For those who say twinking is stupid and unfair LOOK at 70's a new 70 compared to one who has been 70 for a few months will have all epics opposed to the blues and greens the new 70's have.  You can no longer cry about unfair.  Try making a twink they are lotsa fun and you get to no the community of twinks



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Not saying unfair or stupid as such but what you wrote just isnt the case.  I new player at level 19 will have, through quest eq, about 350 health a twink will have (if they are any good) a minimum od 1.3k and damage to match.

That is almost four times the health.  At level 70 your looking at about 4500 health naked. 

Let us just say your a complete and utter noob to pvp and therefor running about with 7000 health at level 70 (i.e. only 2500 from eq).  In order for your statement to be correct all the level 70s with the best gear would have to be running around with about 28000 health unbuffed and damage to match.

Show me a character not on a private server with almost 30k health unbuffed and Id agree with you.  The comparison would be a level 70 being kitted out with enchantments and kits done by a level 120 player...

Yours is a statement I used to think could be correct before I got to level 60 and then before I got to level 70 in TBC.  Then when I got to these levels I realised that the gap between the very best eq and easily gotten eq really isnt so much after all especially in teamed pvp.  True the best geared arena players should beat you but at level 70 there isnt much else to do then grind for good eq.

As rummblefish says its off putting to fight in a BG like this with a new character.  I played long before twinks were even thought of there was a slow trickle at first then a major surge.  Although I cant prove it Im willing to bet it is because many higher levels came to the conclusion that if you cant beat em you may aswell join em.

On your 1st char a levels 10-19 you may just want to casually try out some PvP for the first time and in reality its pretty obvious that twinking can come in the way of players enjoying this.  Note that for experienced players leveling up 10-19 isnt an issue as your easily over level 20 in a day but for a new casual player it could take a week+.

One thing I have found is it really doesnt take long to kit out a level 18 with WSG rewards but even these alone arnt enough for a new player to compete (with possible exception of hunters). 

There is a difference between geared-out 70s and twinks. The geared out 70 WORKED for their gear or did something you didn't to get their gear. They didn't have another toon mail them the absolute BEST gear from Illidan and Hyjal Peak, chant it, give them kits, and them throw them into a BG and say "go for it". Why? Because as you level, there seems to be a fade between gear-dependency and skill to a point where a person with enough skill can beat the most well-geared person. A twink, however, is at such a low level that your options are very limited, your spec hasn't really come into it's own, and gear is a much bigger factor than in 70 PvP. When You are able to crit for 900+ at lvl 19, as much as you  don't want to hear it, you not that l337, you just outgear the opposing player to such a REDICULOUS extent that you can teach your dog to push the highest damage moves and actually get kills. Furthermore, you said "Make a twink, its fun." How? IMO playing a twink is like WoW god-mode. You know, where your playing some random console game and someone shows you a cheat code for all the best stuff, or infinite whatever, or "god mode", where every iota of skill is completely alienated from the game. Thats what a twink is. Some guy who saw everyone else playing with the cheat, so he got it. Some guy who decided that maybe destroying lowbies in PvP would be fun. IMO, it is the one part of WoW, after smashing critters, that requires the least amount of skill.