Apocalypse Now!

The End is Nigh!

You have no chance to survive make your time!

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So, yeah. 4.0.3a has dropped and brought with it the much anticipated doom of Azeroth. In the space of a few moments (plus or minus for the excruciatingly long download) everything that we had come to know and love about WoW was suddenly turned on its ear.

There are new quests replacing the old ones, the areas we’ve been acquainted with have been razed and burned. Not to mention all the class and ability upheavals. Seriously, I never thought I’d see the day when no one really wanted a heal spec priest! Tanks seem to be the en vogue class, especially prot spec since the healers are effectively worthless right now. Warlocks got some nerfing too. In fact, everything doing with elements seems to have taken a distinct nose dive. Makes sense, given the lore behind the expansion. Elementals have been in a state of disarray ever since the fall of the Lich King. No one has been able to explain their behavior, and now that Deathwing has come back it all falls into place.

So, it seems just about everyone has their nerfs to deal with, and tanks are the way to go if you’re going to buy wow account. Only question is, do it now or wait until a little after the expansion so that you can try one of the new races?

See, I’ve actually be waffling on this. Yes, there will be a degree of danger associated with buying something after the drop. Blizzard is known for their strict enforcement of them being the only one to provide anything WoW related. Just ask anyone who’s formed a classic server how forgiving Blizzard is about them horning in on corporate turf. It gets ugly in a hurry. Can’t think of one that’s survived more than a year, really.

I think I will buy myself a new Worgen if the opportunity presents itself. They should be easy to prot spec and I’d really like to put it through its paces. I’ll try goblins later. Too much like gnomes for my liking.

Anywho, keep an eye out for scammers. They’re really starting to get active. I found no fewer than 10 new ones today alone. And stay away from Craigslist. It’s even worse there.

You know what occurred to me just recently? Here I’ve been, listening to the Blizzard communiques playing on my teeth and leaping down every rabbit hole I can find about what might go wrong after the expansion, but I haven’t been helping you guys take care of yourselves out there. After all, when you buy wow accounts there are three parties involved that you have to pay attention to.

The first is Blizzard and their crack team of GMs. I think I’ve covered them enough over the last couple of posts so I’m going to let that dead horse ripen for a while. Tangentially, I need to go buy some glue tomorrow. Ran out while making a WoW collage this afternoon.

What?

Second party you’ll need to keep a close eye on is the seller of your new account. If you’re buying from a site like Craigslist or ebay, you’re bound to get hosed. No buyer security, complete anonimity, and no way to be sure that delivery will be even remotely safe. It’s a trifecta of account doom that makes me want to double up on my meds every time I think about it. There are also the myriad other sites out there that promise amazing things, but want you to send a money order for that oh, so special account of your dreams. Feh. Every time someone talks about sending a money order for something I imagine I can hear someone laughing and shouting “SUCKER!” in the distance. Don’t do that to yourselves, people. Use secure buying methods only. Google checkout, paypal, credit cards, even Western Union all have ways to help you out if something goes wrong. They’re safe, secure, and well trusted the world over. That being said, don’t buy from outside your home country. There are all sorts of laws that don’t make sense out there, and who knows just how account buying fits into them. Better to stick with people you could get a hold of if you have to.

The final portion of the equation, and the one you as a buyer have the most control over is: YOU! I can’t tell you the number of accounts I’ve seen lost because someone shot their mouth off. Blathering on about your new account is a sure way to get it taken from you. Also, dont use your purchased account to buy gold. Have an alt for that. Makes things less suspicious.

Well, another month, another release. Blizzard is really pulling out all the stops these days trying to get as much content is as they can before they release Cataclysm. It’s nice to see that they don’t have any plans for leaving us hanging with what’s going on in WoTLK. Not that I was worried they would do that. The guys over at Blizzard are way too savvy to just drop us all like that. I’m really curious to see how the next chapters play out.

Until then, I’m going to have my hands full trying to take down the Lich King. Me, and just about everyone else out there.

Now the thing this brings to mind is the fact that a lot of new players are going to be bummed that they can’t see all of this great new stuff yet. That’s where places like Toonstorm start coming in. Unfortunately, there are always those waiting to take advantage of inexperienced players.

What I’d like to do today is share a few tips that should help keep you safe when you’re shopping for an account.

First and foremost, make sure that you’re doing your homework. Never take a site’s claims at face value. It’s really easy for them to make claims about the experience of “Jim from Ohio” without there ever actually being a Jim involved. When you find a site that looks pretty good, be sure to check out if they’re accredited in any way. For example, Toonstorm puts on their front page that the BBB gives them the thumbs up. Also be sure to check for customer reviews outside of the main site itself. Find blogs like mine to back up their claims.

