If you’re an old minecraft player and want to get your account back, there are a few things you can do. First, make sure that you have the latest version of the game installed. If not, you can download it here. Second, make sure that your account is registered with Mojang. If not, you can register here. Finally, make sure that your password is current and strong. If not, you can find a list of recommended passwords here.
I just wrote to Tera on the 11th of July and he was able to merge my accounts. It took about a week or so for him to be able to get it done, but at-least I have my old account back. Thanks Mark! j:
If a post on Inven forum is correct, it seems that the Korean account merging system for Tera may be down. This means players who have created multiple accounts will not be able to merge them into their old ones. For example, I made an alternate account in order to play with friends due to how my native account was lagged out pretty hard (The ping on my home PC and laptop are both very high).
It’s a real shame that this issue has arisen again as there were many people who used the same IP address or other such methods of creating two accounts. Here’s what they say:
I heard that the Tera account merging feature is broken. This means if you had another character on a different IP address or something, you can’t merge your two characters into one.
If this is indeed true, there are many people who would be quite upset as they used an alternate ways of getting their accounts back to play with friends–whether it be from afar or by using another device. It’s sad that some hard-working players will not have their efforts rewarded due to a bug in the system and I hope for the best for those affected. As we know how Korean companies tend to deal with bugs (either taking forever to fix them or not at all), I’d like to leave these suggestions.
You may have already figured out that the answer is NO. You cannot not just go back to playing on your old account without buying the game again (or having kept it registered in-game). There are several reasons why this is the case, but most of them are beyond Mojang’s control. Major points include:
Selling the Game – If people could go back and play on i r old accounts whenever they wanted, there would be no reason to buy the game again, and this would make Mojang less money. This more than likely wouldn’t be an issue for those of you reading this who don’t own a credit card but it could potentially mean a lot to people who do and want to start playing again.
Competing with Pirate Sites – If users could just go back on their old account whenever they wanted, piracy would become much easier to deal with, as instead of having to upload a copy of java onto your computer and install it, pirates could simply go back in time six months and play on their old accounts until they got caught. You might not immediately see what an issue this is until you realize that Mojang makes next-to-nothing off of sales of the initial sale of the game, but a large chunk of their yearly revenue comes from licenses for updates and addons. If they didn’t have an official site to sell said licenses, then these sales would disappear.
The ‘One Account Per Person’ Rule – This is more due to technical limitations in Mojang’s systems than anything else, but still relevant nonetheless. The fact that you can only play on one account means that it is possible to tell exactly which person is playing at any given time. Therefore, if someone creates an account named “supersteve1234”, and then another account named “supersteve324”, even though he has created two accounts with different names, this still counts as him having only one active minecraft.
