CHANGES TO PATH OF EXILE ACCOUNT SYSTEM
In order to support Path of Exile 1 and 2 sharing microtransactions as well as Cross Play between all supported platforms in Path of Exile 2, we have had to make some changes to our account system. Here are the changes you can expect with the patch in a few days.
Discriminators
One of the annoying problems that we previously had was that creating new accounts with the name you wanted was very difficult. With so many accounts, new players often had to try 10 or more times to get a name that wasn't taken.
Since we are merging all platforms accounts into a single account system, we knew that we had to deal with name conflicts anyway, so we have decided to add a "discriminator" number to the end of each account name.
Sub-accounts
The next big change we are making is sub-accounts.
There will be many players who have previously created an account on a console platform as well as on PC. These players can now merge these accounts together so that they can play across both platforms.
When merging accounts, both sub-accounts will still exist and have their characters listed separately. Which account you are currently using can be selected with the account selection box at the top of the character selection screen after you log in.
Microtransactions
The microtransactions purchased on an account are still associated with the individual sub account. If you previously had an account on one of the console realms and also an account on PC with purchases on both then then you can ask support to move them into a single sub-account as a one time action. Characters can not be transferred between sub accounts so you should only do this if you intend to not use the moved microtransactions on that sub-account any more.
Unfortunately, any purchases made on PlayStation platforms cannot be used on other platforms, and purchases made on other platforms cannot be used on PlayStation platforms. Note that these purchases can still be on the same sub-account, but the microtransactions will be marked as unavailable when viewing them in your stash.
Merging Other Platform Accounts
Path of Exile accounts have always been able to support logging in from multiple PC based platforms to the same account, but we are also now allowing you to merge separate accounts that were created on different PC platforms.
If you previously unintentionally created multiple accounts on different platforms you can now merge these accounts together, but note that you can only merge one account created from each platform. For example, you can't merge multiple steam accounts into a single account.
Downtime
To ensure this patch goes smoothly Path of Exile will be unavailable for an extended period of time. We’re expecting this process to take around 4 hours. Sorry for any inconvenience this may cause.