The next and biggest thing is to use your head. Look around at what the good sites are claiming for delivery times and prices. Get an average from them and keep that in mind while you shop. If a site is claiming way cheaper prices and faster delivery, I start getting suspicious. Often those places are either running things really poorly (which can get you caught) or are flat out scams (which gets you ripped off). Just keep that average in mind so that you don’t get carried away when shopping. It’s easy to get lured in by deals that are too good to be true.

Well, here we are. A new year and all that jazz.

My uncle is finally home from overseas which is really awesome. He got home about 2 weeks ago and has finally settled in enough to get into wow again. He made a new toon to test drive for a few, just to get the feel for it back, then we got down to serious business.

We spent a little time trying to decide just what he wanted to play. In the end, he decided he’d like to have a shaman. He just liked the idea of the elemental build.

Next, we started shopping around. This took a little while, because we were looking for the best deal. We’d settled on a place before logging off for the night that looked pretty good. Unfortunately, when we came back to it the next day, it had disappeared. We got lucky and dodged a scam on that one. So, from there we hit my old fallback: Toonstorm. He found a great shammy for $220, level 80 with great equipment. By great equipment, I mean GREAT equipment! Fifteen freakin’ epics! I couldn’t believe the amount of gear this guy came loaded with. And for only 220!

Obviously, he was sold on the idea, so he put that military salary to work. From there, we just hung out while we waited for an email. I got to take him on a little tour of WotLK to help get him acquainted with the terrain again.

About an hour later, we checked and there was the email. We took the new account out for a test drive, and it was amazing. After he got used to the new build, we got a few others together and made a stab at the Lich King. Good times were had by all.

So, in brief, Toonstorm came through for us again. The price was outstanding, the speed of delivery was insanely fast, and I don’t think I’ve ever seen my uncle so happy playing wow. With all of the great gear and abilities, he’s like a kid in a candy shop. You know, if candy shops were staffed by the undead and sold epic level gear.

Anyway, we got a great review on where to buy wow accounts.

Catch you later!

Okay, sorry about the extended absence.  Things got really busy towards the end of summer so I wasn’t able to do the account buy with my uncle like I’d planned.  His tour got extended for another 6 months at the last minute, so I’ve been holding off on posting until he came back.  I would have posted sooner, but no one was really interested in buying an account until just recently.  Money is just tight all over, it seems.

But, there’s new stuff out there that has people making new plans to buy wow account.  If you’re not sure what I’m talking about, then you haven’t been playing wow for the last few weeks.  The 3.3 patch dropped a couple of weeks ago which means all sorts of new bosses, items, and the chance to kill the Lich king himself!  I’ve run that a few times myself, and it’s absolutely amazing.  It’s working out well for people who want to buy accounts, too, because places have been offering sales like crazy lately.

For example, Toonstorm has an amazing deal on a human death knight.  It comes with 4 epics and 8 rares and blacksmithing/mining.  Normal pricing is $425, but they’ve cut it down to $157.  And that’s only one of the deals I found there.  They had thousands of other deals on wow accounts, just as good, and they’re all backed by the same money-back guarantee that I’ve mentioned before.

Well, my uncle should be back stateside in a week or so, so he’ll be buying an account shortly after that.  I’ll be able to post a review then.  Plus, one of my old friends has been talking about it, too.  I’ll see if I can’t sell him on the idea a little more so I can have another review for you later.  I’ll keep you posted on what happens.

Later!

World of Warcraft is a pretty great hobby and really appeals to people of all ages. I know since I’ve started I’ve gotten at least 3 friends hooked on it and shown countless others. For many of the people I show buying an account to get to the end-game content is a great option, but sadly there arn’t many places where they’re able to go and get unbiased reviews on the different wow account selling outlets to help them make their decision about where to buy a wow account.

I’ve personally purchased two accounts and I know both times it was a very stressful and trying experience. The overall objective/goal of this blog is to research, test, interivew past buyers, and monitor some of the bigger names in wow accounts and present that information to you; someone who’s looking to buy a wow account. To kick start the blog on good note I’ll highlight a company I purchased from previously; Toonstorm.

Now believe me I was just as worried as the next guy about Toonstorm scamming me when I bought my first account. All you hear is horror stories about these chinese companies who have horrible service and do whatever they can to get your money and abandon you. Luckily for me that was not the case at Toonstorm. When I went to their buy wow account page there was, of course, a pretty good selection and a live chat button which was the first thing I checked out. After about 5 minutes of chattin with the CS rep about the method and level of security they use in handling the accounts I was convinced. I made a purchase and within an hour I had a fresh account and the character on it as promised. Since then I’ve talked to several people who have not been so lucky.

Thanks Toonstorm for treating me right!

I’ll get some statistics up and an official review of some large wow account sites very soon! Thanks for reading and keep comming back!