^ You don't need another Battle.Net account.

What steps do I need to take?

Log in or create a Battle.net account at Battle.net
Create your BattleTag™, which is required to play Diablo III (What is BattleTag?)
Download the beta client, install, and play between 12:01 p.m. PDT April 20 and 10:00 a.m. PDT April 23

I don't have a Battle.net account -- can I still play?

Absolutely! Just visit Battle.net to create a free Battle.net account. Next, download the client from https://us.battle.net/account/download/index.xml and install it. Create your BattleTag, and then log in to the game using your Battle.net account name (email address) and password to begin slaughtering the demonic hellspawn that dare stand in your way.

i have a battle.net account


but it says i need a beta licence to log into diablo 3

^ Just error issues. No one can get in yet for more than 5 minutes.
Read the comments if you're bored:
http://us.battle.net/d3/en/blog/4963...kend-4_19_2012

okay...pheew

Watch blizzard will drop the ball on release again. They wont have the servers ready by release. Just like in d2, wow, sc2, and now this.

I can't even log on. Spent at least a hour. fuuuu

I'm playing right now.

Players are capped FUUUU

still cant get on......poop

ive been playing since 1210.. :fuckyea:

deckard cain said i have no friends :okay:

but seriously I played the barbarian quest and it wasnt very fun.. hope it gets better..

I think you can make a bnet account for free without a game key..

downloading right now :fuckyeah:

Finished one playthrough already in less than 2 hours. Man that was so short I can't wait for the actual game!

error 37.com

cant wait to d/l and try it out this weekend.. Finally!!!!

errors all over the place.. they've capped the open beta for now until they can 'put out fires'

They haven't capped beta yet a couple of my friends got in just now. I just finished the beta, I want moar!

I believe that the 'cap' means that they're restricting it to a certain number of active users. Your friends got in because other people logged out.

finished barb time to play Monk

Hmm... not bad could be better, but we'll see on release day.

Wizard was ok. I think I like the demon hunter better.

taking forever to update setup files T-T

edit: the game download is bringing me back to early 2000 speeds .. aww yeah 25KB/S :okay:

fyi, if you get error 12, change your bnet password.

I logged in without any problems, just finished game with barb, got a unique polearm from skeleton king, time to move on to next char

playing hardcore mode :alone: