Want to ask about account authentication
You probably have a dynamic IP set up through your ISP. You can call them up to confirm this, and if it bugs you that much, ask them to switch you over to static.
no penalty, its basically to stop poeple from anywhere else accessing your account and stealing your stuff. like the battle.net authenticator but Anet work on IP. i log on at work and their IP changes hourly.
do you play on a dongle? i do and that sometimes gets affected.
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Thanks for clarify it.