Here we are again. I hope SF has been treating everyone well. I’ve managed to pick up some of the new gear and it is every kind of awesome.

So, with the new expansion has come a new opportunity for me to write a review. A guildmate of mine has been wanting to make a few upgrades to his lineup, but hasn’t had the plat to make the change just yet. I clued him in to buying plat a while back, but he wasn’t sure he trusted the idea enough to risk his cash or his character. With SF out he finally started seeing just how much time he could be saving himself with even a single buy.

He and I sat down and started pulling up a few sites to see what he felt comfortable with. Of course there were thousands to look through what with the new expansion, so we had to take a little time to weed out some of the obvious fakes.

That left us with three choices. After looking things over for a few minutes he settled on Toonstorm.com. He liked their layout, their prices were better than the other two, and their delivery times were faster. That last had him worried until I told him that I like to buy plat from them too, and have never had a problem.
So next he hops into live chat to verify the order. The rep there was really friendly and gave him an eta of about an hour for his plat. My friend logs on and starts lining up what he wants to buy with it. He’s only at that about 30 minutes when the delivery is ready.

There you have it. Another great review for Toonstorm.

Well, if you haven’t done it already, you all really need to get out there and pick up the newest EQ2 expansion, Sentinel’s Fate. SF has added another huge chunk to the world of EQ and comes with more fun little toys than you can shake a gnome at.

Of course most of these goodies are for those of us at high levels, and come at high level prices. Nothing is cheap, nevermind free, and you’re really going to have to stock up on plat to get any of the really good stuff.

A serious downside to expansion launches is that every place out there seems to jump their prices on plat. There are good reasons for this of course. WHen the new expansion comes online, the GMs are going to be even more vigilant than usual where plat buyers are concerned, and everyone gets a little nervous. In order to combat the loss of available plat that comes with the paranoia their suppliers develop, they up the bounty on the plat, which ups our prices a little.

The only real exception I noticed was Toonstorm.com. Their prices moved, but not much. Their prices are still really good, and you can get 150 plat for under $50 easily there. And with the suppliers they use, your purchase is still guaranteed 100%. So while everyone else is running up their prices, Toonstorm is trying to do the best they can by their customers and their suppliers.

So, with that in mind I decided to make a little buy of my own. That 150 was just to good a deal to pass up. With my current stash of plat, that gives me enough to get some of the new gear that I was looking forward to.

As usual, I got a confirmation call within about 5 minutes of placing hte order. The rep let me know that things were running a little slower than usual due to the increase in order volume from the expansion. Even so, it was oinly going to be about 45 minutes before my order was ready. Not bad all things considered. That gave me some time to line up some of the items I was going to spend my plat on. I got a pleasant surprise about 30 minutes later when someone dropped me a message to meet them. So off I went to get my plat, and from there to do some serious upgrading.

Anywho, buy plat safely, and have fun with the new areas!