Blue Posts: MoP account-wide achievements, phasing, authenticator troubles, Battle.net Balance
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Those of you with Authenticators may have noticed that the webpage is indicating that you do not currently have one attached to your account.
This appears to be just a display error, likely related to the currently ongoing Battle.net maintenance. If you have an Authenticator it should still be there and you will be prompted to provide the code when applicable.
There is some phasing in Mists, but we try to take care not to separate friends, create ghosted mining nodes, and similarly disrupt your gameplay. What we were really referring to by the "dark secrets" is the way the story unfolds. The story in Cataclysm was something players knew from the outset -- Deathwing is back. The players were still heroes trying to undo some of the damage he caused, but they also still largely reacted to the things Deathwing and his minions had already done. In Mists we're attempting to take that one step further and have the world react to the players, and not just have the players react to the world. It gives the game a dynamic, "alive" feeling which is very much needed in a persistent-world game.
Some of the changes we're talking about aren't going to happen right away, but we'll build toward them in subsequent patches. While you can't truly keep story secrets in this business, we're trying not to spoil the surprises too early. In retrospect, we've taken a little bit of flak for this approach, because the misconception among some players is that the new continent has no conflict. There is plenty of conflict, but a lot of it begins when you arrive (rather than in Cataclysm, where great cracks in Azeroth appeared before your adventuring began).
While we are still working out the details regarding how various specific achievements will interact with the new system, once we have a bit more information to share with you, we'll certainly let you know.
For more information, check out the Battle.net Balance FAQ, or head to the Battle.net Balance page in Account Management to manage your balance.
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