A few months ago, we begin to encourage players to use the battle.net account. Right now, there is a big announcement to tell players. You don't have long to act before your WoW account has to be merged with a battle.net account! You've got until November 11th to switch over to battle.net or else your account will be disabled until you do. It's quick and simple and we've got an awesome guide on our forums to do it.

Why do we hope players to logon with the battle.net WoW accounts? Because of it can protect your account better and stop some players to buy WoW accounts from other bad players. Our new way for players to log in to World of Warcraft and future Blizzard games, sign up for upcoming beta tests, shop the online Blizzard Store, and more with just one username and password. This was just the first step in the rollout of the brand-new Battle.net; in the future, players will be able to use Battle.net to participate in cross-realm chat in World of Warcraft, create real-life friends lists, communicate across different games, and a whole lot more.

Of course, if some players really want to get cheap WoW accounts as small account, the battle.net account still cannot stop the delivery. As our way to say “thanks” for taking a moment to go through the process, existing World of Warcraft accounts that upgrade to Battle.net (including those that have already switched over) will receive a brand-new penguin in-game pet -- check for him in your in-game mailbox later this week. Starting on November 11, all World of Warcraft players will need to log in to the game using a Battle.net username and password, and anyone who wishes to create a new World of Warcraft account will need to start with a Battle.net account.