Today we’re putting on our paranoid conspiracy theorist hat and taking a different look at the upcoming expansion release.

There isn’t much to talk about right now in WoW news other than Cataclysm because it’s going to be the next real change. And they’re making it into a doozy, too. Complete overhaul of Azeroth, even down to the original areas. And there’s no turning back, either. If you start a new toon the Cataclysm has still happened and you’ll be running those initial quests in post-apocalyptic wasteland. Mad Max, eat your heart out.

While everyone is excited about this, not to mention the raised level cap and all of the fun new stuff to be done with the new character classes, I think folks in our little community are overlooking something very important.

We all remember just what happened when 3.1 launched and the Chinese gold farmers and their patrons were caught. That was ugly. Real ugly. Since then Blizzard has done an awful lot to keep folks like that from coming back in the game and shifting the power balance.

My question is, what if they institute some sort of new way to detect the buying and selling of accounts? I mean, it isn’t like they couldn’t. Just based on the content we know they have some truly amazing developers out there, and their GMs are top notch. I’m truly afraid that something bad is going to go down when it comes out. Something that makes us more vulnerable to being caught for buying accounts.

That’s why I’m telling you to buy wow accounts now. That way, if something like that does go down, you won’t be caught in the crossfire. Yes, you’ll have to grind your way up to level 85 like the other shlubs, but at least you’ll get to keep the account.

Personally, I’d head over to Toonstorm. They’re still offering the discounts on accounts with alts, and that way you get some variety in there in case you want to change toons every so often. It can save you a bundle, too.

Now, I’m not saying this is going to happen. I don’t have anything to back it up. It’s just one of those little concerns I have whenever there’s an official release. Blizzard hasn’t made it this far by not paying attention to what’s going on. I’m just saying it may be a good idea on the odd chance that it has an effect on us is all.