Posted May 24, 2019
Up until the announcement of Warcraft III Reforged last November, it was possible to purchase CD keys on Blizzard's site for an effectively DRM-free copy of the game, similar to Diablo II. However, the classic version of WC3 is now only available as a pre-order bonus for Reforged. Unlike before, instead of providing keys, Blizzard now has you log into Battle.net to verify your pre-order in order to unlock the classic version.
What I'm interested in knowing is whether this version of WC3 with a different activation scheme is still considered DRM-free as before, or whether it now requires a Battle.net login during every session and/or installation. From what I gathered online, the old CD key activation does not involve any sort of online authentication and instead generates cached files in the user's ProgramData folder in Windows. I'm curious to know if this new activation method does the same thing (i.e. if the user backs up said cached files, then the game can remain authenticated even when moving files to another computer, removing the need for a Battle.net login).
I made a topic about this question on Blizzard's classic game support forum but never got an answer, so I'm hoping that someone here who obtained WC3 classic via a Reforged purchase can confirm this for me before I decide on a purchase. Thanks.
What I'm interested in knowing is whether this version of WC3 with a different activation scheme is still considered DRM-free as before, or whether it now requires a Battle.net login during every session and/or installation. From what I gathered online, the old CD key activation does not involve any sort of online authentication and instead generates cached files in the user's ProgramData folder in Windows. I'm curious to know if this new activation method does the same thing (i.e. if the user backs up said cached files, then the game can remain authenticated even when moving files to another computer, removing the need for a Battle.net login).
I made a topic about this question on Blizzard's classic game support forum but never got an answer, so I'm hoping that someone here who obtained WC3 classic via a Reforged purchase can confirm this for me before I decide on a purchase. Thanks.
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