select a character but don't try to join a game, the red expiration warning message still goes away. Does any know whether one can really (I mean really, really) refresh the character without actually playing in a game?
Even selecting a sequence of characters in quick sussession seems to cause a lockout, but at least it is somewhat quicker than trying to join games.
"I may be old, but I'm not dead."