Looks like Blizzard is starting to take steps to prepare you and Battle.net for the upcoming centralized accounts.

First, Wowinsider posted yesterday about the new WotLK account upgrade process that requires you to accept that you will eventually be required to open a Battle.net account. (will be used for tracking Blizzard wide achievements)

Another sign of the coming changes is that Blizzard recently updated it’s Battle.net ban policy, which states they recently banned some 350,000…350,000! accounts:

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This crack down alone makes me a happy panda. All of the duping, exploiting and cheating is what pushed me away from my beloved D1 and D2 in the first place. I’m glad we won’t see the same filth with D3 and other Battle.net games.