Transfer/Link D2 Account to Different Steam Account?

[moldorm]

I have an old steam account that I played a TON of D2 on, but I want to transfer it/link it to this steam account instead. I heard before that it was possible, but you have to repurchase the DLC/Expansions, which is fine with me. Is this still accurate or true? Can I transfer it to a different steam account? I really don't mind buying the expansions again, as long as I keep all my characters, inventory, weapons, unlocks, etc etc..

[EckyThump]

There's no way to transfer any character data from one account to another, it is locked to the account on which it was created.

What you might have heard of is cross-save. Using cross-save, you could link a Steam account and a PSN account together (for example), and set Steam as active. Then every time you launch the game on PSN, you'd be logging into and making progress on your Steam characters. However this is strictly a share not a transfer, and if cross-save is ever cancelled, the PSN account loses access to the characters.

Unfortunately though this can only be done with different platform accounts. There is no cross-save for two accounts on the same platform, like two Steam accounts.

Do you play anything on Epic (or the XBox for Microsoft Windows store)? You could cross-save Epic and Steam, setting the old Steam account as Active. Then you can play those old Steam characters through Epic without any messing around - just remember to never cancel cross-save.