To get people to play more I think there should be an option to have multiple accounts on one device. More accounts = more money devs
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Some people already have multiple accounts on a single device, and there's nothing much the devs can do about that. Its quite easy on Android and IOS i think. Its the "Multiple users" feature.
Can't you get banned for that? Well I suppose there is no ban for selling accounts apparently so who knows now a days.
How come KaW "doesn't allow you"? You can. Link/Unlink back and forth your accounts using ATA/Facebook login. Term of use forbid only this: "create an excessive number of accounts beyond that which are realisticly playable". Create a realistically playable number of accounts and you are fine.
I thought I there was a maximum of five logins per year with the log in/log out feature? And word waster I read all of that, pretty interesting. Everything has the potential to be addicting.
i had an acct banned from a device for switching back & forth too much, i forget what the limit on switching was but it wasn't alot, i support this idea but i'd cap it a 3-5 accts per device so it doesn't get too excessive...i doubt it will ever happen tho
Pretty sure you can just disconnect the old devices in account management and can keep doing it not sure if it's allowed or not.
Yeah I guess acct sharing is ok too ...I mean hey, it's not like if you emailed in mult SS of people admitting they do it, support would just flat out ignore it or even deny its any kind of violation right? (moonface)